Do a video about how underrated Crawford was. PLEASE. Nobody seems to appreciate what he brought to the Hawks dynasty.

I don't think I'll ever get the image of Holtby stonewalling Tuch out of my head. Just how different is that series had the momentum not shifted then and there. Above all else, Holtby will always have that to reminisce about, and nothing can ever take that away. Great video!

I think no matter what Holtby will always have a legacy in Washington as one of the most important goalies we have ever had, but more importantly one of the best people on the team we have ever had. Like it’s telling that everyone who was with him on the Caps still love him and the town still welcomes him back happily

Very well built case. At first I was like, "C'mon man!"... but you gotta watch the whole argument, and you did very well at convincing me of your point. Also, Crawford was pretty underrated. I remember him against Vancouver in the playoffs in 2011. He was all of a sudden lights out and man... all I have to say is thanks for the tip Campoli!

This video recontextualizes how I think of Holtby. I always pegged him as a great if not necessarily elite goalie playing on one of the most consistently-great teams of the 2010's. In my mind, Holtby was hurt by the fact that the Caps were a goalie factory, with goalies like Varlamov, Neuvirth, and Grubauer also experiencing consistently-strong play behind those defenses, but despite their successes, no one had a better Caps tenure than the Holtbeast. I always figured he fell apart only after leaving Washington, exacerbated by various injuries, ultimately leading to his premature retirement. However, I never dug any further into it than that, so seeing this video and these statistics putting his career into greater context was pretty eye-opening. I would not have said while Holtby was active that he made good teams better but bad teams worse, I would have just said he was a great goalie behind awful defenses or whatever. I love videos like this, and this one is particularly excellent! Liked, subbed, and commented for the algorithm, I look forward to more of your content!

My own super pro Holtby bias aside as a caps fan, this is one of the highest quality and well done hockey videos I've ever seen. Seriously. Idk how I've never seen this before, but this is the kind of analysis I would KILL for from major hockey networks. Freaking amazing work

I would really like to see similiar analysis of career of Roberto Luongo. He is also a very enigmatic goalie with some incredible advanced stats.

Us Oilers fan know all to well how good Dubnyk was….after he left.😢

Talk about filling a need. A channel like this has been missing from KZfaq for a long time

this channel will explode happy to say I was one of the first thousand subs

So glad the algorithm decided to slip this into my recommendations. I'm obviously biased as a Capitals fan, but I love Holtby. He won't get the recognition he deserves outside of DC but I don't care. By the way, that 2012 Bruins-Caps series was wild, it needs more analysis.

Such a shame he got hurt. Would've loved to see him Rocking the Red again. He had a decent season in Dallas (yes I know analytics may say different). I can't really argue with any of your points but he will always be a Caps legend. Grubauer was probably the reason we lost the first 2 games against Columbus. In comes HoltBEAST out of desperation and the rest is history. I mean he shut out the Lightning TWO games in a row to seal a route to Cup Final. Yes, us Caps fans may overrate him but he's ours to overrate.

Just found your channel and your videos deserve WAY more attention. AMAZING narrating and the NHL stories you cover seem to be lost in time, just for you to dust them off and present them to the modern audience. PLEASE do a video like this about Evgeni Nabokov or just the early 2000's sharks. My early childhood memories will always be the highs and lows of the sharks and how nearly every season, we could've won it all. On the back of Evgeni Nabokov, who never won a cup or a vezna

Can you do one of Carey Price? I really enjoyed this video but Pricey has been my fav since I was a kid.

When he was on he was unreal, but the decline was fast and ugly... Great video mate! Also, "he good people" hilarious the way you wrote that.

we love holts in washington he’s such a lovely guy and was amazing in game 6 and 7 against tampa in 18 W video

He had so many seasons where he was insane. He also tied Brodeur all time for wins in a season. That is something else and a stat that you can't argue about lol.

I have a shirt with John Scott celebrating a wicked goal he ripped past Holtby a while back. I still think it’s so funny.

You should more views feels like a Jon Bois video for hockey It’s great

I always wondered wtf happened to Braden Holtby he was once one of best goalies in NHL at one point then after leaving the Capitals he just fell off it was so weird anyways thanks for producing this video

he may not be an elite goalie but he’s definitely a legend. Mad respect for the holtbeast o7

Randomly met this guy on vacation once. Really nice. Love the video.

I'll always remember Holtby for his weird water bottle drop tracking warmup and kinda looking like Eagle Sam from the Muppets

Love this channel.

Awesome content,man !

Great Video and analysis! You should keep doing these!

One of the better made hockey videos I have seen in a long time.

Really interesting! nice job! love it! Big Holtby fan!!

great video man, really well done. def agree that he was all three of elite, bad, and average at one point in his career. I can see u growing a lot as a channel, keep grinding

great video

As someone who saw him as a bear when I was a kid and having him be the only player I remember from this time it really is nice to see what became of him and if he was good or not because i never really was into hockey until this year and at a glance (and i guess a deep dive too) its very unclear

My enduring memory of Holtby is one of him coming up short when it mattered most except for one series in which it resulted in a Cup. His performances in 15, 16 and 17 playoffs in particular where he was the second best goalie on the ice in every single one and had abysmal collapses in deciding games hurt the most. Yes the Cup cleansed some of it but there was more meat on the bone for this Caps team particularly in 2019 where they had no business losing to that Canes team up 2 goals TWICE in Game 7. The story of Holtby's career is coming up short in the biggest games in the playoffs.

7:40 time traveller from the future, here: Holy hell, Bobrovsky! And it’s about to do it again!!

I dont believe he was elite but at times in his career he was great i loved him to death in his time in WSH it was a sad day when his play started to fall off

@pinhole graham This video is awesome. Plz do a video like this for henrik lundquist. I think the analytics will make him look even better.

Holtby will always be a Elite goalie to me. "The Save" ... 'nuff said :) 😀

Yo, Mr PG, i want you to know, i live near where Holtby was born, so i got lucky and met him on the golf course one summer. I hope you get the chance to meet him, because he is an amazing person.

Just been thinking about this guy. He won a Cup, a Vezina and was nominated another time and yet it feels like his career was significantly shorter than most top level NHL goalies might expect. He had absolutely no tail to his career.

Holtby ain’t good, he ain’t bad, but he sure as hell ain’t ugly.

I'll tell you one thing, man. Braden Holtby is elite. I'll tell you why. If you go into his career and look at this and look at that, you may or may not find convincing evidence but one thing is true: he played out of his mind in my opinion and his legacy is that he is/was indeed elite. Immortally. He won a cup with the Caps and proved who he was with that. He had not been plying that great before that but he annihilated that concept forever. Anyone who thinks he sucks or this or that is not an honest person lol. He was the best goalie we Caps fans have ever had and there are some serious names to compete with on that list. The only one that equals him ultimately is Lundqvist ( Kolzig is actually equal in my opinion too), but Holts is one of the reasons why we won that Cup, period and how many times would the Caps have been in the final/won the cup if they had only gotten over the second round hump and slayed their demons earlier? Holtby was always there and whenever we lost, we lost as a team. He is a darn good goalie and no matter what kind hate you can give him, anyone would be happy to have him on their team (except some insane fans) lol.

The eye test can be so deceiving. As a life long caps fan there was no possible way that looking at Brayden Holtby you could discern that he isn't an individual goalie due to his volume of flashy saves.

Remember the Corey Crawford Tuka Rask era

I think it is important to note that for several years I think 2 or 3 he had the best playoff stats among all goalies. Something like a high .920 %. The team in front of him just performed terribly.

Hello I enjoyed your video can you tell me where did you get those skill graphs? If you made them on your own can you tell me how?

Holtby to me is the epitome of the modern goalie. Excellent at times but never exceptional over a prolonged period. Into this group I place Bishop, Quick and many others. I'm not degrading them as they were all superb at times. But they don't sit comfortably among guys like Roy, Hasek, Esposito or Plante. Only Lundqvist, Price and Luongo had the longevity at a constantly high level while Crawford is the modern Chris Osgood. Never got the respect he deserved. As a qualifier my partner is a Canucks fan and loved them signing Holtby. But he was rather brutal in his spell there. 🤔

Probably a goalie that’s an even bigger enigma is Mike Smith

Bro .914 save percentage is crazy

It kinda blew my mind that I kinda forgot how DOMINANT Crawford was for the hawks. This is extra sad considering I’m a hawks fan lol 😢

Holtby stood up to the defending Cup champion Bruins and didn't flinch. That is history. He also beat them. As a rookie. His composure is Top 10, maybe Top 5.

i remember being at isles caps playoff series in 2015 during game 4. i turned to my friend and said isles have no chance you cant score on this guy

I feel like if it wasn’t injury’s he could have recovered and been a solid 1B

7:41 lmao

Pekka Rinne!!!

What happened to Jonathan Quick?

yea im sry but when he tied brodeur solidified him as an elite for me no matter what you say.

2:54 bruh leave him be, his controller disconnected for a sec

Do a cory schneider one!!!!!!!

Caps should retire #70. Best goalie in franchise history and always showed up in the playoffs, even when his team didn't.

Corey Crawford is the goat

this man was my gay awakening

He's not elite I'm sorry. He is in my eyes the best goalie in the teams history. What's astonishing about him is that we just signed Kuemper to 5 years and they're the same age. I think he had spurts of elite play. But there was inconsistency. However, let's also look at the fact that in the 19-20 regular season the team itself put up better numbers. He had a better save percentage than Samsonov but a worse GAA. Which as a player, from my experience leads me to believe the team felt the need to play more conservatively on defense with him in net. But again I have to add. The 18 playoff run...... if he does that consistently for 7-8 years he could've been a potential HoF candidate. Comes in off the bench, shuts out that loaded Tampa roster in games 6 and 7. Makes the Save against Tuch that alters that entire series.

We've seen Matt Murray and Binnington also.

I’m a Caps fan but I never liked Holtby. I could see right through his play and that it was all the defense in front of him. I kept trying to tell other Caps fans but they were drinking the Holtby kool-aid. In addition, “the save” wasn’t an exhibit of his skill, it was quite simply, just an incredibly LUCKY desperation save. He had flashes of brilliance throughout his career, sure, but he wasn’t anything special or “elite”. Most of the time he was just “meh”. Don’t even get me started on his BS political views.