Hockey Outsider
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check out beeeezers sv% on FLA and with his other teams
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5541
same story with luongo, alot less fluctuation with vancouver
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=26791
and vokoun
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=18609
I don't see any unexplainable differences.
Luongo - 92.1% in Florida (2003-2006); 91.9% in Vancouver (2007-2009); simple average (unweighted)
Vokoun - 92.0% in Nashville (2006-07); 92.3% in Florida (2008-09); simple average (unweighted)
Both of these variances are minor and can easily be explained by normal season-to-season variations.
I'll admit that Vanbiesbrouck posted his best numbers in Florida but that's because:
1) he was clearly at his goaltending peak as a Panther (I think most fans who watched his career would attest to that)
2) perhaps more importantly, his entire tenure on the Rangers was during a high-scoring, low - save percentage era. When he was a Panther (1994-1998), scoring was falling and the average save percentage starting rising above 90%. It looks like his numbers improved significantly (which I think you're attributing to Florida shot bias?), but this change was smaller than you think because some of the improvement in Vanbiesbrouck's numbers was due to general scoring trends that affected every NHL goalie.