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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I grant you this but submit they are statistical anomalies. Thomas especially. How is Smith trending?
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He had one spectacular season his first year as a starter with the Coyotes. He had one off year in 14-15. Otherwise, he's been right around his career save percentage of .913 the other 4 seasons with them.
11-12 .930
12-13 .910
13-14 .915
14-15 .904
15-16 .916
16-17 .914
That's while starting 310 games over that stretch, or almost 52 per season on average.
If you aggregate those 6 seasons, his save percentage over that period is .916. Over that same time period, among goalies that averaged 20 or more starts per season (so 120 or more starts), that ranks him 22nd in Sv% out of 43 total goalies. Comparing that rank to other recent Flames goalies:
Elliott - 6th (.921, 209 starts)
Smith - 22nd (.916, 310)
Johnson - 28th (.915, 120)
Hiller - 37th (.909, 215)
Smith's 310 starts over that period rank him 6th among 43 goalies. Only Lundqvist, Rinne, Fleury, Lehtonen, and Quick have started more games since 11-12.