So pens get the better goalie and dman? Yea don't think thats a fair trade.

Bad deal for pens

Elliott's not really working out. Better or worse MAF is consistently league average. I think both D Men would be better off in the new team's system rather than their current ones.

Getting the relief from MAF in and of itself makes the deal worth it. Upgrading the defense is the cherry on top.

I don't think Calgary's "activate the d-men in the offensive zone" system works for Maata any better than Pittsburgh's.

One rumor and everyone assumes Hamilton is going to the Pens.

Hahahahaha Elliott's .885 save % says otherwise. And (in this scenario) Jarry is thrown in who's probably a top-10 goalie prospect.

Yup lets use a 12 game sample size instead of the last 3 years in which Elliott has had better numbers.

Last 3 seasons:
Elliot- .929
MAF- .919

11 games this year:
Elliot- .882
MAF- .910

And the fact Jarry is thrown in?? No value to that?

In all honesty swapping the G prospects is more about keeping the two clubs' pipelines flowing. The Flames need a prospect who'll be ready sooner rather than later. Jarry's trajectory has always been to take over for Flower. No reason to change that now. The Penguins don't need another young stud goalie for the foreseeable future. So they'll take the younger guy from Calgary who'd otherwise clog up their AHL net (which now belongs to Jarry).

That's all situations. Even strength it's .929 for Elliott and .926 for Fleury (2012/13 through 2015/16 so I'm not even including Elliott's poor start this year). On the PK they're still similar with Fleury at .900 sv% to Elliot's .895. Fleury has almost 60% more 4v5 TOI than Elliott to boot.

They are not drastically different from each other in terms of performance. But Fleury has established that he can be a team's #1 goalie and sustain those numbers. This is Elliott's chance to do so and he hasn't capitalized on it yet.