reckoning
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Hockey Outsider said:Good point, and I agree. But there's a difference between 1) being the best playoff goalie and 2) being a goalie who raises their level of play the most. Hasek is probably the best at #1, but not necessarily the best at 2.
While I agree that Hasek looked superb in the playoffs we can't just compare save percentage because they've changed so much over the past 2 decades. I would really like to see a list of adjusted for era playoff sv%, but I don't have data for that.
I was curious where you got the regular season save % for the goalies from the 1970s. To my knowledge, the only seasons from that era that were legitimately compiled ( as opposed to estimated) were the three Yuen years. If you have the stats for those other years i would be eternally grateful if you could tell me where you found them.
About your comments on Curtis Joseph: if i were the coach of a sub-.500 team that just squeaked into the playoffs and was hoping for an impossible upset of a powerhouse in the first round, Cujo would be the guy i`d want in nets. On the other hand, if i were the coach of a top team that was a legitimate Cup contender then there`d probably be at least a dozen goalies i`d pick over him.
It was also nice to hear someone mention Mike Palmateer, he was awesome in `78 when they upset the Isles. Everyone remembers Lanny McDonald scoring the OT winner in Game 7, but tend to forget that Palmateer was the only reason the game reached that point.