Can Bobrovsky challenge Price for Vezina?
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MoreOrr,
I don't know what you mean by "best GA in the league." Seems by m math that Minnesota has the best GA/gm in the league, and Dubnyk's GAA is better than Bobrovsky's by about .3/gm.
Help me understand what you mean.
Bieber fever
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Robert
Foligno family
Bob has had his issues but this I can say for him this season..... HE"S HOT......
Price is a Golden child, he didn't even play in CBUS yesterday because the Habs knew they couldn't win!!!!! They wanted to spare the golden boy a loss...
Price is a Golden child, he didn't even play in CBUS yesterday because the Habs knew they couldn't win!!!!! They wanted to spare the golden boy a loss...
Robert
Foligno family
As you will do to the CBJ on NYE.....
Just kidding, the Wild are on fire, the NYE game will be classic!!!
If we can beat you on your ice we may have a chance for the cup....
kp61c
Registered User
the first star of the month, while price plays only home games and keeps losing every second one to boot.
I mean Price just had a bad month.
his stats for December are:
2.54 GAA
.899 SV%
5-3-3
So yeah, bad month for him. He's still the best goalie in the world though, and i'm sure he'll bounce back. He's still at the heart of both the Vezina and Hart races. I wouldn't count him out just yet thats for sure.
kp61c
Registered User
i'm just glad bob is in the race for now while so many hot heads tried to put him down and pump price's tires earlier in this thread.
I still say Price is the favorite to win it this year.
Not the "frontrunner" but the favorite. He's close enough, and Dubnyk has to experience a bit of a down period at some point.
hototogisu
Poked the bear!!!!!
The year Price won the Hart & Vezina his SV% was 0.004% ahead of the next closest (Dubnyk).
Right now Dubnyk is 0.007% ahead of the next closest and 0.011% up on Price. It's not really close at all, if it stays like this it's Dubnyk in a walk.
That said, 10 good or bad games either way could swing things considerably.
Price isn't even clearly a nominee at the moment. His stats are pretty much identical to Rask and Holtby.
1. Dubs
2. Bob
3. Price/Rask/Holtby
1. Dubs
2. Bob
3. Price/Rask/Holtby
Mrb1p
PRICERSTOPDAPUCK
Rinne was .003 or so up on Price in the year he won the Vezina and Hart and none of those had a "bad" month like Price just had (Statistically.), so your point is moot.
1.88, .930, 24 wins, 32 games played for Rinne
2.20, .927, 20 wins 30 games played for Price.
Things can change really quickly with goaltenders.
Two games ago for Dubnyk, his save percentage was .947. It's now at .941.
Things change fast, especially dealing with really high numbers. When you're dealing with a save percentage as high as some of these guys, you can have a really good night and still see your percentage drop.
You can get a sense of who's playing well right now just by watching them play, but I don't necessarily expect some of these numbers to hold up, especially those above or around .930.
Edit: I'd consider 2 GA on 30 shots a good night for a goalie. That's good enough for .93333, which would drop Dubnyk further to the pack. That's not even considering games where a team gives up a lower volume but a higher amount of high danger scoring chances, or, god forbid, a game where a goalie gets pulled early.
Samsquanch
Raging Bull Squatch
Come on, are you serious?
The aforementioned 3 guys would literally need to fall off sheer cliff right now, and Andersen would need to go into god mode for the rest of the season. And thats also assuming that none of the numerous goalies better than Andersen get hot either.
Is there a possibility, I guess so, but there have to be some really crazy, crazy odds against it. Especially on the 2016-2017 Maple Leafs.
Melkor
Registered User
I think he's head and shoulders better than Price right now. Price is not even top-5 if the voting woulda been right now. And he's better than Dubnyk too.
txpd
Registered User
Its possible. My view is that the Capitals will end up with the best record in the league and the Jackets will settle a bit. Either Holtby or Dubnyk will get the Vezina. I would then figure Dubnyk wins regardless of the numbers as Holtby getting voted that award two seasons in a row would say something about him that most voters wont be ready to say
Does anyone have a link to the high danger scoring chance stats?. I remember being surprised by the Minnesota numbers. It would sure help explain why Dubnyk has such a high save percentage - if his saves are easier.
