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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Considering he's coming off a very strong year (better than his not-very-good 2014-15 season) I don't know how you can say Quick is actually below average.
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It's a fair way to look at it, but I'd basically just argue that any goalie who has played behind the LA Kings in the past decade or so has had a better even strength save percentage than Quick. Quick's ESSV% is .924. Martin Jones was .934. Erik Ersberg was .927. Scrivens was a .932. Bernier is the lone exception, being .915. One thing save percentage doesn't take advantage of is team effects, and while it's not totally clear the extent to which that impacts goalies (nothing's really clear about goalies, in fairness) it seems like just about anyone can backstop LA and let in goals at a lesser rate than Quick. Like a lot of overrated players, his reputation is built largely on a completely ridiculous playoff run, but over the long haul, he doesn't get the same results.