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Originally Posted by Mathgod
On that list, only SJ, Chicago, Nashville, Anaheim are offensively challenged teams. The rest aren't. So if we assume Vladar makes all the same saves in those 5 games that Wolf made, ok, those 5 points are salvaged. But it's still an assumption.
And the end of the day, they needed Wolf to be great in those games to win them, and he was. Does Vladar deliver the same results? I'm not convinced.
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Winnipeg, LA, and Carolina are the only good teams on your list. The rest are either mediocre or bad. You're acting as if Vladar can't handle teams who have scorers and only makes routine saves and never makes big saves himself.
Maybe Vladar doesn't make the same saves Wolf made those games but maybe Wolf doesn't make the same saves Vladar does either. Maybe because of his size Vladar gets a piece of Pissy's shot and the Flames win last night.
Nobody is saying that Wolf hasn't stolen the team points. But not 17. There can be games where he both plays well and the team plays well too. Unless his team completely dominates the game there's going to be times throughout the game where a goalie needs to make a big save. But it doesn't necessarily mean he stole the game for them.