Big 12 Twitter Forum - Craig Anderson

Even the most optimistic Senators fan would describe their 7th place standing right now as a surprise.  Goalie Craig Anderson has been a big part of that.  However, there has been some criticism of his play lately.  Is Andy raggedy from too much work?  Is he too small to play this much?  Is there a flaw in his game?  Is the whole team responsible?

Hockey Night in Canada's Elliott Friedman had this observation this week:

Craig Anderson is on pace to play 74 games for the Senators. Here is what should concern Ottawa: The only other time he had this heavy a workload was 2009-10 (71 appearances). Before March 1, he was 31-16-5 with a 2.42 GAA and a .924 save percentage. Afterwards, the numbers were 7-9-2, 3.29 and .895. He's not a big guy. Will his body hold up?

In today's TGOR Big 12 Twitter Forum, I asked for your honest opinion of Anderson, one year into his four year contract with Ottawa?  The reviews aren't great.

  Gary Michael Birch @GMBirch

@TGORSteve Even average goalies can have great games. He's a middle of the pack NHL goalie.

  Marc Giardino @MarcGiardino

@TGORSteve Anderson only as good as team in front if him. Sens are truly a "team" not reliant solely on goaltending. Great haircut too

  Nick Summerfield @summnic

@TGORSteve, like Lalime was, he is a great goalie at times. I hope if they make the playoffs this version shows up.

  Christopher @bazookie

@TGORSteve He's too unpredictable. He needs a 10 game win streak where he's hot for all 10. #gosensgo

  Derek Barnes @DerekGBarnes

@TGORSteve B+ Been a rock behind an ever changing D. When he's on a roll, there's no one better than him.

  Canada's Flag King @Flag_King

@TGORSteve Anderson - Mediocre season so far. Hasn't stolen a ton of games but hasn't been horrible for long periods either.

  Garry Scott @garryscott1971

@TGORSteve steady play for the most part but tends to poop the bed in must have / big games. He's the goalie we need til phase 2 of rebuild

  John Cyr @jcyr5772

@TGORSteve. Another body for the Goalie Graveyard known as the Ottawa Senators

  Brochenski @Brochenski

@TGORSteve I think he's a great goalie, who's really stolen a lot of games for us. His #'s don't reflect how helpful he's been this season

  Tim Frisby @Money_Farmer

@TGORSteve Spotty & expendable

  JB @turtlelama

@TGORSteve not stealing games for us. Beast of burden for these tough years. Good value. Would be run out of town if we had an elite team.

Rob @robrenfrew

@TGORSteve
Anderson's been ok, the D in front of him hasn't been reliable, I mean, he can't stop goals and score them too.

Tough crowd.  What's that last one?  The Gisele Bundchen defence?  Clearly, despite the Sens' playoff push, Anderson still has work to do to win over this fan base.