Best goalie in the WHL!
With Roy playing very well this year and Bunz being dominating in spite of his WJHC snub and DUI incident, it lookis like things are looking up for goaltending prospects.
probably should have been 5-year..another Tambo ****up.
It's annoying to watch those, but he stops a lot he shouldn't be able to. It all evens out. His numbers aren't bad
Dubnyk has a .912, which is considered average around the league.
Perhaps this is one of those instances where the numbers don't tell the story.
For example, let's say for discussion purposes that the mendoza line of save percentage for goaltenders is 0.900 (historically this has been accepted).
Anyways, If we were to take a look at a couple other goaltenders that are in the area of where Dubnyk ranks in save % and compare them to Dubnyk I think you would get the gist of why many people don't think Dubnyk is consistent enough to be considered a starter for a team that needs reliable, decent goaltending.
For the 3 goalies I took a look at;
They had save percentages of;
.913%, .912% and .906%
Games played;
56, 39 and 52
Games they finished with save % at 0.900 or better;
35, 14 and 30
for percentage of games above mendoza line of;
67%, 35% and 57%
Probably also bares pointing out that the other 2 guys have their teams securely in a playoff spot as well.
At any rate, what this shows me is that Dubnyk is capable of playing a high end game but is no where near consistent enough to be given the reigns as a starter. He is just good enough to help his stats. Similar to how his Jr career went as well.
so 65% of dubnyks games he had a svp of less then .900? How well did he do in the 35% to bring the mean to a place above the .900 mark?
Consistency speaks to his full season stats, and they stand well above the .900 mark.
Also id like to point that no other goaltender in the league faces the quality of chances dubnyk does so often.
Grabbing Broissoit and having him play as good as he has, has really pushed Bunz down the depth chart.Split time between OKC and Bakersfield, basically playing backup on both teams as Broissoit was the starter in Bakersfield. Numbers improved from his first pro season, not really significantly though. Took a puck in the throat near the end of the regular season, forced him to miss all of playoffs.
Looks like kind of a long shot as of right now. Could be looking at an AHL deal next summer if he doesn't step it up big time next season.
Next year he probably battles with LB for starts in OKC
might have to go to europe to get playing time, it seems
I really doubt it.
Bachman, LB, and Tuohimaa are all significantly better goaltenders than him.