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Originally Posted by Itse
Rämö put up .931 both against Washington in Calgary and against LA. The LA performance especially was very good.
While I agree that Berra seems to have more potential due to his size and athleticism, Rämö is somewhat more calm between the pipes. Some goalies just never can handle the pressure of being an NHL starter, especially for a Canadian team. There's no guarantee Berra ever will.
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So just for comparison, here are the game by game save percentages for both goalies so far without looking at the opponent or any other situational factors:
Ramo
.897
.857
.931
.853
.931
.857
.885
.800
Total Sv% to date=.882
Berra
.955
.792
.889
.914
.765
.870
.915
.889
.885
Total Sv% to date=.889
With Ramo you get more consistency, but the consistency isn't that good and that of a backup rather than a starter (and even then not a very good backup).
With Berra you get some extreme highs and lows, but he is definitely still adjusting to the North American game of high traffic and shots from everywhere, so IMO he has some more coachable flaws than Ramo. I think you will see him improve on that at some point this year. He's very tall so he will learn to look around the traffic and track the puck better.
Neither has great rebound control, but what I've seen from Berra is his struggle with rebounds when he can't see the first shot very well through traffic. Once he learns how to see around the traffic he will get better with his rebounds.
I would still like to see Ramo more to determine whether he can play better than what he's shown so far, but IMO Berra is the better all-around goaltender and really looks like he cares when he makes a mistake and tries to learn from it. Ramo is very aloof and doesn't seem to have a lot of drive to get better. That's fine when you're already Kipper, but when you're not…ugh.
Ramo's stats have been more consistent, but Berra's have been up and down drastically with a trend to the average between the highs and lows. For my money, I think you will see Ramo end up about .895 Sv% for the year and Berra will be between .905 and .910 if both continue in the 1A/1B scenario. I'm satisfied with a .910 Sv% for a starter on a defensively poor team.