JUUSE SAROS, elite stats with poor offense

inxs

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It's very rare to see this kind of statistic but a goalie with such a high efficiency percentage and being with a team at the bottom of the overall standings. Juuse Saros deserves a star for trying to keep Nashville's predators in a never-ending race.

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Gaylord Q Tinkledink

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Those aren't elite, but given that Nashville is last, or close to it those are some really nice stats.

I don't think the teams full of suck in the DPE had a goalie with stats like that if they were not performing well..
 

ijuka

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Saros is a top 5 goalie according to analytics, his save% is low because his team bleeds high danger chances against.
 

vipera1960

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I laugh whenever I watch their games and see the announcers compliment the PK. Yes they are 1st, but they can’t stop zone entries, they can’t clear, and bleed HDSC. They are 1st on PK because Saros is like 0.960 on PK.

Edit: Although what can you say about a team getting elite goaltending and still last in the league?
 

BB88

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Those aren't elite, but given that Nashville is last, or close to it those are some really nice stats.

I don't think the teams full of suck in the DPE had a goalie with stats like that if they were not performing well..

I assumed in relation to standings

How often do you see the worst team in the league with that level of goaltending?
 

Reality Czech

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I assumed in relation to standings

How often do you see the worst team in the league with that level of goaltending?

There's so much parity in the league that the difference between bad and average teams isn't that big. For example, with 4 more points Nashville would be tied for 20th in the league and 6 points more they'd be league average.

It's more than likely if they keep getting this level from Saros they won't be last place by the end of the year, but who knows. This is the first year in awhile when there aren't a couple of teams that are much worse than the pack. Kinda crazy that 4 points separates 20th-32nd place.
 

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Paper

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I don't care about a goalie's offense, especially after the trapezoid behind the net was implemented. It's cool to see a goalie goal, but I won't judge them by their offense much.
 

Armourboy

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He's definitely gotten back on track in the last couple of weeks. Prior to that he was a bit rough too, which isn't surprising because he is normally a slow starter. If we got a coach that had a clue we would be in much better shape.
 

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