I am in the camp that the Flames system is a goalies grave-yard
Couple of articles that tie goalie metrics to team style and performance
Introducing the Shot Quality Project
Part II
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Clean shots account for 85 percent of a goaltender’s workload, yet only 50 percent of the goals and an average save percentage of .951. Contrast that to the .693 save percentage on transition shots and it’s pretty clear that a goaltender exposed to more transition opportunities has tougher job.
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I also think that it gets into a goalies head. Hard to keep confidence when you have a low save % even if you have a higher proportion of transition shots.
Will Ortio be able to play well when his sv % indicates that he is not an NHL calibre goal tender?
Hiller was able to do it last year but never got over the mess that was the flames system in October 2015.
October
Hiller record 2-3-0 sv% .861
Ortio 0-2-1 sv% .868
Ramo 1-3-0 sv% .868
I would venture to guess that the number of transition shots would have been a lot higher than 15%. With Gio-Hamilton looking like they never played hockey before the other team would be making 2-3 passes for each shot.
Here is another article that goes against making the Flames a playoff team by getting a Goalie
In the NHL, save percentage is a team stat