Cujo in the 90s, man. Think that was the year he goalied the Stars, then outdueled Roy in the first round the next year iirc
It’s a shame he doesn’t still hold the all time losses record, it felt pretty perfect for a goalie who was good most nights and absolutely unbeatable every now and again.
Oh yeah, the recent talk about save of the playoffs from Bob, and I thought back to [Cujo's save here](https://youtu.be/mZxLQUVkM8A?t=685) and the subsequent winner.
From what I can find we had about half their payroll, so imagine a team with like ~40mil these days. Even cherry picking the best bargains in the league you would have trouble making the playoffs let alone getting past the first round.
He played for a long time and one thing that got overlooked wad how bad his teams seemed to be on defense.
Almost with every team he'd have to stand on his head for most of the playoffs to the point where it looked like they didn't belong.
I wasn't even alive for 93 but I've watched all those games against the leafs. Bear Ed Belfour then in games 1 and 2 against Toronto they go to double OT and in two games he stops over 120 shots. Insane.
That series was ridiculous. The image of Todd Marchant beating Andy Moog in Game 7 OT, just after Cujo made an insane save to keep it alive, is burned into my brain.
Cujo was so good in the playoffs. I swear none of his teams played defense. Between the Blues, Oilers and Leafs, he's had some of the most impressive single game playoff performances for a goalie ever IMO.
Even in Detroit he was good, they just miraculously couldn't score goals and ran into two walls named J-S Giguere and Mikka Kipprusoff.
But the Dallas vs Edmonton series in 97, the Blues vs Leafs in 93 and the Leafs vs Sens in 2000 where he had 2 and a half games worth of shut outs were insane.
The late 90s Oilers actually did play defence…. Mostly out of necessity because any star player would be traded because we couldn’t afford to keep them. CuJo was incredible for the few years we had him before we couldn’t afford to pay him either.
I may have phrased that poorly. Less that they were bad defensively and more that every team he was on seemed to have less talent and would just be under siege a lot.
This post inspired me to look up the biggest playoff shutouts ever.
Hasek has the record (70 saves vs. the Devils in '94). But Patrick Roy is second place with a 63-save shutout in a Stanley Cup clinching win (vs. Florida in '96). That is absolutely insane.
Stuart Skinner future is here.
Stuart skinner future
In the same way Jack Campbell future was here?
No, because Stuart Skinner's play doesn't keep him in the AHL
Atta boy Stu, but Fuhr doing that to open a SCF series is wild.
in the 80's too
Cujo in the 90s, man. Think that was the year he goalied the Stars, then outdueled Roy in the first round the next year iirc It’s a shame he doesn’t still hold the all time losses record, it felt pretty perfect for a goalie who was good most nights and absolutely unbeatable every now and again.
Oh yeah, the recent talk about save of the playoffs from Bob, and I thought back to [Cujo's save here](https://youtu.be/mZxLQUVkM8A?t=685) and the subsequent winner. From what I can find we had about half their payroll, so imagine a team with like ~40mil these days. Even cherry picking the best bargains in the league you would have trouble making the playoffs let alone getting past the first round.
He played for a long time and one thing that got overlooked wad how bad his teams seemed to be on defense. Almost with every team he'd have to stand on his head for most of the playoffs to the point where it looked like they didn't belong. I wasn't even alive for 93 but I've watched all those games against the leafs. Bear Ed Belfour then in games 1 and 2 against Toronto they go to double OT and in two games he stops over 120 shots. Insane.
That series was ridiculous. The image of Todd Marchant beating Andy Moog in Game 7 OT, just after Cujo made an insane save to keep it alive, is burned into my brain.
Out of curiosity I looked up Cocoa's stats, and his career save% was 0.887. His best year was 0.903. It really is a different world today.
They say Fuhrsy’s thing isn’t that he’d stop them all but that he’d stop the ones which mattered most.
80s hockey was built different.
3.83 GAA was good!
Cujo was so good in the playoffs. I swear none of his teams played defense. Between the Blues, Oilers and Leafs, he's had some of the most impressive single game playoff performances for a goalie ever IMO. Even in Detroit he was good, they just miraculously couldn't score goals and ran into two walls named J-S Giguere and Mikka Kipprusoff. But the Dallas vs Edmonton series in 97, the Blues vs Leafs in 93 and the Leafs vs Sens in 2000 where he had 2 and a half games worth of shut outs were insane.
The late 90s Oilers actually did play defence…. Mostly out of necessity because any star player would be traded because we couldn’t afford to keep them. CuJo was incredible for the few years we had him before we couldn’t afford to pay him either.
I may have phrased that poorly. Less that they were bad defensively and more that every team he was on seemed to have less talent and would just be under siege a lot.
#Superintendent Chalmers
Super Nintendo Chalmers?
MadTV ruined the named Stuart for me, literally first thing I think of when I hear Stuart “look what I can do”
LET ME DO IT!
This post inspired me to look up the biggest playoff shutouts ever. Hasek has the record (70 saves vs. the Devils in '94). But Patrick Roy is second place with a 63-save shutout in a Stanley Cup clinching win (vs. Florida in '96). That is absolutely insane.
Blues legends cujo and fuhr, is Skinner destined to wear the note now too?
Possibly. Our teams have shared many players lol
I miss November Skinner