Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
Overall the Sharks are loaded bro. But yeah, in the end, they didn't have the goalie. And also I think age on defense played a role. Their defenders are world class type guys, but I think that series with Vegas took too much out of them, and the Blues are just younger at key positions. If the Sharks and Blues switched goalies, I think Sharks would be sweeping most teams and leaving these playoffs with the cup.
Sometimes it's hard to tell what goalies are gonna show up during the playoffs. Like how many years do we see Fluery suck a nut during the reg season, and then he plays like one of the best goalies in history during the playoffs. How about Rask? He's had some really bad regular seasons, but that one run they had in the playoffs made him into a Boston legend. Is he gonna play like that in the cup, or is he gonna be sloppy?
Goalies win championships, for sure. I think it's the most important position in any sport outside of a quarterback.