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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Oh I know Hiller was an absolute nightmare that season. But he also only played 26 games. Give him statistically average GAA on our team and I still think we would've been a bottom 5 team in goals allowed.
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Hiller allowed 79 goals in 654 shots.
With a league average SV% of .915 that drops down to 55 goals. Hiller was worth -24 goals. Flames allowed 257 goals. If Hiller were average that becomes 233 goals, good for 21st in NHL.
Ortio allowed 55 goals on 564 shots.
With a league average SV% of .915 that drops down to 48 goals. Ortio was worth -7 . If Hiller+Ortio were average that becomes 226 goals allowed good for 18th place.
Drops down to 220 if Ramo were league average, or 16th place.
Basically that's -6 EN goals against because we didn't get saves earlier in games. Backstrom was also worth -4 goals -> 210GA would have been good for 11th. Tied with the Sharks who won the west. And not with elite Vezina goaltending but league average SV%.
SV% isn't wholely goalie independant but no one would suggest we got the calibre of goaltending we have gotten from Elliott, Johnson, Smith, and Rittich. Ramo and Ortio were waived that year and Hiller should have been.