Incredibly great save...or incredibly bad luck

Cobra Mgr · 05-30-2018, 11:38 PM

Save of the year. Or maybe Tuck put it in the only place that couldn't do damage.

I can't decide.

Déjà Bru · 05-31-2018, 12:25 PM

Decide: Great stick work by Holtby.

Déjà Bru · 06-02-2018, 10:00 AM

They're still talking about this today. Look, of course it has to be partly luck. Even with the greatest reflexes, agility, and speed, he had to unconsciously decide where to place his stick and if you notice from the photo or the video, it was not flat to the ice. A combination of skill and luck, then, as always in sports.

Of course the writer must go a bit overboard with "Holtby’s unbelievable move might go down as one of the most important moments in Stanley Cup history." But maybe, come to think of it. The G.K.'s had a wide open chance to turn around and take this second game away from the Caps. If the Caps now go on to win, then this play will be seen as the turning point.

RchW · 06-02-2018, 11:33 AM

Nice save but context matters. If Washington doesn't win the Cup it's meaningless. His opposite number actually made a Cup preserving save in the dying seconds of game 7 v Detroit in 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efWZZb9cEsI

Ragnar · 06-04-2018, 12:48 AM

90% luck. If Tuch gets any air under that puck it's a goal.

PotatoPeeler · 06-04-2018, 09:26 PM

Holtby's ability to get off the post to be able to extend to give himself a chance at making that save makes that a great save. Top quality stuff.

Déjà Bru · 06-08-2018, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

If the Caps now go on to win, then this play will be seen as the turning point.

Rightly or wrongly, that's how history is going to see it.

05-30-2018, 11:38 PM	#1
Cobra Mgr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 6,406	Incredibly great save...or incredibly bad luck Save of the year. Or maybe Tuck put it in the only place that couldn't do damage. I can't decide. __________________ If a man is guilty 4 what goes on inside of his mind, then let me get the electric chair 4 all my future crimes. - Prince Batdance June 7, 1958 - Apr 21, 2016

05-31-2018, 12:25 PM	#2
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Posts: 10,456	Decide: Great stick work by Holtby. __________________ - Bru

06-02-2018, 10:00 AM	#3
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Posts: 10,456	They're still talking about this today. Look, of course it has to be partly luck. Even with the greatest reflexes, agility, and speed, he had to unconsciously decide where to place his stick and if you notice from the photo or the video, it was not flat to the ice. A combination of skill and luck, then, as always in sports. Of course the writer must go a bit overboard with "Holtby’s unbelievable move might go down as one of the most important moments in Stanley Cup history." But maybe, come to think of it. The G.K.'s had a wide open chance to turn around and take this second game away from the Caps. If the Caps now go on to win, then this play will be seen as the turning point. Attached Images __________________ - Bru

06-02-2018, 11:33 AM	#4
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	Nice save but context matters. If Washington doesn't win the Cup it's meaningless. His opposite number actually made a Cup preserving save in the dying seconds of game 7 v Detroit in 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efWZZb9cEsI __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

06-04-2018, 09:26 PM	#6
PotatoPeeler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 3,639	Holtby's ability to get off the post to be able to extend to give himself a chance at making that save makes that a great save. Top quality stuff. __________________ 培傑西 I have never taken a lesson on how to talk on TV in my life. - Tim McCarver Guns have only two enemies; rust and liberals. The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel. Last edited by PotatoPeeler; 06-09-2018 at 02:52 PM.

06-04-2018, 12:48 AM	#5
Ragnar Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,016	90% luck. If Tuch gets any air under that puck it's a goal.