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Of course there's more to it than just the save percentage alone, same as it would be for any one number taken out of context in almost any sport. Like, seeing 2 goalies posting a league average save percentage, say .915, during the season doesn't really tell you much. But when you delve deeper and find out Goalie A had faced a whole lot more shots than Goalie B in roughly the same amount or less games, or that Goalie A didn't have as much scoring support than Goalie B, or that Goalie A faced a lot more penalty killing situations than B and vice versa, that sort of stuff makes the picture of comparing the 2 goalies a whole lot clearer.
There's not going to be such a wide swath of difference between most of the goalies when you look at the "basic" numbers, parity is higher than ever, that to distinguish them you have to go deeper than just bare bones cliched evaluations of goalies. You know them, we've all heard them a million times over, look at how many wins he has, look at him making the "big save" at the critical times, etc.The W-L record, GAA, save percentages, more often than not, taken all on their own won't tell you too much on any one goalie and how he compares to his peers. But the NHL doesn't really give you the kind of info needed, at least not that I've seen in broadcasts, to make those distinctions better. They don't go that extra step in helping to educate their fan base. Baseball is doing it, football is starting to do it and so is basketball. Hockey again, bringing up the rear, as usual, behind the times.
There's not going to be such a wide swath of difference between most of the goalies when you look at the "basic" numbers, parity is higher than ever, that to distinguish them you have to go deeper than just bare bones cliched evaluations of goalies. You know them, we've all heard them a million times over, look at how many wins he has, look at him making the "big save" at the critical times, etc.The W-L record, GAA, save percentages, more often than not, taken all on their own won't tell you too much on any one goalie and how he compares to his peers. But the NHL doesn't really give you the kind of info needed, at least not that I've seen in broadcasts, to make those distinctions better. They don't go that extra step in helping to educate their fan base. Baseball is doing it, football is starting to do it and so is basketball. Hockey again, bringing up the rear, as usual, behind the times.
