Great article.
As you say, it's simply one stat and isn't an 'answer' in and of itself. However, it is interesting and there is definitely some information there.
It begs the age old question: does good defense make for good goaltending, or does good goaltending make for good defense? The answer of course, is probably somewhere in the middle.
For the Flames at least, I think those numbers match 'my eye' for this season. Goaltending has been great at times, but also ok at times and downright weak at times (especially through the slump). So seeing that their save percentage ranks just below their winning percentage sounds just about right.
To the point of the rest of the season, I think it is pretty obvious - and your numbers back that up - that they will need top half goaltending the rest of the way to have any chance at the post season.
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