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Originally Posted by CSharp
The SV% is such a BS individual stat for any given individual goalie. The SV% will go up IF and WHEN the Flames makes it harder for the other team to place those shot scored against the Flames netminders. If you look at the past few games (besides the one with the Habs), the rookies there were probably not that great, but the Flames made them look great - why, because most of the shots were easy to save besides the ones late in the 3rd period. If the Flames did the same thing to the opposition and made the shots easy for their goalies, I'm 100% sure the goalies we had last year and this year will have a 91+SV% easy. The Flames don't have goalie issues, it's what's in front of the goalies that are issues. This team is a goalie killer. I bet you that if you put Price or any of the elite goalies in the Flames net all season long and he'd suck as bad as it looks right now for Johnson and Elliot.
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Save% can certainly be misleading based on the defense in front of the goaltender. But when you look at the more indepth numbers such as the save% from the slot or from high danger scoring areas, then the numbers can reveal a lot. I believe the team has a goaltending issue right now because of the statistics and the eye test. Too many low percentage shots that are finding a way into the net, way too often and it's deflating the confidence of the team.
Just look at Chad Johnson's .940 save% by mid December to the .878 that he's been sporting since. It's the same defense and the same system and yet there's a drastically different result. The team didn't alter its strategies. It's just Johnson not performing as well. He and Elliott need to be way better and the defense can be better as well.