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Originally Posted by Bingo
Aren't we saying the same thing?
An average goaltender is towards the bottom of starters in the NHL ... right where you have him, and right where he sits in order of goals saved above average.
I'd say the true average for NHL starters would be 10 worst starters or 10 best backups.
That's where he sits right now.
So does Vladar.
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I see what you are saying, and if you take the top 66 goalies by minutes played (I'm too lazy to narrow it down to 64), Markstrom is 48, in the bottom third. So that to me is well below Average.
But is it fair to compare a $6mil starting goalie to backups? If we compare him to starters he is in the last 1/6th of the league.
To me 25 teams are getting better goaltending from their starter than the Flames, which seems below average to me.