Re: Niemi... the story continues!
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[quote name="the canadian dream"]Was talking to a lot of hockey fans tonight (all fans of different teams). The topic came up of who the actual best goalie in these playoffs have been thus far. Of course Halak received a lot of voted but the Niemi was actually brought up a lot as probably playing just as good if not better than Halak.
He isn't getting enough attention from the Canadian media up here..what a shocker. They are starting to catch on though since the Canucks series and he is starting to get a lot more respect. His performance in Game 1 against the Sharks really nabbed a lot of peoples attention. And rightfully so.
Would be a lot easier for people to get Niemi in their heads if he was a spazz like Luongo or a streaky goalie like his finish counterpart Kipper. Etc etc. I sort of like him being below peoples radar. And hell if I haven't seen a young composed goalie like him in long long time. Miller is probably the only guy in the league that I can compare Niemi's composure too.
He's a gift to this club. Hockey gods help us resign him!![/quote]
Niemi is playing very well right now, no real complaints, but if you are talking to people there in Vancouver, they are going to over hype him since he's basically the player that destroyed them in the playoffs. They are going to do anything they can to pump him up so that they can feel better about how pathetic they are... maybe?[/quote]
yah that's probably true for a lot of Canuck fans. Good point Havoc. But I do think many are starting to respect him. Hard to find any Canucks fan that can say with a striaght face that Luongo was the better goalie in that series. Well maybe a few douchebags would try.[/quote]
And douchbags they would be, anyone who watched any of that series knows that Niemi outplayed him. At times it was close, but overall, he got it done.