Robin Lehner was better in the 2018-19 playoffs.
94.4% over 6 games, with 88 saves out of 90 shots in the last two games to clinch the series.
If you wanna go there, I would be willing to bet Lehners stats in the Pittsburgh series were much better than the Carolina series.
It's not an excuse. You're using a stat that's most heavily impacted by goaltending, and then using it with no context to make a false claim about a player's defense.
No, they are not all affected by the same things, and not all affect to the same extent.
There is no defensive stat that accurately portrays individual defensive impact, especially for forwards. Forwards in general have much less individual impact on defensive results than people tend to think. xGA/60 would be much more valuable than GA/60 though, because at least that's attempting to measure defense; it just doesn't accurately measure individual impact for the #3-5th most impacting player on the ice.
What I have said is that you can't use small sample GA/60 stats (or youtube clips) to evaluate the defensive ability of forwards, and that many greatly exaggerate the individual impact that forwards have on defense in the first place.
I think he's average defensively, based on significant viewings and the defensive statistics that do exist, in the context of his role, competition, and environment.
I don't believe this is true, and I don't think it would matter much if it was.
GA does not accurately portray defensive impact? Is this s double negative? GA60 5v5 is an advanced stat that measures a player's rate where he is on the ice when a goal is scored against. It does not get more finite that that.
Correct, especially in these small samples. It is a stat most impacted by goaltending, not an individual forward's defensive ability.
Barzal >>>Tavares with this logic.Over the past 4 years the Toronto Maple Leafs have the same amount of playoff appearances as Garth Snows' Islanders had from 2006-2018.
Also not like Dubas has been here 2 years and Snow had 12 years. "StIlL oNe MoRe RoUnD tHaN dUbAs"
3 years in a row with a over 700 mins 5v5 sampling per season is small? You can blame goaltending all you want. But no one is that unlucky. If you are saying Tavares is just one unlucky player to have 3 years in a row his team's worst 5v5 GA60 stats. That's not much of a rebuttal.
I would trust Isles fans to recollect better than you posting random videos, they would know best how important Greiss was in that playoff series. Not a Leafs fan telling Isles fans who was most important in a series they didn't watch.
He hasn't had his team's worst 5v5 GA/60 3 years in a row, you're looking at this stat with zero context, and yes, it's very common to get bad goaltending in multiple years on a team with bad goaltending.
This was presented to you in an earlier post. What stats are you using?
Are you serious? I posted that it is far more likely an Islanders fan, a former moderator of this site would know how important Greiss was to the Isles against Florida and you deflect to Tavares. Did you watch that series, be honest, you didn't did you.
