"Goaltender wins is the most useless statistic in hockey"

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Puck Daddy found this 7/2/2008 on brodeurisafraud.blogspot.com [flag]
So says Alan Ryder in his 2007-08 NHL season review , and no arguments here. Of note, Ryder ranks Vokoun as the best goalie for 2008, with Brodeur #2, although it is close. I think you could have made a decent case for either one. Ryder's shot quality calculations show that New Jersey still has a pretty good defence (8th in shots against, 9th in shot quality against, 6th best in Ryder's ... [link]

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Puck Headlines: Nikolai Zherdev is now the Rangers' enigma
Published 7/2/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... from the Columbus side of the deal, including interview highlights with GM Scott Howson that reveal Tyutin didn't become available until after Wade Redden signed in New York. • You know, the best advice we can give girls ice hockey coaches is to try not to sleep with the players. [Star-Tribune] • The Contrarian Goaltender believes that "wins" is the most useless goaltending stat in hockey. Somewhere, Evgeni Nabokov weeps. [Brodeur is a Fraud] • Chris Botta reports that the New York Islanders have signed ...

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Published 7/3/2008 by MetroGnome (noreply@blogger.com) at Five Hole Fanatics
... (found via Brodeur is a Fraud). I've only skimmed over it's 50 some pdf pages, but the section on goaltending really caught my eye: ...

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