[Erick Estrada]

Everything about the playoffs though is small sample size. It's why GM's have to be careful about putting a lot of stock into making roster chances based on a brief playoff performance (trading Panarin for Saad after a bad four game playoff series) or overvaluing a player based on a breakout playoff performance (John Druce). However when examining why a team loses a best of seven game series there's no doubt in my mind save percentage is helpful because the team with the better save percentage is the one that typically moves on. A save percentage below .900 is simply not good enough and it doesn't help that a couple of the goals in game two looked like circa 2017 playoffs Elliott.