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SuperMatt18 · 11-13-2015, 09:40 AM

The wrong time to be moving a d-man IMO.

No d-men look good when every mistake they make ends up in the back of their own net. The defense has not been good as last year, but goaltending is just magnifying it at this point.

The 5v5 on-ice save percentage for our Top 6 this year:

Giordano: .862
Russell: .867
Brodie: .868
Wideman: .869
Hamilton: .900
Engelland: .950

Almost correlates directly to those saying Engelland looks so much better this year, and how much worse Gio, Russell, Brodie, and Wideman are looking this year (For D-Men they are have the 3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th lowest on ice save percentage in the league this year.

Compare that to last year for our top 6:

Engelland: .910
Diaz: .920
Giordano: .925
Wideman: .926
Russell: .929
Brodie: .931

To put that in perspective only 5 players that played greater then 60 games last year had an on ice save percentage of lower than .900 last year, with the lowest being .887. The Flames are all at least .020 below that level.

Even in 13/14 when we had 40 games of Berra and MacDonald the lowest on ice save percentage on our team was .896 for Wideman.

They need to hope goaltending improves and then hopefully that at least improves Wideman and Russell's counting stats to the point where they have some value at the trade deadline because if this goaltending continues then nobody on this team will have any value.

11-13-2015, 09:40 AM	#3076
SuperMatt18 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	The wrong time to be moving a d-man IMO. No d-men look good when every mistake they make ends up in the back of their own net. The defense has not been good as last year, but goaltending is just magnifying it at this point. The 5v5 on-ice save percentage for our Top 6 this year: Giordano: .862 Russell: .867 Brodie: .868 Wideman: .869 Hamilton: .900 Engelland: .950 Almost correlates directly to those saying Engelland looks so much better this year, and how much worse Gio, Russell, Brodie, and Wideman are looking this year (For D-Men they are have the 3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th lowest on ice save percentage in the league this year. Compare that to last year for our top 6: Engelland: .910 Diaz: .920 Giordano: .925 Wideman: .926 Russell: .929 Brodie: .931 To put that in perspective only 5 players that played greater then 60 games last year had an on ice save percentage of lower than .900 last year, with the lowest being .887. The Flames are all at least .020 below that level. Even in 13/14 when we had 40 games of Berra and MacDonald the lowest on ice save percentage on our team was .896 for Wideman. They need to hope goaltending improves and then hopefully that at least improves Wideman and Russell's counting stats to the point where they have some value at the trade deadline because if this goaltending continues then nobody on this team will have any value. Last edited by SuperMatt18; 11-13-2015 at 09:49 AM.