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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I keep getting hung up on the goaltending. Crappy for 4 years in a row. Coincidence? Maybe.
But I go back to style of play and the types of chances that you're giving up. If you are giving up the fewest shots in the league, every year, and yet you are getting the worst save percentages in the league every year, you have to look at the style of play, and the types of opportunities you're giving up.
I hope it's the goalies. And I assume the youth of the defense is a factor.
But this stat worries me. Especially after what we've just been through.
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But it was more than just four years. Carolina has had bad goal prevention since long before Peters' arrival.
2011–12: 2.89GAA (26th)
2012–13: 3.31GAA (29th)
2013–14: 2.76GAA (20th)
2014–15: 2.67GAA (17th)
2015–16: 2.70GAA (17th)
2016–17: 2.80GAA (17th)
2017–18: 3.09GAA (20th)
The most glaring outlier here is Scott Darling. The question is how much of his struggles are attributed to coaching, or to the increased workload, or to various other factors.