What is the point of posting these stats completely devoid of context? If you are genuinely asking if he is a good goalie, then why not dig in to it a little bit with an open mind?
Unless you were completely disengaged watching last season, you know that he had a mid-season injury that completely altered his results. Posting an overall season number is something that TSN would do because they don't know much about the Flames.
Borrowing this from @RingofFireCGY:
Jacob Markstrom
Jan 14 - Feb 17 (League Rank in Brackets)
8-5-1
Save %: .933 (6th)
GAA: 2.11 (11th)
Goals Saved Above Average: 5.09 (3rd)
High Danger Save%: .849% (8th)
Feb 17 - April 23
8-11-1
Save %: .895 (47th)
GAA:2.63 (34th)
Goals Saved Above Average: -9.28 (48th)
High Danger Save%: .747% (49th)
April 23 - May 20
6-3-0
Save %: .937 (2nd)
GAA: 1.63 (2nd)
Goals Saved Above Average: 4.24 (2nd)
High Danger Save%: .838% (8th)
And when Markstrom was the Canucks starting goalie, it seems he did pretty well:
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After a season that put him in the Vezina Trophy conversation for some, Jacob Markstrom has been named Canucks MVP for a second straight season. He’s the first back-to-back winner of this award since Roberto Luongo, who was named team MVP during his first two seasons in Vancouver (2007 and 2008).
The backbone of the team on most nights, Markstrom also won the Three Star Award, for most Three Star selections.
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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canu...awards-winners
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Markstrom is being peppered on a nightly basis and has made 30-plus saves on 19 different occasions. The Canucks have surrendered the seventh-most amount of shots in the league this season yet rank 14th best when it comes to goals allowed (3.02 GAA/ GP). This has largely been due to Markstrom outduelling the opposing team's netminder and propelling his team to victory on a nightly basis. In fact, when you look at Markstrom's 22 victories this season, the Canucks only outshot their opponent in seven of those games.
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Markstrom's 22 wins are sixth most among all NHL goalies this season, while his .918 save percentage is 15th best (minimum 10 GP). To really get an idea of just how good Markstrom has been, you have to dive a little deeper into the stats. "GSAA" - Goals Saved Above Average is a stat that that calculates the number of goals allowed by a goaltender compared to the number of goals that would have been allowed by a league average goalie. Markstrom's 11.87 GSAA is 10th best overall and ranks him sixth best among all NHL goaltenders who have played at least 30 games.
Markstrom is also thriving when it comes to high-danger chances. The Canucks tend to surrender plenty of high-quality chances in prime scoring areas and Markstrom has been been equal to the task. The Canucks' netminder has faced the fifth-most high danger shots in the league (356) and his .843 HDSV% is eighth best among all NHL goalies. He's bailing the Canucks out of costly defensive mistakes and coming up big when it's needed the most.
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https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/van...om/c-315267702
I really like Markstrom and think he is the best goalie they have had since Kipper. Hopefully he has such a great season that the doubters come around on him, but I'm really comfortable with the Flames goaltending and consider it a strength of the team.