Frederik Andersen

[Bender]

So who's the Backup to McBackup?  McBibeau?  McSparks?  Greg Millen?

Heard they were bringing back J.S. Aubin

Where's Marcel Coussinneau?

 

[bustaheims]

So who's the Backup to McBackup?  McBibeau?  McSparks?  Greg Millen?

FishBulb has been brought up.

 

[ZBBM]

So who's the Backup to McBackup?  McBibeau?  McSparks?  Greg Millen?

FishBulb has been brought up.

Awesome.  Our playoff spot is assured.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/847655387117400065

Freddie's superb March and their growth on team defence has certainly put us in this position. "Andersen has left the game with an upper-body injury" on Saturday had me like o_0. Just picking up where he left off.

He's been an absolute horse for us:
Games: 62 (T-2nd)
Shots: 1954 (2nd)
Saves: 1796 (2nd)
TOI: 3597 MINS (2nd)
GAA: 2.63 (16th among goalies 45+ GP)
SV%: .919 (10th among goalies 45+ GP)

 

[Zee]

Well I guess he's alright then

 

[Kin]

Looks like Andersen won't be in tonight:

[tweet]851064752948342784[/tweet]

 

[Kaberle15]

Looks like Andersen won't be in tonight:

[tweet]851064752948342784[/tweet]

Safest option here.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/851091450741895168

"... WILL START FIRST GAME OF POST-SEASON."

 

[Arn]

* Frederik Andersen?s 33 wins in net were the most since Vesa Toskala in 2007-08.

I hope never to see Andersen and Toskala mentioned in the same sentence again.

 

[Zee]

* Frederik Andersen?s 33 wins in net were the most since Vesa Toskala in 2007-08.

I hope never to see Andersen and Toskala mentioned in the same sentence again.

Why not?  How about Andersen is everything that Toskala wasn't!

 

[Arn]

Ok maybe only in superlative comparison type ways ;D

 

[Zee]

Ok maybe only in superlative comparison type ways ;D

Andersen doesn't suck, unlike Toskala!

 

[herman]

http://ingoalmag.com/news/the-new-aesthetics-of-goaltending-vol-2/

Some very interesting off-season reading material about the evolution of the goalie pad.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/dcmahiban/status/897956262725509121

 

[Zee]

I hope he's ready to go for October this time around.  Leafs need a stronger start from Freddy.

 

[Coco-puffs]

I hope he's ready to go for October this time around.  Leafs need a stronger start from Freddy.

He started the season nursing an injury he sustained in a pre-World Cup game.  He also "overplayed" things alot, trying to challenge the shooter much more than he was used to because Babcock likes his goalies to do that.  Once they realized he's more effective staying deeper in his crease and he adjusted he was fine.  Hopefully the former doesn't happen again and the latter is now resolved.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/f_andersen30/status/902986784832864256
Second in the League in TOI and total shots. Still finished with a .918 SV%.
#SteadyFreddie #Workhorse

 

[OldTimeHockey]

I hope he's ready to go for October this time around.  Leafs need a stronger start from Freddy.

He started the season nursing an injury he sustained in a pre-World Cup game.  He also "overplayed" things alot, trying to challenge the shooter much more than he was used to because Babcock likes his goalies to do that.  Once they realized he's more effective staying deeper in his crease and he adjusted he was fine.  Hopefully the former doesn't happen again and the latter is now resolved.

You think Babcock was asking a goalie to play differently than what makes them successful? I highly doubt it.

 

[disco]

I hope he's ready to go for October this time around.  Leafs need a stronger start from Freddy.

He started the season nursing an injury he sustained in a pre-World Cup game.  He also "overplayed" things alot, trying to challenge the shooter much more than he was used to because Babcock likes his goalies to do that.  Once they realized he's more effective staying deeper in his crease and he adjusted he was fine.  Hopefully the former doesn't happen again and the latter is now resolved.

You think Babcock was asking a goalie to play differently than what makes them successful? I highly doubt it.

It's on record. Look it up.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

I hope he's ready to go for October this time around.  Leafs need a stronger start from Freddy.

He started the season nursing an injury he sustained in a pre-World Cup game.  He also "overplayed" things alot, trying to challenge the shooter much more than he was used to because Babcock likes his goalies to do that.  Once they realized he's more effective staying deeper in his crease and he adjusted he was fine.  Hopefully the former doesn't happen again and the latter is now resolved.

You think Babcock was asking a goalie to play differently than what makes them successful? I highly doubt it.

It's on record. Look it up.

This?

In late October, when asked whether the coaching staff had influenced Andersen?s radical style change, head coach Mike Babcock denied it: ?He?s obviously had a way he?s done things and it?s important, until we get to know him, that we don?t change anything.? At the same press conference, Andersen himself refused to comment on the issue, stating simply, ?I don?t want to go too much into that.?

which was then followed by this:

Looking at the historical evidence, however, we see that Babcock has a history of asking his goaltenders to play at a more aggressive depth within his system. In 2011, Jimmy Howard discussed Babcock?s depth preferences in an interview with InGoal: ?I?ve got a great defensive crew with me and I know they are going to take care of that backdoor. Coach [Mike] Babcock stresses that, so you know the goalie has the shooter and you pick up everything backdoor, and that allows not only myself but also Chris [Osgood] to be more aggressive.?

I'm sorry, I've coached goalies for 20 years. I've been a goalie my whole life. There's a difference between being aggressive and playing 6 feet out of your crease as Andersen was at the start of the season last season. So, Jimmy Howard saying that it allows him to be more aggressive doesn't mean to charge the shooter.

Did Andersen play differently than his previous seasons? Sure. He was also trying to impress on a very critical market that had lacked a #1 goalie for a few years. It is the NORM for a goalie coach/hockey coach to have the mentality that the goalie takes the shooter and the defense takes away the pass. That's not a new thought process. That isn't Babcock asking a goalie to do something different. That's how goalies have been taught for a very long time. Goalies play the shot, defense plays the pass.