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Originally Posted by AR_Six
After the Pens' elimination last year Derek Zona wrote a great article on how the one good playoff run Fleury had allowed the media to create a narrative around him that doesn't reflect reality. Well worth a read:
http://www.coppernblue.com/2012/4/25...fleury-good-no |
Yeah, he's just not that good. The Penguins finished near the bottom of the league with a .903 sv% last year and .900 in 09-10. If they were getting a .915 or so like they'd almost surely get with Luongo that represents a +35 shift in their goal differential. They would've easily won their conference last season and gotten Ottawa in the 1st round.
Pittsburgh has finished an average of 18th place in sv% over the last 4 years; what's the point of having 2 franchise centers if their extra output is almost completely mitigated by your poor goaltending?