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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Of the 33 goalies who have played 6 or more games (i.e starters), Markstrom ranks:
26th in high danger save percentage
25th in Goals saved above average
24th in save percentage.
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This has nothing to do with what I said. I don't go into every game worried he's going to blow it.
I don't worry about these fancy stats as much as much I worry about the eye test and whether a shot should have went in or not. As a former goalie save percentage has to be one of the most overrated stats and how your team plays in front of you factors into it. If you only get 10 shots in a game but allow 2 goals on shots you had no chance on you didn't have a bad game because you had a .800 SV%. And if those 2 goals are the best chances the other team gets it doesn't mean you sucked because you didn't stop the "hIgH dAnGeR cHaNcEs".
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I would say there is almost always a goal each game where we all think he really should have had it.
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This is no different than accusing him of letting in a bad goal a game.
I can't remember who said it last night but they were right. Pretty much every goal that goes in someone has to think of some reason to blame him for it.
Like I said earlier, he's let in goals that weren't unstoppable but that doesn't make them bad goals. Not every goal a goalie lets in is going to be a goal he had no chance on. I'd say more goals that go in on goalies are goals they still had a chance to stop but couldn't.
And then there's this whole "He's being paid 6 million so he should be able to find a way to stop it" thing. Getting paid 6 million doesn't mean you have the superhuman ability to slow down or stop time so you can readjust yourself on a deflection or give you x-ray vision so you can see through players on a screen.