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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
I just like to see players evaluated by the same metric without mulligans given to try to stretch the truth or make a point (as you've alluded to).
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Except even when people do that they don’t usually make conclusions that those metrics actually signify.
You’ll hear all the time that a goalie with a .920 sv% is better than one with a .889 sv%. Nobody would even blink an eye at that statement. But all that actually tells us is which goalie has a better sv%, which a ton of factors go into, not who is the better goaltender.
Wolf, for example, is legitimately one of the best goaltenders I’ve ever seen live. He’s better than some of the guys with better sv% right now and I don’t think anyone who has watched him would disagree with that even though if you evaluate players strictly by the same metric it might tell a different story.