Another fun "Goalies Suck" stat

[JoeSchmoe]

Rounding up, the Sabres goalies have let in 10 goals they shouldn't have in 5 on 5 play. Only 11 teams are on the bad side of even for this stat and the next closest team is about 3 goals better. 

Of Adams' many failings, not finding a #1 goalie in 6 years is his worst achievement... Especially with all the extra 1st rounders we've had as trade chips in this time.

Edited 11 hours ago by JoeSchmoe

[PromoTheRobot]

Who decides these goals that shouldn't have gone in? I'd really like to know how that judgement is made.

[LGR4GM]

7 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Who decides these goals that shouldn't have gone in? I'd really like to know how that judgement is made.

Statistics is how. It's a reflection of shots faced and league averages.

[bob_sauve28]

We could of drafted this guy

 

https://www.nhl.com/wild/player/jesper-wallstedt-8482661

[LGR4GM]

GSAx works like this. The league tracks every shot on the ice and they get assigned a shot percentage, which means they also have a corresponding sv%. This tells us that compared to league average (shooters and goalies) the Sabres goalies give up the most goals or they are the worst in the league. 

A lot of us focus on defensive breakdowns. "Of course Sabres Goalie (I won't pick on anyone specifically) allowed a goal there, the shooter was left alone on at the dot!" Ok but let's chart all the shots from that spot without a defender within 5ft (they can do this now). Let's say that it goes in 500 out of 1,000 times. That's a .5xGF if you stop it as a goalie you get +.5xGA but if it goes in you get -.5xGA. Some of you are like, "well doesn't that just add goals against!?" and no. You have to remember the majority of shots are saved. Also the majority of shots have a like a .1xGF with stuff like breakaways up around .3xGF so to get up to 10 full goals within 2 months isn't great. That means each game the Sabres goalies are allowing an extra .3goals which doesn't seem like much but image if we swung that in the opposite direction and we were saving .3 more. That means the Sabres goalies are giving up a half goal more per game than the inverse goalies. 

The bottom line is the Sabres are inexperienced and yes there are defensive breakdowns. All teams have defensive breakdowns. Our goalies however are the worst in the league at making saves. We aren't particularly high on the list of giving up HD chances (someone can look at exactly where we are) so my conclusion is 2 things. First is the defense unit (forwards and defenders) are mediocre in their coverages, when a breakdown occurs, they take forever to cover it up. Second, our goalies are not good. Ellis and UPL have not been steady at all and Lyon was good until Lindy decided he should sit for a couple of weeks. The 3 goalie rotation doesn't work and Buffalo should move 1. I favor moving UPL due to the cost of his deal.