^ aww. You deleted the part where you call me a ####ing #######
Just kidding, I applaud that. We obviously have different viewpoints but I know you are better than that
I don’t think that old post is relevant here
It does talk about sv% over full seasons, which are statistically significant. Over the course of a season, there are fortunate games that counterbalance the bad ones, and the stats begin to reflect the overall body of work
I’m of the view point that in a single game, there are too few shots to hang an opinion on that stat, without allowing for discussion
As for Markstrom, I thought he was average coming in, questioned the contract, he had a disappointing year last year, and then has been generally quite good this year. I am fully aware that team play affects sv%. I have made that case many times, pointing to Roloson and Fernandez both over .930 in Minny. Plus I have pointed to goalies under Sutter and predicted Markstrom to improve quite a bit. Unsurprisingly he has. I have no issues with him, like him in fact, but don’t think he’s elite.
The stats have shown him to be average. Not all goalies on bad teams have average stats. See Luongo’s career. Elite stats on bad teams. There’s no cognitive dissonance in believing a guy with average stats is not elite.
As for the game, Mathgod’s chart clearly shows how Carolina dominated the game, particularly the end of the first and the entire second, until the PPs.
Vladar had the second best night, sure. He let in 6 goals. Didn’t play poorly. That can happen, and it did, and it’s rare
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