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Originally Posted by Infinit47
You keep saying this and it's not true. The "system" implemented by Vancouver was to be frequently outplayed and rely on their goalie to bail them out. They continually gave up more scoring chances than they created.
Vancouver was 3rd worst in SCF% last year. 5th worst in xGF%, 9th worst in CF%. Take a look at the other teams around them in these categories. It's not good company.
They are the very definition of a team that was repeatedly bailed out by their goalie (as Flames fans we know exactly what this looks like). While being a very good defenseman, Schmidt will undoubtedly face more pressure on the Canucks back end. Maybe he will step up, maybe he will regress. We will find out soon (but not soon enough).
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So Koskinan had the same stats as Markanen and the Oilers had similar rankings in those categories, does that make him a similar quality goalie?