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Open Ice: Goalies better than the Average Joe

By Sean Allen
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, February 9, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I experimented with some pseudo-sabermetrics for hockey, by finding the average fantasy player in a standard ESPN league (Average Joe) and comparing each player's stats to that average. Well, the number juggling (as simplistic as it was) was quite well received, so with the feedback I received in hand, it's time to tackle goalies. The theory this time is to take every goaltender who stepped on the ice through Jan. 31 (my cut-off date) and find out his share of the total m ...

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