mwagner468 12 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Did the pad changes change his game to where he was ineffective or is he injured? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
egroen 384 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Personal problems this year is the one Ducks fans are sticking with. I believe his father passed away earlier in the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniel1 32 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Someone accidentally poked him with a pin and he deflated back down to normal goalie size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Someone accidentally poked him with a pin and he deflated back down to normal goalie size. This. Or he changed to non super-absorbent pads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MotorCityMadness 388 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 didn't he miss time this year as well to attend to his ailing son? This is not intended to be a poke at him at all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Noodle 39 14 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Yea i asked the same question to duck guy who is a very respectful member by the way hehe even though i dislike your team lol but yea he said Giguere had some personal problems. Which im sorry to hear and i hope JS is doing ok.. But i never did like his giant pads/glove/shoulder pads/chest protector which was insanely huge. And I'm pretty sure he is the reason why we had the league take a look at the goalies equipment lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 The same thing thats about to happen to Hiller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowknife Redwing 57 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 His father passed away this year, his mother's condition is rapidly declining due to Alzheimer's and his son was born a couple years ago with a serious deformity and more than likely requires a lot of special attention. I don't think I'd be able to concentrate on stopping rubber either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamertime 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 His father passed away this year, his mother's condition is rapidly declining due to Alzheimer's and his son was born a couple years ago with a serious deformity and more than likely requires a lot of special attention. I don't think I'd be able to concentrate on stopping rubber either. Who cares Jonas Hiller is who the Wings need to worry about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Who cares Jonas Hiller is who the Wings need to worry about While this may be the case for this upcoming series, there is more to life than hockey. We all go through our personal struggles and I hope Giguere can overcome the things that are bearing down on him right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 While this may be the case for this upcoming series, there is more to life than hockey. We all go through our personal struggles and I hope Giguere can overcome the things that are bearing down on him right now. exactly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 While this may be the case for this upcoming series, there is more to life than hockey. We all go through our personal struggles and I hope Giguere can overcome the things that are bearing down on him right now. Exactly. On-ice: beat him to a pulp. Off-ice: God be with you, JS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyGangsta 79 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Giguerre's dad passed away, her mom's Alzheimer is getting worst and his kid was born with problems. That's what I heard from the Ducks fans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest micah Report post Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Who cares Jonas Hiller is who the Wings need to worry about I care. If I could choose between the Wings winning the next 10 Cups and Giggy's catching a break in his "real" life, I'd go with the latter. I'm hoping the wings sweep the Ducks, but my prayers are with Giggy and his family. He has way more important s*** going on in his life than hockey right now. I hope that eventually he can put all this behind him and play at a high level again someday, but more than that I hope that his family situation gets a little easier. When Vladi was in that car wreck, I cared not because he was a Wing or a great hockey player, I cared because he was a man who was going through a very difficult time. Ditto Jiri. Ditto Jiggy. Hockey is a nice diversion, but it doesn't mean s*** compared to health or family. If someone, in a thread about Vladi's wreck, said "who cares, our team needs to worry about the rest of Detroit's D" I wouldn't think that was very cool. Edited April 28, 2009 by micah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayUp88 1 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Well that sucks, poor guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckloo39 5,686 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 What everyone else said above. Good luck to Jiggy, who is a super nice dude, with a lot of problems on his plate right now. I guess I never thought he was a major reason the Ducks won the Cup, anyway. They thugged their way to it, basically. I think they will find a very different attitude from this year's version of the Wings. They hit back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 It's amazing when you look at pictures of Giguere and then Hiller, Hiller is like a stick and we all know Giguere is a giant pad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killer 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Good thing the Duck have depth in net, that way they don't have to rely on a guy that cries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow47 1 Report post Posted April 28, 2009 Note that Giguere won the Cup after the pad sizing changes. And won a Conn Smythe before despite losing. The guy is one of the greatest Quebec goalies ever, probably #3 after Roy/Brodeur. Everybody's pads are that size nowadays, get over it. You can't fall back on "Well Brodeur wears small pads", yes, the only one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
