Kevin Lankinen Appreciation Thread (Calder Trophy Candidate)!

[JaegerDice]

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

HF Hawks has taught me that special teams goalie numbers and points against Columbus don’t count.

Good old Stalbrick

 

[RayP]

Can someone link me to a list of all goalies 5v5 SV%?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Can someone link me to a list of all goalies 5v5 SV%?

NHL Goalie Statistics

He’s sixth in the league.

 

[RayP]

NHL Goalie Statistics

He’s sixth in the league.

Thanks. Never looked at it 5v5.... definitely some names higher and lower on that list than I'd have guessed.

 

[JaegerDice]

5v5 SV% is just a more reliable and repeatable predictor of performance. Larger sample-size and less systems-dependent.

On a game by game basis, it doesn't really matter. If a goalie stands on his head during the PK, good for him.

It's just not something you should expect the next game. And if a goalie has a great 4v5 SV% one season, you shouldn't take it as evidence he's somehow particularly great at shorthanded goaltending, because it's probably not going to happen again next season.

For a team like the Blackhawks, who are rebuilding, it doesn't really matter how much of what Lankinen is doing now is repeatable. We're not dealing with anything resembling a finished product as far as the play in front of him, not to mention the PK system and talent is liable to be completely different season-over-season as kids grow and new players are acquired and others are shipped out.

It's now the same as a team like the 2013-2015 Blackhawks, where the primary players, the coaching systems were all fairly static year to year. Then you could and should actually look at the predictive numbers for both the goalies and the players, to see how well they're actually playing versus how lucky they're getting.

 

[BobbyJet]

/\ my eyes glaze over when I read such drivel.

 

[BK]

Thanks. Never looked at it 5v5.... definitely some names higher and lower on that list than I'd have guessed.

It is actually a good stat to look at in my opinion.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

My issue is that the stat is being used dishonestly. I don’t think he’s using it because it’s the most reliable indicator of ongoing success. He’s using it to confirm his own bias.

 

[BK]

My issue is that the stat is being used dishonestly. I don’t think he’s using it because it’s the most reliable indicator of ongoing success. He’s using it to confirm his own bias.

yes

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Lankinen is good

 

[featherhawk]

Lankinen is good

he is a well positioned, calm goalie that keeps his movements sharp, quick and to a minimum which his great positioning allows.

he makes the team in front of him more confident and thus better as a team

 

[tellermine]

But please dont pick single good stat to Buff him.
Lankinen is good.

 

[Malagahawks]

Lanky Kong will go into the hallowed halls of HFBoards history, no thanks to @Rooh the tank master.