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Originally Posted by Resurrection
What do wins and losses have to do with a goaltender, really? The only stat he is in sole control of is save %. his was 918, Pavelec was 904. Connor was a blue chip goaltending prospect and a winner at every level he's been at.
I mean, I don't know if you really follow the Jets much because your assertion they will ride Pavelec until he drops the ball really says a lot. He's god awful and has been dropping the ball for years, management is just being very obtuse about not cutting ties with him.
Also, there's literally no comparison between Ortio and Hellebuyck. Ortio isn't in the same conversation in terms of skill and his ceiling.
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Winner at every level, yet 25 games in the NHL with roughly a .500 winning percentage. You're saying a 'winner' which implies wins-losses, and then you suddenly cast that aside and put all emphasis on save percentage like the former doesn't matter, when the entire thread subject focuses on projected success next season. .918 is good, about league average for a starter. But even with that, the team didn't win at a playoff rate. And he's only played and sustained that for 25 games. Not 60-70, which is an even greater test for a goaltender. And which he would need to play if you're trying to keep Pavelec out of the net. My bringing up Ortio wasn't comparing the two. I said Ortio's played more games, which was the point. And it's pretty unanimously considered that he's unproven. Which would go the same for 'Connor' because he doesn't have a full season as a starter yet for you to realistically hope that he'd be simply thrown that opportunity next season from the get go, based on the logic that he's won a lower levels? And with how "obtuse" WPG management has been in regards to handling the goatending. Maybe. You could be right. But I guess unfortunately for you guys, your coaching doesn't compile its lineup strategies based on a widespread hyped assumption of fans.