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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Which is why using EV Str SV% is so useful. Because the years you are talking about showed Kipper was still quite good based on that metric.
GAA is the worst stat for goalies, almost as terrible as +/- for skaters.
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Even the best goalie stats are not perfect. EV Str SV% is useful to an extent, but when dealing with goalie prospects like Ramo and Berra it's more about feel and their individual skills (Glove/Blocker/Rebounds etc.) than the actual results. In each individual skill, Berra is the better goalie. The only area that he's terrible at right now is his positioning and his adjusting to the speed of the shots.
In the broadcast tonight they mentioned how in the euro leagues that they don't take shots from near the goal line. Several of the bad goals he's let in were shots like that. That is just a matter of repetition of facing those types of shots in order to adjust.
Each of Berra's problems are the easier ones for a goalie to fix, it just takes time. What you can't adjust for is not having higher end talent.