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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
It’s actually really easy to allocate responsibility for save percentage to the team.
When Jacques Lemaire was coaching Minnesota and Dwayne Roloson and Manny Fernandez were both putting up .930 save percentages, do you think they were really top goaltenders in the league?
The Flames activate the D a lot now. This leads to some better opportunities for the opponents at times.
Their current goaltending is fine.
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Again, the Flames are the only team in the entire NHL to not have a 92% season since 2011-2012.
There are 30 other teams that have done this. The only other team that technically didn't was Atlanta, who only existed until 2011. There's no way the Flames have had the worst save percentage situation, one that could can blame on defense quality or activation, that entire time.
You're wrong. It's extremely difficult to blame bad save percentage entirely on the defense/coaching when its over 5 coaches, 4 GMs, 9 years, about about 50 different defensemen.
Look at Robin Lehner. He has put up 92% during 6 seasons already (albeit some of those seasons have small amounts of games). Most of those seasons were behind terrible defense in Ottawa, Buffalo, and not Chicago.
Guys like him have been available too, so that's the frustrating part.