The expert consensus was that Steve Mason was a laughable solution to Philadelphia’s seemingly eternal goalie woes. Twenty-seven games into his Flyers career, nobody’s laughing.
Mason’s play to date in Philadelphia hasn’t just surpassed expectations for him. It has blown past what would have been expected if general manager Paul Holmgren had managed to pluck Henrik Lundqvist himself out of New York and placed him in the Flyers’ net.
Mason has provided his team with Vezina-caliber play, often while the defence in front of him was disintegrating. And in so doing, he’s given those commentators (including yours truly) who predicted that he would be a disaster at least a small dose of humble pie.
The real question is not about what Mason has done over a relatively short span of time, however. The real question is whether he can maintain this level of play.
There is no certain answer to that question, but there are only, really, two options.
The first is “no, he can’t.” This answer has some obvious merits. Mason’s numbers have been pretty awful o ...
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Is Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Steve Mason Really This Good?
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