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If you really expect to convince me the defense is the reason Jones has been bad this season, then why do goalies that play behind teams that virtually everyone agrees are much worse than this year's Sharks, play better than Jones this year? Why does Jacob Markstrom save a higher percentage of shots than Jones? You gonna tell me the Canucks have a better defense/team defense? How about Coyotes goalies? They have a better defense too? Kings goalies (not named Jonathan Quick) have been better than Jones, are they a better defensive team? How about Ottawa? Craig Anderson has been better than Jones all year, Jones plays behind a worse team than him? Frickin Jimmy Howard has been better this year! Is it that superstar defense up in Detroit? Or is Jeff Blashill just a masterful tactician, that really deserves the Jack Adams because the Red Wings aren't going to finish with the worst record in the NHL in the last 20 years? Speaking of the worst team in the last 20 years, the 48 point Colorado Avalanche of 2016-2017 had a higher combined team save percentage than your 2018-2019 San Jose Sharks. Were they a better defensive team too?
If you really think the defense is the reason Jones (and Dell) sucks this year, then you're also pretty much saying that this team isn't that good, they're an overrated team and they're the biggest pretender in the league. Now if you really believe that, then I guess I can't fault you for blaming the team for the goalie woes, but you can't say this is a good team and then blame their play for the goalies being almost historically poor. You can't have it both ways.
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