Quoting: SwarmChair
Ullmark is a .910 goalie on most teams out of Boston. So keep dreaming for that 1C I guess.
Just curious. He’s top 10 in goals saved above expected per 60 at .447, which is a stat that adjusts for save difficulty. That number would be top 5 most years in the past 8 years.
It was supposed to be Copley who stepped up, but he sucked. It was supposed to be Talbott, but he’s regressed to the mean. Now it is another journeyman AHL type who’s looked good to date. At some point, maybe Blake needs to revisit his position before he’s fired.
When he came from Buffalo, Ullmark was a fundamentally below average goalie. He’s actually very sound right now. I keep on hearing people diminish him when he’s done nothing but play extremely well.
He needs to stay healthy for the playoffs, but even his cursory stats adjusted for expected goals were solid last year. Would have expected more in the playoffs, but he reportedly wasn’t healthy.
Minimizing him because he had an incredible season followed up by a good one is an interesting strategy.