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Stop Chasing Perfect — Start Making Saves
Frederik Andersen’s Playoff Reminder
If you can only perform when circumstances are perfect, you won’t make it far as a goalie.
That was the message Frederik Andersen delivered way back on Episode 8 of the InGoal Radio Podcast, and it stood out as he opened the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 19-save shutout in a 3-0 Game 1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
It's a fast sport and it goes faster and faster and if you can find a way to still make saves and feel comfortable when you're not perfect, then you're going to have a better chance of saving the puck
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That shutout against Philadelphia was Andersen's 24th playoff win as a Hurricane — and the Cam Ward record it broke, along with two others he's now chasing, are listed in the next paragraph.
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