Kings-Canucks Playoff Preview Part I: Goaltending
Jonathan Quick: Vezina Worthy The Kings choked again! Ryan Clowe stole the Pacific Division from us! Jonathan Quick can’t win the big game! Forget all that… On March 1 st , the Kings were sitting in 10 th place with a 29-23-12 record after winning only five of fourteen games in the month of February but after the acquisition of Jeff Carter; Los Angeles has gone 13-5-3. The Canucks, winners of back-to-back Presidents’ Trophy are looking to make back-to-back Stanley Cup appearances after falling to Boston in the Finals a year ago. Much has been made of their regular season success in recent years but Vancouver is still in search of that elusive first Stanley Cup. This teams split four regular season games by a total of one goal. Two games were decided by a goal and another by a shootout . Goaltending in the series will be huge. GOALTENDING Both Jonathan and Quick and Roberto Luongo have had Vezina-worthy campaigns. Quick’s numbers have ...