He's 39th in save percentage and 38th in GAA
At the 50gm mark the team was tops in the league - not sure how that's awful - despite what's been more bad than good goaltending.
I want Crawford to do well, he played well all year last year. But 2-3 good games this year...then shitting the bed for 3-4 doesn't make it easy on the players in front of him. The offense has been near the top all season.
As far as Bolland and it's all his linemates? So all year, he's played with shitty linemates.
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This year...he's had a span of
10/22 - 11/23 - 12gms - 2g-0a-2pts -7
11/29 - 12/21 - 11gms - 2g-1a-3pts -2
02/21 - 03/16 - 12gms - 2g-0a-2pts -2 (while Toews has been out)
So...in 35gms - 6g-1a-7pts - 11
Then in the other 33gms - 12g-13a-25pts - +4 - playing with the same shitty players and getting slacked on icetime by Q
Bolland is 3rd on the team in shifts per game - behind Toews and Hossa and 5th in TOI behind Kane, Hossa, Toews and Sharp
Bolland has been inconsistant in years past -
Last year - 1st 22gms - 1g-4a-5pts E.....last 39-14g-18a-32pts +11 (2nd in shifts per gm/5th in TOI)
09-10 - Missed Nov, Dec, Jan....so hard to gauge how he was feeling before/after...but had a 17gm span with 1g (3rd in shifts per gm/5th in TOI)
08-09 - First 14gms - 0g-6a-6pts+3....then from 3/7 to 4/7 16gms-2g-4a-6pts -4 (had those 6pts in 4gm span in that time)...but rest of that season - 51gms- 17g-18a-35pts+18 (1st in shifts per gm/6th in TOI)
07-08 - Rookie season/only 39gms
So Q hates him, screws him over...but puts him on the ice in shifts top 3 in the time he's been here. His ice time, is top 6. Bolland has proven he goes in spurts and can score - but then goes completely dry for 10-12gms. He plays with the same players during each of those seasons...just as this season. But he goes into offensive funks for too long of periods. He proves he can go 35-40gms and scores...then shit the others. Is it ever up to him to be consistent or it'll always be Q, his linemates, the sun in his eyes....or whatever?
Personally, I question his offseasons. Haven't seen him come into a year stronger/faster...but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he does put his time in. But I do think it's on him to put together a full 82gms season without those 2-3 12gm droughts he goes on and put up numbers. Q has mixed/matched all the other players and they don't go in slumps like that - every single year.
Until then, IMO...he's a 3rd line player for half the year...2nd line player the other half when he's scoring. Now...before that whole "he's a shut down center" bs starts to spew...who's he shut down this year? Oh wait, thats the playoffs he does that. Well, Sedin's score just as much vs CHI/Bolland as they do every other team. The difference between Bolland's regular season/playoffs? Isn't the shut down stuff...it's his scoring consistently during that time - which is all I expect of him.