Statement: A lot of people are all up in arms about the Khabibulin signing. A lot of that has to do with his SV% over the last few years on a young/bad team.
Statement: A lot of people are all up in arms about JDD, and want him traded, shelved, or both. A lot of that has to do with his AHL SV%.
Fact: JDD played more minutes and had a much better SV% than Schneider did this year in the NHL (.901 – .877)
Fact: JDD had a much worse SV% in the AHL than Schneider did (the previous year: .906 – .928)
By the numbers, we expect Vancouver to be better than Edmonton, though that may be skewed by Luongo.
We know Edmonton AHL teams have been much worse than the Manitoba Moose over the relevant seasons.
Questions: Does SV% by itself tell us anything of any real merit? Is JDD the lost cause many think he is? Is Vancouver (aside from Luongo) actually better than Edmonton?
Bonus Question: Can we reasonably consider anything that happened in the games after being mathematically eliminated as statistically relevant in any question? (How well JDD plays, whether or not having Lubo on the roster would have needed to make a 7 pt difference, etc..)
I hate Khabibulin because he was waived earlier this season and that doesn’t exactly sound like the track record of a guy who will be the Oilers starter for the next 3 years.
But is that on Khabibulin, or is that on Dale Tallon for signing two $6M goaltenders?