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Originally Posted by Resurrection
You're kind of ignoring off the big one here and that's Fleurys complete collapse in the post season, but ok.
Garret on HF boards and a TSN contributor did some really good data gathering on the difference between quality teams and bad teams on goaltenders. He found the range to be about 01 to 05 %... so that 912 could be as bad a 907 on a much less talented team. But I digress.
When you pay someone nearly 6 million a year... below average goaltending in the season, and, a total tire fire in the playoffs is a laughable return.
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This is a perfect example of cherry picking a stat to put a spin on something.
Sure, a career of .912.... but you know he was below .907 four times in the first 5 years of his career?
For the past 6? Below .915 (your mark of average) once.
.921 (this year)
.920
.915
.916
.913
.918
But .920 is really quite good, or no? Because that's the way he's been playing the last couple years.
Honestly, save the dramatic "blind spots! Incredible!" thing, you've clearly got a huge one. Just look at stats a little more closely if you'd like to get a better picture. Choosing career SV% as a judgement on current ability of performance is a poor choice.
Based on your logic, Jonas Hiller right now is better than Carey Price, Braden Holtby, and Ben Bishop. Guess we should have re-signed him, we had a Vezina contender!