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Originally Posted by wireframe
Save % is definitely correlated with how the team plays in front of the goalie. It's easier to save bad shots from the boards than a cross crease tap-in. That's why advanced stats in hockey focus so much on shot quality, especially for goalie stats. All traditional goalie stats (W, GAA, save %) are measures of team quality, not the individual goalie.
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I cant find the post anymore but back in the Pavelec days, the bad old days, the Jets fans and me often debated how tied down to a team D save % is. A website some what like money puck suggested the variance from a bad team D to a good team D over a large sample size was no larger than 5 points (900 to 905 or 921 to 916)
Feel free to fact check me or provide better day (realizing Ive provided no source I get it).