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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
To post a .918 with the AAA chances our team has given up over the past year would be a goalie standing on his head and playing at a top ten level despite only being a top twenty save percentage.
Good goalies =/= average goalies. Caged Great said an average goalie would post a .918 because it's an average save percentage. That's untrue. Many goalies posting a .918 are protected behind strong team defense. A .918 on this team would be an almost Lundqvist-esque performance.
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You are wrong.
This season (even strength)
High Danger Scoring Chances Against/60 Mins: 11.4
Goals Against/Game: 2.01
Last season (even strength)
High Danger Scoring Chances Against/60 Mins: 11.7
Goals Against/Game: 1.88
This team is allowing fewer high danger scoring chances than last season. But significantly more goals on the chances they do allow.
I think I should repeat this. This team is allowing
fewer high quality chances against than last season.
Given that the Flames have scored about the same amount as last season, average goaltending would put this team in playoff contention (which is exactly what happened last year). There have been team d breakdowns for sure but this team was sunk by their goalies.