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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
However, the numbers are on my side.
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Not really. A lazy analysis of the numbers may be on your side but that's all it is. Since SV℅ is not a stat isolsted from team effects or league effects.
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He's never had a Sv% above .907 and never had a GAA below 3.06. I know it's the "Q", but those stats don't exactly inspire me,
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Below I will compare McDonald's SV% by danger level to Julio Billia, who posted a .919 to lead the entire Q in SV℅:
Wait a second. If you normalize that to the same shot volumes - McDonald was better than Billia in Medium Danger shots, and just as good at low and high danger shots.
It's almost as if goaltending stats don't exist in a vacuum!
Why, if you flipped their teams, McDonald would have led the Q in SV%!
Wait, being on a superior team makes you a better goaltender prospect and indicates upward progression?
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and he looked pretty bad at the WJC..
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Pretty bad? He had one bad game. I'm seen Carey Price look like a scrub during his Hart season when Josh Jooris was picking corners on him. It doesn't help that Canada thought our best shot at winning was spending virtually entire games killing 5-on-3s.