Can Alex Nedeljkovic Be the Red Wings Franchise Goalie?
By Evan Mead
Can Alex Nedeljkovic be the Red Wings Franchise Goalie?
As I stated on the previous slide, Alex Nedeljkovic has had a lot of struggles this season. From making terrific saves to keep the Red Wings in the game, or being the reason why there were down 5-0, it’s been hard to really figure out who he is as a goalie and where he goes from here.
I mean, it’s really hard to say that his performances this season that have been bad are all on him, because well let’s face it, the defense is not great. I mean, Seider is phenomonal and Hronek is still a very good player, but when you look at the big picture, they don’t really have a defense that can lock down an offensive team.
At the same point, you can think back to the time that he scored on himself and well, that was nobody’s fault but his. I mean, that was definetly the worst goal I’ve seen this season… that was hard to watch. It’s just really hard to figure out where the organization want’s to go from here with him. After all, the Red Wings do have Sebastian Cossa coming who has some very high expectations.
So, getting back to talking about Nedeljkovic, I took the liberty of looking at his splits and here is what I was able to gather from it:
By Month
October: 5 games played, 3.27 GAA, .900 SV%
Novemeber: 10 games played, 2.24 GAA, .934 SV%
Decemeber: 6 games played, 3.30 GAA, .899 SV%
Janurary: 12 games played, 3.10 GAA, .899 SV%
February: 4 games played, 5.27 GAA, .845 SV%
March: 13 games played, 3.78 GAA, .891 SV%
April: 3 games played, 3.96 GAA, .895 SV%
Road vs Home
Road: 24 games played, 3.14 GAA, .907 SV%
Away: 29 games played, 3.48 GAA, .895 SV%
Pre All-Star Break vs Post All-Star Break
Pre All-Star Break: 34 games played, 2.90 GAA, .911 SV%
Post All-Star Break: 19 games played, 4.15 GAA, .880 SV%