Defenseman William Trudeau (sick) did not take part in morning training today.
Defenseman William Trudeau (sick) will not be on the ice for morning skate today.
– Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) March 6, 2024
Advanced statistics: Samuel Montembeault is the Canadiens’ worst goalie, according to one team
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In today’s column on BPM Sports, Renaud Lavoie talked about a number of subjects, including the Canadiens’ goaltenders. And at some point, he came up with a good one.
While chatting with a member of an organization other than the Habs (he refuses to name the team… and you’ll understand why), he realized that the team’s advanced statistics department considers Samuel Montembeault to be the Habs’ worst goaltender.
Let’s just say that everyone in the column was outraged… and rightly so.
Mind you, this doesn’t mean that the club in question considers Montembeault to be the worst goalie. What it does mean is that, according to the club’s advanced stats department, Monty is the worst of the three.
He also asked what the Habs’ advanced stats said… and the logic holds: the Habs’ advanced stats put the Quebecer first.
Samuel Montembeault’s numbers would be
on a mature team not giving away all those scoring chances.
He’s calm, moves well, challenges shooters with aplomb and manages to get up quickly from a bad goal.
He deserves nothing but respect.
– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) March 1, 2024
The first is that it’s easy to see how the advanced statistics can differ from one team to the next. But a gap like that is still pretty… fascinating.
The second thing? There’s nothing like the eye test. After all, advanced stats should be a tool to help make decisions, but they can’t take up all the space.
Otherwise, a club might want to get Jake Allen on the assumption that he’ll be better than Samuel Montembeault. The club in question would pay its two minutes on a medium time by seeing him play…
If a club believes that Allen has good advanced stats and its GM, considering that and the fact that Allen is a good point guard, decides to go for him, it could well open the door to a deal for the veteran by Friday. I’m not holding my breath.
Breaking news
– William Trudeau is ill.
– The guys love Montreal.
“It’s incredible! I’d like to stay here for the rest of my life.”
I asked Jayden Struble, considering all the players affected by trade rumors mentioned wanting to stay with the Habs, how special this team’s chemistry is. pic.twitter.com/5uqx2ZmXRW
– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) March 5, 2024
– Mike Trout played against Shohei Ohtani yesterday.
He said this following a game against his former team, the Angels. https://t.co/CFHihn6654
– Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) March 6, 2024
– Claude Giroux is tired of losing.
Claude Giroux understands the anger and frustration of Senators fans.
“For sure I do. I’m one of those people that is frustrated.”
A chat with the veteran star amidst another lost season in Ottawa. https://t.co/fSVhmsH7oU
– Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) March 6, 2024
– 14 coaches have lost their jobs in the last year.
Forgot to update this with Lindy Ruff’s firing this week, that’s now 14 NHL head coaching changes since the end of last season: Rangers, Caps, Preds, Flames, Ducks, CBJ (twice), Blues, Oilers, Senators, Wild, Islanders, Kings and now Devils.
– Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 6, 2024