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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
This might have been an interesting analysis if he broke it down by round. There are generally more games played in round 1 than rounds 2-4 combined. One wouldn't expect much difference in performance from March 15 to April 15. But May 15 or June 1 could be a very different story.
They don't award the cup based on SV%. As you rightly state, goalies are just one big piece of the puzzle. The difference may come down to 2-3 instances in May and June where the margins between save and goal are super slim. The last few decades indicate that goalies starting less than 62 reg season games have been much more likely to come up with that save.
Since 2004, there are 2 instances of cup winning goalies starting more than 57 games: Quick 68, Fleury 61. (Brodeur did it with 73 a few years earlier, too).
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Well, I think it is interesting, and could be more interesting.
Relying on stats of cup winning goalies since 2004 gives you, what, 13 data points?
Also, need I remind you that ... it was in! :-)