Goalies : Strange happenings...

[Michel Beauchamp]

What has happened to the goalies this season ?

The average save % over the last 10 seasons:

2006-07: .905
2007-08: .909
2008-09: .908
2009-10: .911
2010-11: .913
2011-12: .914
2012-13: .912
2013-14: .914
2014-15: .915
2015-16: .915

This season (admittedly a small sample size): .903

Has someone cursed them ?

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[Albus Dumbledore]

Scoring is up league-wide as well. It's them super rookies everywhere I tells ya.

 

[7even]

Scoring is up league-wide as well. It's them super rookies everywhere I tells ya.

Save percentage, yet another thing millennials have ruined.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

It's scientifically known as the Matthews-Laine Effect.

 

[voxel]

I'd also say it's those super rookies making mistakes and causing goals against. Does anybody know if more rookies made starting lineups this season?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Save percentage, yet another thing millennials have ruined.

I laughed harder than I care to admit.

Also a lot of baaaaaaaaad starters out there. Along with some poor defence.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Carey Price just made his return. 8)

 

[Hot Water Bottle]

This explains it, especially the part at 1:28

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Carey Price just made his return. 8)

He has lowered the league average, as he's at .920 while his backup is at .962...

 

[KingPuckChoo]

He has lowered the league average, as he's at .920 while his backup is at .962...

burn!

but in all seriousness, i blame Quick's absence

 

[illpucks]

Goalie equipment changes implemented before 2016-2017 season. 80s goalies all over again.

 

[curtisl1982]

Two words to explain why this phenomenon is happening to the lowered sv%: Frederik Andersen

Leaf fans..all together now...5 more years

 

[BruinsNeedaRussian]

Everything is cyclical. Might be just a small sample size, but eventually scoring had to gain ground on D/goalies. I hope that will prove to be the case as the season progresses.

 

[42]

It's Elliot's fault.

 

[Autism]

Small sample size

 

[izzy]

Lots of changes to starting goaltenders. They need to get used to their teams.

 

[featherhawk]

small sample size yes but the goalie equipment and the style moving back to speed and skill both have something to do with it IMO

 

[Diamondillium]

Scoring is always really high to start a season. Goalies and defensive systems take a while to settle in each year. This same thread happened last year too and every other year.

small sample size yes but the goalie equipment and the style moving back to speed and skill both have something to do with it IMO

Equipment didn't change this year.

 

[Nicko999]

small sample size yes but the goalie equipment and the style moving back to speed and skill both have something to do with it IMO

This is attributed to great talents arriving in the NHL (McDavid, Matthews, Eichel, Laine). The late 00's and early 10's were not good years for prospects. Basically anything after 2005 (Crosby).

You guys underestimate their impact on league scoring so much. Even if a guy like McDavid scores just 0.5 PPG more than your average 1st overall pick, it means the other team will open up in order to get that goal back and the elastic effect is created with more goals for other players as well.

 

[Daximus]

Scoring is always really high to start a season. Goalies and defensive systems take a while to settle in each year. This same thread happened last year too and every other year.

That's the thing though. It hasn't been this high at this point since the 92/93 season. Last year actually started it lower and then went up. This doesn't always happen, it's actually a very rare occurrence.

 

[Daximus]

This is attributed to great talents arriving in the NHL (McDavid, Matthews, Eichel, Laine). The late 00's and early 10's were not good years for prospects. Basically anything after 2005 (Crosby).

You guys underestimate their impact on league scoring so much. Even if a guy like McDavid scores just 0.5 PPG more than your average 1st overall pick, it means the other team will open up in order to get that goal back and the elastic effect is created with more goals for other players as well.

Don't forget about some of the terrible 90's drafts as well.
The talent just in the top 3 of drafts is crazy good even just since 2013.. MacKinnon, Barkov, Drouin, Ekblad, Reinhart, Draisaitl, McDavid, Eichel, Strome, Matthews, Laine, Dubois. It's crazy.

 

[tarheelhockey]

That's the thing though. It hasn't been this high at this point since the 92/93 season. Last year actually started it lower and then went up. This doesn't always happen, it's actually a very rare occurrence.

Are you sure about that? I really feel like I remember this exact same conversation last season.

 

[Bank Shot]

Are you sure about that? I really feel like I remember this exact same conversation last season.

It happens EVERY year

 

[Sojourn]

Goalie equipment changes implemented before 2016-2017 season. 80s goalies all over again.

Are you referring to the changes that didn't make it in this season?

 

[Daximus]

Are you sure about that? I really feel like I remember this exact same conversation last season.

No the pace actually started well below 5 goals per game. And rose up over 5 by midway point in the season and ended somewhere around 5.3 goals per game I think. 2014 was even worse.

We are just barely over 6 goals per game. The 1995 season started off good then dropped then rose back up real quickly. It's actually very comparable to that year.

This season started off really high, got up to almost 7 goals per game for a bit then dropped down to 6. Some teams are still keeping scores down. If anyone started a thread last year that scoring was up by this time they must have been referring to up over 2014 because it sure as heck wasn't anywhere near 6 goals per game.