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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well to be honest your argument is flawed when it comes to goaltenders which is by far the easiest position to grade based on stats alone because they have a single job and that's to stop pucks and there are no style points. If you have two goaltenders behind the exact same team and one is putting up better GAA and SV% as it matters not which one makes the flashier saves as the stats tell the tale on which one is better at stopping pucks.
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It is still far from perfect.
In his final season with the San Jose Sharks, Miikka Kiprusoff was statistically worse than both his teammates, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, and then emerged as the best goaltender on the planet. Henrik Lundquist had the worst save percentage and GAA in NYR last season.
So then, I beg to differ: No, the stats do not invariably "tell the tale on which one is better at stopping pucks," and this is why there is a not insignificant number of Flames fans who would prefer Karri Ramo to Jonas Hiller.