No, read the graphic. That's per game.
It's not just that they can. They often do. There's more average to bad goalies on that list than great ones.
Obviously good goaltending is (mostly) essential. Even if four goalies on that list had bad tournaments, 75% is still where you want to be when building a team. And you're right, bad goaltending can sink a team.
The thing is, Hall of Fame goaltenders can shit the bed, and absolute jokes like Murray can go on a run. Adin Hill was a 4th stringer last year.
The performance of a goalie in a series or a tournament is almost random compared to their overall large-sample performance. Way, way more random than for forwards or defensemen.
Tim Thomas never got in, so assuming Quick and Vasi do, there's three Hall of Fame goalies who won the Cup in the last 16 years (and one of them will be Marc-Andre Fleury, digest that how you will). List the Cup winners whose best forward isn't a Hall of Famer. It's going to be a tiny list.
I understand your point now.
There's still something about a great goalie for me, though.
Also, one final thing is that the average to bad part I bolded is kind of subjective.
If we go through the list I'd classify them as follows:
- Osgood - Average.
- MAF - Hmm... Tricky, tricky, but we will put him in average.
- Nemo - Bad.
- TT - Elite. Deserving of the HHOF based purely on play, but...
- Quick - Great goalie for my money.
- Crawford - Underrated early in his career, I would say... I remember some saying the Blackhawks were a questionmark in goal. I'd go with good to great.
- Murray - Average... BUT... wasn't there hip issues he dealt with? Would he always have developed this way? Early in his career, he looked like the second coming.
- Holtby - I'd say was good up until a few years ago. His play was actually sub-par for him during the regular season and I remember thinking he was done.
- Binnington - Definitely average.
- Vasi - Elite.
- Kuemper - bad.
- Hill - Young career. Don't know what to make of him, really.
So... Out of 16 runs, I'd put 4 in the definitely average to bad category, 5 in the debatable category, and 7 in the definitely above average category. Your mileage may vary, of course.