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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The jan 1 to the end of season was from the article not mine. 2.65 seems pretty middle of the road to be 6th best...
After the All Star game the 2.10 seems scary ... That compares to the Flames 3.35 over the last 20 games going 10-8-2
No amount of fancy stats can paper over a 3.35 Goals against. That is the whole team playing weak defense. (Gio and Hamonic missing.. a bit over half the games. Hamonic might not be as easy to replace as some folks think)
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I think it probably can, by virtue of the fact that there will be a substantial gap in time between when teams stopped playing and when they will start up again. For example, the Flames's unimpressive GAA over the selected timeframe could be attributed to a nagging injury for Rittich inasmuch as the Jets's stellar GAA is attributed to Hellebuyck playing out of his mind for a spell. Not that that is the reason, but it certainly could account for it.
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A 2.10 with a 12-6-2 and those Crappy fancy stats...IF they held for the last 20 games would suggest that Hellebuyck would be the best player in the league as the season ended...
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Which could then be irrelevant once the players start up again. We simply don't know whether Hellebuyck can resume and then sustain that same level of play after a three-month hiatus. Maybe he can; maybe he won't.