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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Not specifically about Markstrom, but it this is the picture from the article and it's an interesting topic. Can we really compare recent sv% to the benchmarks we all have in our heads (.910-.920 = good)?
Maybe we're just in a new era. One more similar to when it wasn't really about stopping everything, just the important ones. Like when you're up by one or down by one, or for the next 5 mins after scoring... end of periods, etc. Winning 4-3 is easier to do when none of the 3 goals are back-breakers.
In other words, the Grant Fuhr days.
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There were tons of goalies with .910+ save percentages last season. Its a combination of team defence and the goalie stopping the puck. Goal scoring is up, but we are not back in the 80's.