goaltending Stories - Battle of California
Ducks Gameday -- We're Leading the League in Something!
Anaheim Ducks (sunny) at Calgary Flames (freezing), 6:30 pmAnaheim Calling and Matchsticks & Gasoline -- there's two sides to every border. Also see Meg's Sharks Gameday and Rudy's Kings Gameday below and Diamondback's Fantasy Recap to the right -- it's go time, blog! Drink away, everybody! ...
Final Four Goaltenders, Hot Streaks & Save Percentage
I've come to measure success by the number of final fours a team makes. I lifted the idea of measuring team success in terms of pennants, as Lowetide does, and expanded it to include the conference finalists. By measuring team success in Final Fours, we can balance and crudely compare team...
A New 'Average' for NHL Goaltenders
Before the draft last summer, a lot of press was given to the youngsters from the United States. At the end of the day it was one of the most prolific drafts for U.S. youth in a while. Some of the credit was given to players coming from non-hockey hotbeds like California and Florida. Of course the...
Dwayne Roloson, Welcome to a Land of Positive Shot Differential
"It's always exciting when you're playing for a team in that is in first place." -- Dwayne Roloson, after his 1-0 blanking of the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Maybe it wasn't a big deal for a lot of people, but 41-year old Dwayne Roloson's trade to the Tampa Bay Lightning has given an old...
Goaltending an enigma in Lightning solid start
It's really early, but I got a kick out of seeing the SB Nation power rankings for this week and how my fellow blog managers rated the Lightning rather high in the east. That was the highest ranking the Lightning have achieved since the start of SB Nation hockey started recording power...
Winning Goaltenders, Save Percentage, and The Final Four
Lowetide likes to measure team success in pennants rather than Cups. Considering the amount of luck involved in a winning a Cup, there's not much less accomplishment in winning a Conference title, or in baseball parlance, a pennant. From Lowetide: Before expansion in 1967, there were only 6 teams...
Best Goaltenders In The NHL: Post-Lockout Qualifying Seasons
When I ran this list last season, it showed that there were no final four goaltenders in the top ten. This season Jaroslav Halak and Ryan Miller spoil the party. Halak's strong season puts him squarely in second place and Ryan Miller's Vezina-winning season elevated him from 18th to 10th, a feat...
Sharks Goaltending: Choose Your Own Adventure
Congratulations! You have been put in charge of the goaltending situation for the San Jose Sharks following the 2009-2010 season. Your team had a great year, but it ended in disappointment once again as they lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Blackhawks, who went on to win the Stanley...
On Canadian Goaltenders in the NHL
James Mirtle points out an interesting trend: Canadians have gone from being nearly 100% of NHL goaltenders in 1980 to less than 50% today. Here's the trend in minutes played: But if we look at the number of goaltending jobs, the change isn't quite as stark - there were simply a ridiculous...
Is Fleury's bounce back ability unusual this playoffs?
All GAA values in this post are approximate, quick and dirty calculations. They aren't perfect because I intentionally used only minutes for TOI and ignored seconds altogether, so in most cases the GAAs given here will be somewhat higher than actual. They will never be too low. Also, all numbers...
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