While Halak has looked good in the playoffs, he hasn't seen steady, strong quality offense - he's just basically been in a zone. Malkin and Stall didn't pressure much in the last series, and Pittsburgh was just a one line team which Montreal offset defensively. Niemi has been lucky to have a ton of outside stuff thrown at him, and yet he still looked shaky often. Leighton, having replaced boosh looks average but its only been a couple games so hard to qualify at all. Nabby got sheeelacked by Detroit, but that was a one off, the wierd 3 goals that have come from errors of his own staff haven't made him looked mvp but he has been rock solid otherwise. I'm comfy with saying Nabokov will end up best of the cup playoffs.
While Halak has looked good in the playoffs, he hasn't seen steady, strong quality offense - he's just basically been in a zone. Malkin and Stall didn't pressure much in the last series, and Pittsburgh was just a one line team which Montreal offset defensively. Niemi has been lucky to have a ton of outside stuff thrown at him, and yet he still looked shaky often. Leighton, having replaced boosh looks average but its only been a couple games so hard to qualify at all. Nabby got sheeelacked by Detroit, but that was a one off, the wierd 3 goals that have come from errors of his own staff haven't made him looked mvp but he has been rock solid otherwise. I'm comfy with saying Nabokov will end up best of the cup playoffs.