Let's take a closer look.
Once again, all the goalies whose ratings we can fully see (i.e. those in the Top 50) are all Hybrids. That means that Henrik Lundqvist and Jonathan Quick are still grouped together, which is ridiculous. Remember that in 16, 66 of the 68 goalies who started the game on NHL rosters were "Hybrid" goalies; the other two were "Butterfly" goalies, leaving, as usual, the "Stand Up" goalie option completely obsolete.
As I have stated before, different categories would be a nice step in the right direction—especially if these designations actually have an impact on the game.
Poise, at least for these top-tier starters, is either 85 or 90. Now, since I expect that lower-rated goalies have lower Poise ratings, this wouldn't be an issue, except that sometimes the allocation of either 85 or 90 makes no sense in comparison to others. Braden Holtby, for example, has an 85 in Poise and has regular season stats of .921% and 2.37 (SV% and GAA respectively), and playoff stats of .937% and 1.87—certainly an impressive step up for any goalie. He also averages under five "Really Bad Starts" (created by Rob Vollman) per season, and has only two in his playoff career, none in his past two playoff campaigns. Now, Marc-Andre Fleury has a 90 Poise rating. His stats: .912% and 2.56 in the regular season, dropping to .906% and 2.66 in the playoffs. Fleury averages just under 8 RBS in the regular season and nearly two per playoff campaign. Yet it's Holtby who has 85 Poise, Fleury who has 90.
Is the Stanley Cup really worth that much?
All this is to say that we need a catalog explaining how each of these ratings affects on-ice performance and how each is determined.
08-21-2016, 11:56 AM
