Hate to say it...sick Marty Turco save

[swansoccer13 1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcr_Y5_2DTc

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Wowzas.

Also, a "phantasmagoric" save? Come on, I thought "mastodonic glove grab" was bad.

[swansoccer13 1]

Wowzas.

Also, a "phantasmagoric" save? Come on, I thought "mastodonic glove grab" was bad.

They are both equally as bad haha

[Duck Guy 86]

I even have to admit that was a sweettastic save

[Mike 0]

Lucky.

[Duck Guy 86]

Lucky.

lucky or not it was sweet

[Mike 0]

lucky or not it was sweet

Agreed.

[wingnut22 81]

haha that was awesome

[shadow47 1]

He wasn't even looking when the guy shot it, Turks knew he would probably be going high, lifted his leg, made the save. Goaltending is always mixed luck and skill, there's no point debating it--he stopped it. The real question I expected from posters of this board was, "Could he have made a perfect butterfly slide in perfect position to make this save rather than pointlessly being so overly flashy I wish he played for my team?"

[The Noodle 39 14]

Very awesome save!

Wish we had Marty on our team..

[shadow47 1]

btw the answer to that theoretical question is obviously "No" in case anyone was curious.

[Xitium 272]

Very awesome save!

Wish we had Marty on our team..

So he can not win the big games for the Wings too?

[Duck Guy 86]

Very awesome save!

Wish we had Marty on our team..

make it happen kenny Turco is the answer to all the wings problems

[interminded 1]

That's not a save.

A save is a concious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

His left leg went up as he was going down and the puck hit his pad. That's what happened.

[Doggy 130]

That's not a save.

A save is a concious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

His left leg went up as he was going down and the puck hit his pad. That's what happened.

QFT.

You wanna see Turco make some saves... game 6 vs. San Jose last year.

[Guest mindfly]

Pure luck nothing else

[Reds4Life 51]

Nice shot by Toews, not everyone could hit Turco's moving skate so precisely.

[toby91_ca 620]

That's not a save.

A save is a concious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

His left leg went up as he was going down and the puck hit his pad. That's what happened.

If this is the case, then I think only about 30% of Hasek's career saves were actual "saves"

[Jasper84 333]

That's not a save.

A save is a concious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

His left leg went up as he was going down and the puck hit his pad. That's what happened.

I'd say it was a save. His left leg came up off of the ice, he lifted it to attempt to make the save. Yeah, he obviously got lucky, but the idea for him was there, and it worked.

[puckloo39 5,686]

Turco is a very good goalie, at times. That was fun to watch, but I bet he would be the first to tell you that he was lucky and just as surprised as anyone else.

And anyone who thinks Hasek got where he did in his career because he was lucky is delusional. He knew exactly what he was doing. It just looked weird because no one else could do it, then or now.

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Looks like plenty of other diving desperation saves, he just threw his leg out instead of his glove. We give goalies plenty of credit for those, but not this? It was a good save, Marty did every last thing he could to get in the way and it worked.

[P. Marlowe 748]

Wish we had Marty on our team..

He'd better start playing better at JLA first.

[interminded 1]

If this is the case, then I think only about 30% of Hasek's career saves were actual "saves"

Not true, because those saves were actually Hasek way of a conscious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

And don't tell me you didn't know that... come on.

[puckloo39 5,686]

Not true, because those saves were actually Hasek way of a conscious effort to keep the puck out of the net.

And don't tell me you didn't know that... come on.

QFT

So glad there are still some fans here (including you and Toby) who actually understand that, amongst other obvious things about our players.

Turco is no Hasek, except in his wildest dreams.

[toby91_ca 620]

Turco is a very good goalie, at times. That was fun to watch, but I bet he would be the first to tell you that he was lucky and just as surprised as anyone else.

And anyone who thinks Hasek got where he did in his career because he was lucky is delusional. He knew exactly what he was doing. It just looked weird because no one else could do it, then or now.

Hasek was great, no doubt, but to think he always knew exactly what he was doing and wasn't at all lucky is pretty far fetched. I'm not saying that he was anymore lucky than any other goalie, but there was certainly some luck in there (a la saves like we just saw Turco make).....the same luck that any other goalie gets now and then.

Edited February 22, 2009 by toby91_ca