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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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Well Kipper went to a different team and didn't play enough games with the Sharks to conclude anything so apples to oranges and Lundquist in fact had an off year by his standards last year (in the regular season) and Talbot's stats are better because he actually played better than Lundquist did in the regular season. Are you trying to argue that there's an eye test goaltenders also have to pass in addition to stats?