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Originally Posted by JayP
You're always the one criticizing these studies (which is fair), but you love to throw out baseless claims about what other goalie's save% would be under the Flames system (ie; Patrick Roy in his prime would be below .900) without anything to back it up. You can't have it both ways.
Kipper clearly has been brutal this year. Our defense is terrible, but it would have to be historically bad to be the only reason our goalies combined save% is so low. It's not one or the other - our high GA is truly the sum of the parts. Kipper and the team defense have both not been nearly good enough.
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Historically bad?
BB (before Bouwmeester) 2008-09 when Giordano was the softest d-man behind Regehr, Phanuef, Aucion, Sarich, Vandermeer and Pardy the flames D had 9.15 hits per game...... This year's version 5.39 hits per game.
Most goals are dirty goals (not highlight reel goals) that have the goalie screened and/or jostled. If you don't want to or have the personnel to stop the other teams forwards from doing this you have to expect that they will score a lot more and with a higher percentage.
The highlight reel saves are made with the goalie given room and protection to do his job..... letting opposing forwards into the scoring zone without bumping them is a recipe for defeat.
So yes the Flames Defense this year as a group are historically bad.