Question is can Jaroslav Halak bring the same form this season that, at times, saw him claim clear ownership of the Boston Bruins’ net over Tuukka Rask?
When he inked a two-year deal with the Boston Bruins last season, Jarsolav Halak was coming off an average year with the New York Islanders, claiming just 20 wins off 53 games and posting a below-average 0.908 save percentage and 3.22 goals against average. You’d safely look at those statistics and say he was coming to Boston purely in a backup role.
However once he got here, he proceeded to surprise us all and finished the season having essentially shared the net with 2,308 minutes to Tuukka Rask’s 2,635 – few would’ve expected 300 minutes to be the difference between the goaltender’s at the end of the year.