re-run your stats and eliminate goalies who played less than half their teams games, or even just the goalies that played 10 or less games. He's top 10 each year when you eliminate those folks.
I actually don't feel Kipper is the same as Bryz, but the fact is Bryz has been a top flight NHL starter numerous seasons. Yes, not the best goalie in the league like Kipper was one year, but elite, I'd say so (for a small snap shot of time). Point was, he's put up numbers the Oilers could only dream of at this point in time, and the fact that it's possible he could do it again, although I agree unlikely.
Pay point with the Kipper comparison was not to say that he and Bryz are the same, but to say if you are willing to throw out Bryz's best results because it came as a result of a defensive system, then that same argument could be made to throw out Kippers best results for the same reasons.
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