thanks to Jack for filling in for me on the Myers' Post. Today We'll look at Ryan Miller's 10-11 campaign. After coming off a career year in 2009-10, highlighted by an Olympic Silver Medal/MVP award and the Vezina trophy, Miller got off to a slow start this year, as did the whole team. But he stayed consistent throughout the whole year. He finished the year with a 34-22-8 record with 5 Shutouts and .916 Save Percentage.He also notched his 200th career NHL win on December 28th against the Oilers. He was very strong in the 2nd half of the regular season. And in my opinion, there was no better goaltender than Miller in the 1st round of the playoffs. Miller had 2 shutouts of the Flyers keen offense. His highlight of the playoffs was with no question his ROB on ex-captain Briere in game 4.
It was unfortunate that Miller couldn't have had help from Patrick LaLime, whom Lindy Ruff completely shut the door on this season. LaLime had no wins this year. But it largely wasn't his fault. I think that LaLime isn't given enough credit at all. Every person in Buffalo thinks that LaLime is terrible. He isn't terrible when he plays, it's the team in front of him that is!! Every game LaLime played in last year, it seemed as if he was playing with a bunch of cardboard cutouts for teammates. He never got any help at all. I feel bad that he had to go through all that.
Good Morning and thanks for reading! Next time we will look at Cody McCormick.
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