Reefer2 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:26 pm
None of them let in so many first shot goals. Markstrom is a backup goalie capable of giving you 20-30 games a year.
I haven't come across that particular statistic.
If you look at win percentage, ie won games divided by games played, Luongo, Schneider and Cloutier stand out while Markström and Nilsson do not look too good:
Rk Player............ GP. W.. W%
1 Roberto Luongo. 448 252 56,3%
2 Cory Schneider..... 98 55 56,1%
3 Dan Cloutier..... 208 109 52,4%
4 Kay Whitmore..... 74 36 48,6%
5 Alex Auld........... 81 39 48,1%
6 Bob Essensa....... 39 18 46,2%
7 Andrew Raycroft... 21 9 42,9%
8 Charlie Hodge..... 35 15 42,9%
9 Ryan Miller........ 150 64 42,7%
10 Eddie Lack......... 82 34 41,5%
11 Peter Skudra....... 46 19 41,3%
12 Kirk McLean..... 516 211 40,9%
13 John Garrett...... 56 22 39,3%
14 Gary Smith....... 188 72 38,3%
15 Johan Hedberg..... 21 8 38,1%
16 Jacob Markstrom. 129 49 38,0%
17 Felix Potvin......... 69 26 37,7%
18 Gary Bromley....... 73 25 34,2%
19 Arturs Irbe.......... 41 14 34,1%
20 Richard Brodeur. 377 126 33,4%
21 Corey Hirsch..... 101 32 31,7%
22 Glen Hanlon...... 136 43 31,6%
23 Curtis Sanford..... 35 11 31,4%
24 Anders Nilsson..... 29 9 31,0%
25 Troy Gamble...... 72 22 30,6%
But imho wins is more of a team statistic even if it is widely used as a goalie stat.
I think saves percentage is a more neutral assessment of a goalie, even if it may give a slight disadvantage to goalies on stellar teams that face so few shots that they grow cold in between them. In this statistic Markström and Nilsson look quite OK. This is the all time top ten for Vancouver:
Rk Player.......... Sv%
1 Cory Schneider.. 0,927
2 Roberto Luongo. 0,919
3 Eddie Lack....... 0,917
4 Ryan Miller....... 0,914
5 Andrew Raycroft 0,911
6 Jacob Markstrom 0,910
7 Arturs Irbe....... 0,907
8 Alex Auld........ 0,907
9 Dan Cloutier..... 0,906
10 Anders Nilsson. 0,904
What this basically says is that when facing 100 shots, Schneider would let in 7, Luongo 8 and Markström 9.
There is a difference, but it's not as huge as some of you would make it seem.
Once again, Marky Mark and Nilsson are not superstar goalies, but they are sort of league average goalies.
It is not our weakest spot. I maintain that it is the blue line that is of greatest concern, and it's really no use taking on the cost of a top ten or even top three goalie if you are going to play them behind the crap defence we muster at the moment.
Solve the blue line problem first, then address the goalie issue.
(Well, if it hasn't already been done with the goalie prospects we have in the system...)