Sharks’ Kahkonen won’t settle for being ‘good’ NHL goalie initially appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
Kaapo Kahkonen has his eyes set on the larger image.
Making his second begin in a Sharks uniform since San Jose acquired him in a trade at the deadline, Kahkonen stopped 42 pictures however allowed 4 targets Thursday night time in a 4-2 loss to the Western Convention-leading Colorado Avalanche.
He obtained loads of reward from teammates and coach Bob Boughner after the defeat, however Kahkonen wasn’t glad.
“Good is not good enough in this league,” Kahkonen mentioned. “I don’t want to be the good goalie. I want to be the guy that makes a difference and keeps that game tighter at the end there.”
Kahkonen saved San Jose within the recreation for 2 intervals. The 25-year-old stopped 15 pictures he confronted within the first interval alone and surrendered only one purpose over the primary 40 minutes to the star-studded Avalanche, who boast the NHL’s second-ranked offense.
“I thought he was excellent,” Boughner mentioned after the loss. “I thought that a couple of those goals, he had no help on. I thought he made some big saves for us at the right time. I thought he played extremely well.”
“Kahkonen was fantastic tonight and kept us in the game,” ahead Timo Meier agreed. “He works laborious in follow. He was glorious in web. We’ve to enhance and convey extra to beat a group like Colorado.”
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Kahkonen has allowed 4 targets in every of his first two begins in San Jose, however he’s already notched a confirmed NHL observe report with 28 high quality begins and a 2.91 profession goals-against common.
However, once more, he is not glad.
