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Stop Chasing Perfect — Start Making Saves
Frederik Andersen’s Playoff Reminder
- Frederik Andersen entered these playoffs with serious questions about whether he'd even start — what changed is unpacked inside.
- Andersen's regular-season .874 save percentage looked alarming, but the underlying number Clear Sight Analytics found tells a different story.
- The exact quote from Episode 8 of InGoal Radio that explains Andersen's entire approach to imperfect situations is below.
- Andersen has now broken two Cam Ward franchise records in this playoff run — and is chasing a third held by Kevin Weekes.
- Why 'performing when it's not perfect' is the skill that separates playoff goaltenders from everyone else is the argument this article makes in full.
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
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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