@jessegranger.bsky.social
Write about Goalies and the Golden Knights for The Athletic.
You’ve found the key
23.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You can watch the full episode on YouTube ⤵️
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Connor Hellebuyck’s paddle save was incredible for so many reasons.
One of which, is it was the exact type of play the hockey world has criticized him for not making over the last several years
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Talking about an incredible gold medal game, with @mbultman.bsky.social, @seangentille.bsky.social & @marklazerus.bsky.social from Milan ⤵️
22.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jack Hughes, golden boy — and I am still astounded by how poorly Canada played the game-winning sequence.
That plus much much more on the TAHS gold reaction pod with @mbultman.bsky.social @jessegranger.bsky.social and @marklazerus.bsky.social in Milan.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/W6xhNTN...
Jeremy Swayman "love you"
22.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 357 🔁 59 💬 8 📌 21
Add it to the Mount Rushmore of paddle saves.
22.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 67 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0American goalies with Olympic gold medals
🥇 Jack McCartan (1960)
🥇 Laurence Palmer (1960)
🥇 Jim Craig (1980)
🥇 Steve Janaszak (1980)
🥇 Connor Hellebuyck (2026)
🥇 Jeremy Swayman (2026)
🥇 Jake Oettinger (2026)
A decade ago, @usahockey.bsky.social started its 51 in ‘30 initiative, reshaping how it develops goalies.
Since, the U.S. has produced some of the best goalies in the world and entered this tournament with the strongest goalies.
Goaltending just delivered the first gold medal in 46 years.
I don’t want to hear about Connor Hellebuyck’s play in big games ever again.
22.02.2026 15:57 — 👍 58 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 1Connor Hellebuyck through 3 periods today:
40 saves
41 shots against
.976 save %
In the Olympics:
130 saves
136 shots against
.956 save %
Absolutely legendary performance by a legendary goalie. But will it end with a gold medal?
The drama of this hockey game is incredible.
22.02.2026 15:20 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0When does this Canadian power play end?
It feels like it’s been going for about 25 minutes.
Connor Hellebuyck
22.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Connor on Connor!
McDavid breakaway, and Hellebuyck stones him with the pad.
Jordan Binnington with a couple of big saves.
He nearly made them in the face off circle he’s challenging so far out.
My chance for glory is during beer league playoffs tonight.
22.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hellebuyck was huge in that first period, and I mean that literally.
He looked big in the net. Confident, and ahead of the play.
He didn’t have to make any 10-bell saves, but he made it look easy and calmed things down, especially early when Canada had the first 4 shots.
They’ve shown 50 replays of that Boldy goal.
Not nearly enough.
Heck of an opening shift by Eichel and the Tkachuk’s.
22.02.2026 13:14 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How does Slovakia not have a net front on the power play?
They know the goalie is Connor freakin Hellebuyck, right?
Can we put red pinnies on one of the teams during the TV timeout?
20.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This uniform matchup is incredibly confusing. I can’t even imagine what it’s like on ice level.
20.02.2026 20:15 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1Still hard to believe we were robbed of this for 12 years.
This is the best thing for the sport of hockey and it’s not even remotely close.
Juuse Saros’ puck tracking on that point blank save on MacKinnon was insane.
On the slow mo replay you can see him watch the puck off his blocker, ride up the shaft of his stick, and then blocker it again to the corner.
Erik freaking Haula
What a backhander
What a snipe
20.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It has been a sharp start for both Saros and Binnington.
Binnington has been the busier of the two, but Saros faced the most dangerous shot (early cross-ice one timer that he absorbed).
Top 5 Olympic goalies by save % heading into the semifinals:
1. 🇺🇸 Connor Hellebuyck .958
2. 🇨🇭 Leonardo Genoni .946
3. 🇫🇮 Juuse Saros .938
4. 🇸🇪 Jacob Markström .935
5. 🇸🇰 Samuel Hlavaj .932
