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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Thought I'd put all these goalies stats in one place so it's easier to compare.
This is their averages over THE LAST 4 SEASONS
Obviously some of the younger goalies don't have a 4 season sample size, so for them this is their career to date.
QS% = Quality start percentage, .530 is about average, below .500 is terrible, above .600 is stellar.
Some takeaways..
Elliot's numbers are sparkling, although he's never shouldered a full starters workload, and how can you trust him after the collapse this year?
Bishop's numbers hold up very well against some of the best starters in the league over the last 4 years. No surprise with 2 Vezina nominations.
Price is a friggin goalie god. No wonder the Habs go from a 100+ point team with him to a lottery team without him.
If Rask, Crawford or Schneider are available via trade, and the price doesn't rip our young core apart, you pay it and get them. Especially Schneider because he's been backstopping a crappy non playoff team for the last 4 years.
Darling's numbers are frighteningly good, and if your scouts are confident he can translate them into a starters role then you might hit a massive home run value wise. It's a gamble though.
Smith is T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. Stay away Tre please. |
What quantifies a quality start? Does this factor in the team they play on? I mean i'm certainly not going to write off a guy cause he played on a terrible team. I mean Darling plays for the Blackhawks vs Smith on the Coyotes, odds are he is going to have better numbers. Look at Elliotts numbers on the Blues compared to the Flames. It plays a big factor.
I'm still fully convinced Smith is the right man of all that are available. If Bishop was signed to a similar contract I would agree with everybody else but he is not and contract term and length is simply to important to ignore. Bishop will want at the very least 5 years, probably more.
Smith usually faces a borage of shots in Arizona so I think he could excel with a team who is better defensively, he hates to lose, is very athletic, can play the puck extremely well, has experience in the playoffs, is signed to the perfect contract that can get us to our next wave of goalie prospects and is HUGE in net. I want a goalie where you can literally see no net.
I hope they take a flyer on him.