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Old 10-30-2018, 11:13 AM   #4121
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Originally Posted by AltaGuy View Post
In bold are the seasons where Sigalet coached the goalies below with the Flames. The sample sizes vary widely, of course, and the evidence is far from clear based on these numbers.

I think the main point to be taken from these numbers is that no goalie has had a great season under Sigalet - something approaching a career-best, or even close. No goalie has had even a surprisingly good season numbers-wise. Most goalies seem to regress based on the numbers after a year of Sigalet's coaching - of course, this is highly debatable as well given team defence and other metrics.

It also seems as if most of these goalies get no better after leaving. Up for debate if he broke them, or whether they were never very good anyway or ready for a steep decline.

Sigalet joined the Flames in August of 2014. Before that he was with the Heat, but I'll start there anyway:

Hiller:
2013 (ANA) - .913, 2.36
2014 (CGY) - .911, 2.48
2015 (CGY) - .918, 2.36
2016 (CGY) - .879, 3.51


Ramo:
2014 (CGY) - .911, 2.65
2015 (CGY) - .912, 2.60
2016 (CGY) - .909, 2.63


Ortio:
2014 (CGY) - .891, 2.52
2015 (CGY) - .908, 2.52
2016 (CGY) - .902, 2.76


Elliot:
2015 (STL) - .917, 2.26
2016 (STL) - .930, 2.30
2017 (CGY) - .910, 2.55

Johnson:
2015 (BUF) - .920, 2.36
2016 (CGY) - .910, 2.59

Smith:
2016 (ARI) - .916, 2.64
2017 (ARI) - .914, 2.92
2018 (CGY) - .916, 2.65
2019 (CGY) - .869, 3.91
A cavalcade of fringe starters, career backups and AHL cannon fodder didn't magically get better.

I'm fine axing Sigalet, but let's be real about what he's had to work with. Kiprusoff wasn't Kiprusoff because of David Marcoux. If you gave Sigalet a real #1 to work with, he wouldn't ruin him.
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