Posts tagged with "Mathieu Garon"
Tampa Bay Lightning: Comparing Analytics and Goaltending
April 27th, 2013 It has been well noted that the Tampa Bay Lightning, while having elite offensive talent, have issues keeping the puck out of their own net. In my last article I examined the amount of quality starts the Lightning received from their goalies. That number being 48.9% of their games played.But what quality of players are the Tampa...
Quality of Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending This Season
April 25th, 2013 A few years ago Hockey Prospectus introduced a stat similar to baseball's quality starts statistic. Whereas in baseball a quality start is six or more innings pitched with three or fewer runs allowed, a quality start for a goaltender is defined as a start where their save percentage was higher than the league average. It...
Gillis Hints at a Possible Luongo Trade
January 24th, 2013 Canucks GM Mike Gillis has said that there is a deal in place for a Roberto Luongo trade with an unexpected team that “has to do something with another player that they have”. If this announcement is, in fact, true then what team will Luongo be, potentially, shipped off to?Gillis has made it clear that it is not a team that...
The Four Senators Drafted Ahead of Daniel Alfredsson
November 22nd, 2012 written by @iancmclarenA quick look at the 1994 NHL Draft board reveals that the standout player of that particular class is, without question, Daniel Alfredsson.In 1131 games played (second only to Ryan Smith's 1151) the man known simply as Alfie has amassed 416 goals & 666 assists for a total of 1082 career points, a clear...
10 Potential Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltenders for 2012-13
April 30th, 2012 The biggest need facing the Tampa Bay Lightning this off-season is without a doubt, an upgrade in the goaltending department. Most of the press has linked them with Roberto Luongo, the woebegone superstar seemingly headed out of Vancouver on a one-way ticket. However, it is not a foregone conclusion that the Quebec-native will be...
Test-Driving Tokarski in Tampa
March 16th, 2012 A handful of games doesn't a career make, but by standing tall in a 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins, 22-year-old netminder Dustin Tokarski suddenly finds himself in the spotlight as the Tampa Bay Lightning make a desperate grab for a playoff berth.With Tampa Bay's uncertainly in net, the pressure on Tokarski extends beyond the team's...
