^ you look at those goalie stats and you have to come to one of two conclusions, either
1) the team in front of the goalie is largely responsible for the stats, or
2) the goalies are largely responsible for their teams' success
because that first list is a list of most of the best teams this year, and the second list is a collection of some of the worst (the exceptions being Georgiev and Ullmark)
No doubt it is some of each, but I think it is mostly the former - goalie stats are largely a function of how well the team in front of them is playing.
Note: I am not taking ANYTHING away from Markstrom here, he has been elite this year. But to put my point into perspective, in his prior 6 seasons, his GAA ranged between 2.63 and 2.77. This year, he is sitting at 1.77, a full goal per game better. Did he suddenly learn how to goalie, or does he finally have a good team in front of him?
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