It takes a longer time for some goalies to develop specially depending on the kind of treatment they get. Known to be a back up goalie playing behind the Jesus Price as some call him, it definitely came to halaks mind the fear of leaving montreal, a team who believed in him and drafted him. A lower self confidence would be a good exemple of a consequence. Halak was getting shutouts in the past and has shown us flashes of what he can do. Lots of Distractions such as rumors of him being traded can make u lose focus at some times. If we where to lose price for the rest of the season and carey didnt come back from his injury, i would bet that Halak would improve and become solid consistently by mid-end february because he's almost there!!! just 1 or 2 little improvements would help and that will only come with time. Its really tough to get on a roll if u play every once in a while which creates the inconsistency in his game today. Will he really get his chance? yes. Will he succeed? Most probably. Will it be with the Montreal Canadiens? Probably not as We already have price and is better then him.
And ill tell you what, during these past 14 games, we are 11-2-1 AND ON FIRE!
in lots of those wins, we allowed a lot of goals like 3-4 goals.. as a matter of fact, i think his G.A.A. about 3.00 or just under.. like 2.90something if i caluculated it correctly, but still went 8-2-0 which is a very good record if we forgot about his GAA... pricey could have possibly stole one of those 2 losses and would have allowed about 2 goals a game with probably a shutout or two. he has been consistent this year. and consistency is key and that comes with consistent play and not 3-4 starts every 25 games.
Cant wait for his return.
