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Originally Posted by codynw
Yea, but they lost in round one and have been pretty bad so far this season. Varlamov wasn't gonna have a .930SV% forever.
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I'll worry about next year's team next year. You'll have guys like Poirier, Ortio and potentially Bennett plus many other changes. They may still be awful in advanced stats, but this year's performance has no bearing on next years.
Last year's Avs team finished first over Chicago and St.Louis. Yes - they lost in the playoffs but that's just being in the West. Acting like last year's poor advanced stats are why they suck this year doesn't make sense. They aren't same team.
Last year Av's team had a 919 save percentage. This year they have a 918 save percentage. So its not the goaltending. Its the fact that guys like Duchene, MacKinnon and O'Reilly have all taking a big step back in production this year.