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 Oscargasm
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Registered: May 2009
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 07 February 2019 17:43 |
I am not taking .940 goaltending. What about league average goaltending? I fully understand their defense isn't good. I get it. I also know that a good defense can have an uptick on a goalies stats. But if your goalies need a bunch of norris trophy winners in order to give you league average goaltending, that's a problem and it's not all defense.
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I’d argue that if Talbot and Koskinen received average defending in front of them they’d have at worst league average goalie stats. They don’t need a bunch of Norris winners in front of them. The entire team game affects the goaltending, and vice versa. But when the entire team, as a whole, is so terribly inconsistent that the only constant is mediocrity, the goaltenders have an enormous chance of having below average stats.
I’m not saying it’s all defence, but an average team defense and average team offense can help the current goalie tandem.
The problems aren’t just goaltending, it runs through the entire roster at each position arguably outside of centre however even at C there are improvements that should be made to improve the overall team game, especially on the dot.
Their defense has also been without one of it’s top 3 defenders for the majority of this and last season and without arguably one of it’s top 2 defenders for a large chunk of this current season.
This isn’t solely on Talbot and Koskinen.
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