Hasn't Huet been sidelined a little early this year? I think that may be a reason his performance isn't what some may expect.
Kids, this is what we call a "double standard". You're so willing to make excuses for Huet's 3.15 GAA but when Theodore has a bad season, it's not A) a lousy coach B) classless fans or C) personal problems, it's his own damn fault. Nice.
As for Theodore, he is the definition of a flash in the pan. Can anyone name any season other than his Hart and Vezina winning season that was really a standout performance.
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Year GAA SV% SO
1999-00 [b]2.10[/b] [b].919 5[/b]
2000-01 2.57 .909 2
2001-02 [b]2.11[/b] [b].931 7[/b]
2002-03 2.90 .908 2
2003-04 [b]2.27[/b] [b].919 6[/b]
2005-06 3.46 .881 0
The bold is what I consider a "standout performance", and unless your name is Terry Sawchuk, I think you'd agree. Of the three non-bolded seasons, one is what I'd consider pretty good (Broduer's GAA last season was identical to Theodore's 01), one is what I'd consider average but not bad (Lehtonen's GAA last season was identical to Theodore's 03), one is what I'd consider pretty bad. And in that last season, his coach was fired and fans turned on him each night. So I'm willing to give him some slack.
Jose Theodore like Mike Ribiero, Anson Carter, and Trevor Linden is one of those players who is an underachiever. He is a talented guy with the ability to post great numbers, but more often then not he doesn't. The game of hockey isn't as important as it is to other elite NHL talents like Alexander Ovechkin, Joe Sakic, and Roberto Luongo.
You cannot seriously think Luongo is better than Theodore.
1) Theodore has dragged his worthless-ass team into the playoffs, Luongo hasn't.
2) Theodore has dragged his worthless-ass team to the next round of the playoffs, Luongo hasn't.
3) Theodore has had his worthless-ass team with worthless-ass management and worthless-ass fans turn on him in the space of two months, Luongo hasn't.
4) Theodore has the hardware; we can debate about the 2002 and 2004 Vezina voting but the end result is the end result and there's no crying in hockey.
Jose Theodore has more off ice distraction than he does an on ice work ethic. He's been with Paris Hilton we know that, he's also been involved in a long legal battle with his then neighbor in Montreal. That's just a rumor I heard sometime in the last two years. I'll probably look for a source sometime.
Pay very close attention Lossy, I'm going to show you why the Habs will never win a Stanley Cup without a Roy- or Theodore-like talent. I'll put it in really big letters, just so it sinks in.
I DON'T CARE.
I could not care less if Theodore is doing hardcore porno movies and running a meth lab out of his basement. Stopping pucks is the only thing I ask of a goalie. And unlike Montreal's players, management, and fans, the overwhelming majority of Colorado's players, management, and fans agree with me. Which is why there's no longer the ludricrous pressure for Theodore to live like a French-Canadian choir boy. And if fans like want to keep trashing him for his personal life, go ahead, because you're the only ones left who still give a rat's left nut.
Theodore was traded for AEBISCHER AND AEBISHER is giving us good money in return, so I dont get your point about Huet...he isnt part of the deal...and as for Theo giving us best service when we had a poor team, he wasnt exactly memorable in the playoffs either except vs the Bruins in 2002, but then got litterally trashed vs the Canes with alot of soft goals especially in the game wherte they got eliminated.
Theodore got trashed against the Canes in 2002? Wrong. The Habs scored only 12 goals in those six games, and that is pitiful. Theodore may have lost Montreal one or two games, but the 18 guys infront of him lost Montreal the series.
im sorry, he was just a good goalie at best among others who had 1 great year, but never worth that 5.5 million dollars
While I agree with the latter part of this, the former is laughable, as I've proved again and again and again and again.