A SERIOUS DEBATE: SCOTT DARLING...??!!

[The Faulker 27]

Terrible. I've watched enough games against the Hawks the last few seasons to know Darling has really poor rebound control. Ward's isn't as bad, but he's not good in that category.

But you said terrible. Which is it?

 

[bluedevil58]

So both of our goalies suck then. Is this the consensus?

 

[Hulkacaniac]

Suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck. This is a grammatically correct sentence since buffalo is a synonym to suck.

 

[CandyCanes]

if Ward`s rebound control is bad, how can you describe Darling`s?

Faulking awful

 

[Joe McGrath]

Who's top? Rinne? Holtby? Price?

Of all shots Darling faces, he gives up 71% rebounds, and 10.4% goals. Meaning he freezes the puck at a rate of 18.6%.... Ouch. Varlamov still freezes the puck at a better rate than Darling only gives up more rebounds.

Can you point me to the site these numbers come from? I’d like to take a look at them league wide.

 

[The Stranger]

Who's top? Rinne? Holtby? Price?

Of all shots Darling faces, he gives up 71% rebounds, and 10.4% goals. Meaning he freezes the puck at a rate of 18.6%.... Ouch. Varlamov still freezes the puck at a better rate than Darling only gives up more rebounds.

Not every controlled stop results in a frozen puck.

 

[The Stranger]

Can you point me to the site these numbers come from? I’d like to take a look at them league wide.

Notice that he's questioning who the best in the league is...in other words, he doesn't know.

To the best of my knowledge there is not a league wide publicly available data set on goalie rebound control.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Notice that he's questioning who the best in the league is...in other words, he doesn't know.

To the best of my knowledge there is not a league wide publicly available data set on goalie rebound control.

Then where is he getting the specific Darling stats from? And Cam’s for that matter because they are also apparently bad?

 

[The Stranger]

Then where is he getting the specific Darling stats from? And Cam’s for that matter because they are also apparently bad?

Mike Kelly tweeted the bottom 5 goalies in rebound control...Darling was in the bottom 5. Presumably Kelly has access to a full league-wide data set...it's just not publicly shared.

This is more than likely something that will be published by the league in the future...it may become easier to compile with camera player and puck tracking approaches as opposed to sending film to some group in India and have them watch every single shot and flag the result.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Can you point me to the site these numbers come from? I’d like to take a look at them league wide.

I just calculated from that list and their save percentage. There was a list that ended in 2014-2015. I'll try to find it for you there.

 

[Negan4Coach]

So I know people have mentioned a buyout already...I think that is really premature. What happens if Darling is put on waivers? He clears?

If nothing else. it might be worth it to do that as a shot across his bow. Let him do some conditioning on the Checkers. Maybe he can lose some weight and get his confidence back against AHL guys.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

So I know people have mentioned a buyout already...I think that is really premature. What happens if Darling is put on waivers? He clears?

If nothing else. it might be worth it to do that as a shot across his bow. Let him do some conditioning on the Checkers. Maybe he can lose some weight and get his confidence back against AHL guys.

He would clear, for sure. I’d put my pay check on it.

Sending him down, if he’s already mentally fragile, would probably just make him question himself even more.