[trublmaker]

Originally Posted by Buff

Wrong year to pick Fuhr's stats to prove a point.

Back then, in a 21 team league, his save % was ranked 28th and his GAA was ranked 27th.

That year, he was far from one of the best. That year the top six GAA were all under 3.00, although the only the top 2 save % were over .900

Far from one of the league's best that year.

Edit to add: I got curious after looking up Fuhr's stats in 1988/89. I know Fuhr was a good goalie, but I've always felt he was overrated. Man, his stats don't do him any favours. Only 4 times was his GAA top 20 in the league, never top 10. And only once was his save% top 20 in the league and that year it was top 10, but his GAA was not top 20 that year.

10 times he was in top 10 in wins, 7 of those times was with the powerhouse Oiler. Also during his time with the Oilers he twice lead the league in wins.

So, maybe he visually looked good, but his stats sure don't make him seem that good.

I never thought fuhr was that good with the grease, he let in a lot of goals but they always scored more