Detroit Red Wing fans were relentless on Cheveldae, even at home games. He received much of the blame when Detroit was ousted in the playoffs, especially against Toronto. Then when he left it made it look even worse because the Wings made the Cup Finals and later won two Cups shortly thereafter. Here is a partial entry from Wikipedia on the matter:
From the 1990-91 season to the 1992-93 season, Cheveldae was Detroit's starting goaltender. With Detroit not settling on a consistent backup, Cheveldae was Detroit's goaltending workhorse for those seasons, playing no less than 65 games in each those seasons and playing an astounding 72 games during the 1991-92 season, earning him the right to play in the 1992 NHL All-Star Game. While Cheveldae had success during the regular season, the team would never go deep into the playoffs during those seasons, leaving Cheveldae to be the scapegoat for Detroit's inability to succeed in the playoffs.
Was the blame fair or was he the local scapegoat?
2007-01-29 20:20:46 · 11 answers · asked by Mike Ockertz 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Regardless of how well or how terrible a goalie plays, hockey is a team sport. A team wins and a team loses. A hockey team will always have that attitude. In my opinion a goalie can let a team down or lift them up and a team can leave a goalie hung out to dry too. In Tim Cheveldae's situation the case can be made that he WAS good enough to carry his team deep into the playoffs but was BURNT OUT by the time the regular season ended. That could be the fault of the team for not finding an adequate backup to rest him, Tim Chevaldae who was selfish or a combination of the two. My thought is the team is ultimately responsible and regardless should have had a decent backup for him despite the possiblility they didn't look too hard as he was adamant he wanted to play a lot. No one player is a total scapegoat in a team sport. Tim Cheveldae could be considered a partial scapegoat and could also take a little bit of the blame for Detroit's inability to advance in the playoffs.
2007-01-29 21:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by rhstocks188 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a die hard Wings fan and I am sorry to say that most of the people in Detroit ALWAYS blame the goalie if the Wings get knocked out of the playoffs. Just ask poor Manny. he didn't play that bad. He did not play great but he didn't play bad. But no one could seem to score. Did they blame Pavel? He never scores in the play offs. Did they blame Zetterberg or any of the other forwards? NO! It was all Manny's fault. That is so wrong.
2007-01-30 11:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by lidstromnumber1fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he was Terrible that's why in 1996 Chris Osgood took his Place and I was Glad when that day came, because how Stanley Cup titles did Osgood won Three, how many Cheveldae won Zero.
they had Yzerman and Shanahan, Fedorov at the the Time Cheveldae failed Detroit miserably tha's why the Goalie spot is Critical in Hockey Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy wouldn't help the Habs won Stanley Cups if Poor Goalie Right, Osgood and Hasek right Now for Detroit has won Stanley Cups you see those Results, not Fingerpointing.
Grow Up and Play hockey
2007-01-30 05:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
detroit is a place where it's tough to be a goalie. team sport or no, if you don't go far into the playoffs, the fans will blame the goalie & the goalie only. i feel that if chris osgood can win a cup, then i could throw on the pads & win a cup, of couse it has to do with the team in front of you AND the play of the goalie - but detroit fans can't ever blame anyone but the goalie.
2007-01-30 07:39:41 · answer #4 · answered by jack spicer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Chevy was a victim of being a scapegoat.. remember, the early 90's RedWings were awful... early mid 90's (93-95) Wings were good.. but not amazing.. comparable to todays Thrashers squad... with some decent veterens and players still developing to be elite stars such as Fedorov, Lidstrom, Konstantinov and Kozlov.
Every career has its downpoints.. Chevy wasn't given the chance to recover in Detriot and was casted away.. and it must of hurted his confidence.. same thing happened to Potvin and Carey when thier stats fell and they were never the same..
According to The Hockey News, Cheveldae is currently training to become a firefighter.. Tim was the goaltending coach for the Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) in 2001...
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2007-01-30 04:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by Virus Type V 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cheveldae was a good goalie but the Wings weren't a top team in those days. you had other really good teams in the NHL at that time even better then the Wings teams like the New York Rangers, Washington Capitals, its just like last year when most Wings fans blamed everything on Legace and he did his part is just the Wings offence sucked really bad and just couldn't score.
GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2007-01-30 00:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recall Cheveladae being more than decent with the Jets after he was traded. Then again, the Wings got Mike Vernon, who was a decent reason for them going to the playoffs afterwards.
2007-02-03 11:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by seals_tuba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scapegoat. Detroit fans are pathetic that way, making scapegoats out of everyone. If their fans gave Timmy a chance, he could have brought them a Stanley up.
2007-01-30 00:52:27 · answer #8 · answered by DaAvs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Team sport. Not all his fault.
He choked in the play offs and couldn't handle the pressure. He admitted it in the media as well. He was one heckuva nice guy that did oodles for charities in Detroit and even as far away as Jackson, though.
2007-01-30 02:36:19 · answer #9 · answered by AKA FrogButt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant' place blame on ONE person...YOu play as a team you die as a team you win as a team.
2007-01-30 00:13:17 · answer #10 · answered by Gina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋