being .900 in front of Weber and Josi is different than in front of Schultz-Nikitin.
Scrivens was at the top of the entire league in save% when we traded for him. Fasth was 0.921 for ANA in 12\13.
Add a couple decent Dmen and goaltending wont be an issue here.
Or go and trade for Rinne, Luongo or Lundqvist if you want one to "carry" this team
Of course upping our d is going to help and its absolutely needed, but I would never go as far as saying Scrivens and Fasth are starters, I don't care what their save percentage was at one point, just watch them play. Backups can have good save % stats, while being backups.
Not to knock Rinne is any way, he is awesome, but saying he would carry the team (and he might) while he has Weber and Josi is kind of both sides of the debate, obviously good dmen and team make goalie look better and vice versa.
Obviously you need a full team, dmen,good goalie, plus forwards, but a great goalie can get you extra unexpected wins with a weaker d and team, it also adds confidence to players and lets them play a much loser game. There is no question whatsoever that goalies have lost us games we shouldn't have lost, its a definite weak spot on our team. Many games were over inside 10 minutes of play.
I used Hasek as an example in earlier post, and he absolutely carried an average (at best) team. Its not that we need a Hasek, but it sure would be nice to have an excellent goalie, and it is the most important position on the team.