Comments on: Vokoun signing gives Penguins a viable playoffs alternative

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:46:20 +0000

i would take fleury over any other goalie in the league during a reg season shootout, especially at home. he has singlehandedly won game after game in shooutouts the past 2 years, big reason the pens still made the playoffs without malkin or crosby 2 years ago.

By: bru308

bru308 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:39:54 +0000

As a Pens fan (long before 2005), I also believe Fleury is wildly overrated. I blame it on all the bandwagon fans who never saw any other goalie be the starter in Pittsburgh. Sad but true.

By: stakex

stakex — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:41:14 +0000

I still think that Fleury is the most over rated goalie in the NHL these days. Hes often talked about as one of the top goalies, but his numbers just don’t fit with that. His career S% is .909 and his career GAA is 2.68 (.904 / 2.68 in the playoffs). Those are middle of the pack numbers at best, almost backup material at worst.

So with that said, the Pens signing Vokoun should scare Fleury. His career numbers are actually better then Fleury (.917% / 2.55GAA in 240 more games), and he didn’t look too bad with the Caps at times last year. If Fleury has a bad start to the season, its not hard to think Vokoun might be able to win the starting job.

Either way though, one thing remains very clear: The Pens still do not have a shut down, top flight goalie… and without one they shouldn’t be considered Cup favorites no matter how front loaded they are.

By: stakex

stakex — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:24:30 +0000

Huh? His numbers weren’t THAT bad last year… and he actually had a higher save percentage then Fleury did.

By: claysbar

claysbar — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:23:29 +0000

I’m just surprised that they gave him a limited no trade clause with him being 35+. CapGeek didn’t list the terms.

By: ballsohardu

ballsohardu — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:38:21 +0000

Never want a goalie controversy. Can see this blowing up before their eyes. Questionable signing

By: crosberries

crosberries — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:19:53 +0000

Hahaha

By: sherbe23

sherbe23 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:38:31 +0000

There not going to get anything in return because he’s a free agent

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:32:14 +0000

Umm… Not if he plays like he did this past year.

By: cgspens

cgspens — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:30:13 +0000

Johnson wasn’t 100% for the last part of the season and that could have been why he wasn’t called on to help bail out Flower. Brent gave us some good back-up and we should be able to get something for him in return. Maybe this will give us some space in the cap to really make sure our three centers will be Pens for a long time.This all depends upon the CBA talks this off season.

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:17:24 +0000

i’ve been down on vokoun ever since he was in florida, dont think he should be a starter. i guess i can get behind him as a back-up for my pens. shero needs to fix the real problem at the blue line first in my opinion, they hung fleury out to dry the last couple weeks of the season and all six games against philly.