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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Goaltending is weird.
You need it to win...but it's impossible to predict who's going to actually be good year to year, and even from the regular season to the playoffs.
Matt Murray won two cups, and hasn't really ever been good in the regular season. Binnington was pretty much in the ECHL, and then went on a huge run.
So much relies on system, team play in front of you, and sometimes just getting hot since the playoffs are a small sample size.
It seemed destined that Hellebuyck would outplay Talbot...instead Hellebuyck has a .900 save percentage for the series, and Talbot puts up a .945
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The position itself is extremely dependent on coaching and the system the team is playing in front of the goaltender.
Bobrovski had a good rookie year with the a good Flyers team with Laviolette coaching them. In his second year the Flyers lost Chris Pronger early in the season and he did not put up great numbers, and likely was impacted by them signing Bryzgalov. He goes to Columbus and has two really good years under Todd Richards on teams who played a pretty tight system, still somewhat influenced by the Tyrant who was Ken Hitchcock. But the team loosens up in Richards last year and they start 0-7 the next year which results in a coaching change. In Tortarella's first full year, he has another great season, and plays pretty well after that. Although with a bit more talent last year the Jackets were a bit more open style. He goes to Florida...and again struggles behind a looser team. Meanwhile the guys who step in for him in Columbus with a lesser talented team than the previous year have good seasons because the team tightens up considerably on defence.
The common thing is Tallon liking a Tortarella coached goaltender and not getting great value out of the player in free agency. He did it with Khabibuilin...is doing it again now with Bob.