Yes it's completely idiotic. Vanacek IS the better goalie, even though it's not by much. I'd be playing VV from now on and let him play himself back in (and hopefully not "back out" which also seems to happen with our goalies)!
None are starting goaltenders, but Vanecek is definetely more consistent 0.909 (28th leaguewide) vs 0.897 (47th) and 0,32 less goals against pr game. Meaning every third game Samsonov let in one extra goal.
Vanecek have 18 games with less than 2 goals against while Samsonov has 15. What makes this even worse for Samsonov is in 5 of those he faced less than 20 shots for Vanecek its only 2 of those.
There isnt really a lot saying he is gonna win more games either. Its not like he is playing more games on a high level and more on a bad level. For example Vanecek have 9 games above 0.950 while Samsonov have 7.
If Samsonov was like a supergoalie half the time then horrible the other games you could make a case saying Vanecek is just not good enough to get the wins while with Samsonov you got a shot if hes on, but there are no signs of him actually playing more often on a high level.
Samsonov have a lot more softies so if he can clean up his game he might be the better goalie, but as long as he keeps letting them in he should be behind VV.