Boston Bruins: 3 takeaways from team’s fantastic win over Flyers
By Sam Minton
1. Halak saves the day
Jaroslav Halak has had an amazing season for the Bruins. As of right now, Halak is playing like a guy who deserves a starting goaltender job.
More from Boston Bruins
- Boston Bruins fans better be ready for a bridge year
- Boston Bruins Rumors: Why letting Tyler Bertuzzi walk is a big mistake
- Boston Bruins Rumors: Milan Lucic back returns to the Black & Gold express
- Boston Bruins Draft class 2023: Grades & thoughts on draft selections
- Boston Bruins win 3 big awards at NHL Awards Gala: Thoughts & reactions
Halak stopped 26 shots and looked phenomenal. As the Bruins struggled out of the gate, Halak kept them in the game. What more can you ask from your goaltender?
If it wasn’t for Halak’s fantastic goaltending the Bruins probably lose this game. Right now he is one of the Bruins best players.
So now the question is, what does Bruce Cassidy do? The Bruins head coach has to decide how he handles this delicate goaltending situation.
It looks like Cassidy isn’t afraid to ride the hot hand.
I asked Bruce Cassidy if there will come a point where they'll stop scripting out goalie starts & just go w/the guy that's playing the best: "If Jaro [Halak] is able to push [Rask] and eventually take the job...if and when that happens then we'll look at that."
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) October 26, 2018
Halak is now 3-0-2 on the season and has a 1.43 goals against average with a .945 save percentage. He may be the hottest goaltender in the entire NHL.
I think it is fair to say that Bruins fans will be seeing a lot more of Jaroslav Halak moving forward.