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Call me old, but I still like GAA, SA%, and wins as the best stats to evaluate goalies. Vladar beats Markstrom in all three. Not by a lot for the first 2 mind you. The draw back of course is that the sample size for Vladar is smaller meaning there is probably more room for error in any stats you use for him. He could be better, worse or the same depending on how things would extrapolate if he played an equal number of games as Markstrom. Then again, if fatigue is an issue for Markstrom, he could be posting a lot better numbers with fewer games. Wins are an interesting stat. They are a team stat obviously, but I think the number sometimes reflects the confidence that the team playing in front has when playing in front of certain goalies. Anyone have the numbers for goals scored for while each goalie played? That can be an indicator of how deflated or confident the rest of the team was while a particular goalie was in net.

I really think there is a good chance that Vladar could be a quality goalie if was able to get into a better deployment routine. Coming in cold all the time probably hasn't helped him. Markstrom might have benefited from fewer games too, especially in the last few weeks. Honestly, he looked dog tired the last couple of games. He just had a baby after all, so sleep at the Markstrom household is probably erratic at the moment.

I'm not a Sutter basher like a lot of people, but I do think goalie deployment has been a head scratcher.