seventieslord
Student Of The Game
Does anyone bother to take into account the size of equipment that they wore and the amount of breakaways and 2 on 1's that goalies faced?
Like for example, Fuhr during his prime usually had a save pct around .880 but the guy played for a team in front of him that considered playing defense as an after thought.
In addition, Patrick Roy wore pads that were considerably larger than Fuhr's were! Many of his saves, playing for defensive minded teams, were due to his equipment more than it was reflexes or anticipation.
No. I am interested not in comparing Grant Fuhr's save percentage to Henrik Lundqvist's. I'm interested in knowing how Grant Fuhr dominated his peers compared to Lundqvist or anyone else. Raw comparisons of numbers clearly do not work and everyone on the HOH board knows this. Any advantages or disadvantages due to era (such as pads, lack of helmets, composite sticks, forward passing, expansion, coaching, etc) applied to all goaltenders equally. the best ones rose to the top in all eras. So when discussing Fuhr and his small pads, the short answer is: All other goalies he played against had small pads too.