seventieslord
Student Of The Game
Could you summarize them, perchance, for those of us who joined the party late?
Generally I prefer cups, vezinas, and conn smythe trophies as a measure of a great goalie. Pre-1982, first all star team matters most instead of vezina. A Hart trophy is even better than a Vezina, or even just being runner-up for the Hart. save percentage isn't perfect, but is a better stat than GAA, so leading the league in sv% is a great accomplishment for any goalie who didn't win the vezina that season. Playoff wins is a great way to compare two goalies who both never won the cup. Regular season wins and shutouts matter, but not much to me. The era a goalie played in has way too much to do with those two things.
My adversary, if I am not mistaken, placed a lot of value on an olympic gold medal and a world cup, as well as a calder trophy and 40 win seasons. The value they placed on the "other" things I mentioned is not clear, but I imagine not very high or there wouldn't really be a debate.