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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Markstrom is the worst starting goalie in the league. Goaltending is a highly volatile position. He is not star. He has a long history of inconsistent play.
Lindholm was up for the Selke based on a season when he was playing with two of the best wingers in the entire league and they were out-scoring the opposition when they were on the ice at a pace unseen in what? 30 years? He also has a career worth of years prior to that where this wasn't the case.
One-off years are just that.
Sutter even nails this again tonight in the post-game presser and tells Wes "you're going places you shouldn't be going - we had three 40 goal scorers last year. This is a different operation." in reference to "difference makers" on this team this season. Darryl is fully aware that this team is under-skilled.
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That’s just wrong. Among goaltenders with at least 9 GP (closest I can get to a “starter” cutoff, with 36 qualifying) Markstrom is:
22nd in Goals Saved Above Expected/60
21st in Save% Above Expected
22nd in GAA
21st in GAA better than expected
Etc. Slightly below average. If he was the worst starter in the league, how good would the skaters have to have been to be in the playoffs as of…yesterday? We know that’s not the case.
If you look at the stats, the people who are below expectations are Huberdeau, Weegar, Mangiapane, Markstrom. Everyone else is right around where they were expected to be except Ruzicka (above expectations).