JotCast | PHR Live Chat With Gavin Lee 08-16-18

PHR Live Chat With Gavin Lee 08-16-18

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Gavin Lee

7:21

Vegas.

Too much if it includes Ryan and has no extension built in.

Durych

7:22

Is Richard Panik really going to play on the 1st line with Stepan and Keller? There’s several better options

Gavin Lee

7:22

If there's one thing Richard Panik has proven, he can play with elite players and not drag them down.

It's not that he's the best option, but if you want to spread around the offense he's a fine filler.

It's not what I would do though.

7:23

I'd have Galchenyuk up there with them, and abandon the center idea.

Sneak

7:24

What NHL team needs a new rink the most

Gavin Lee

7:24

Calgary and Edmonton both need new buildings desperately

But it's still the Islanders until Belmont is actually built.

Mike leafs

7:25

How good can carter hart be? Reminds me of Justin pogge. Big hype. Is he for real? Future philly goalie for the next 10 years ?

Gavin Lee

7:25

He can be a multi Vezina winner.

The chances that happens are still low though, at least in my mind.

Betting on teenage goaltenders is a fool's game.

7:26

I would be shocked if he's Justin Pogge, but not if he's Steve Mason.

Jon

7:26

Edmonton just got a new arena last year

Gavin Lee

7:26

Yeah I have no idea why I put Edmonton.

I meant Ottawa.

Durych

7:29

Is Anti Raanta becoming an elite goalie or was the end of last year a fluke? Will the injury bug be something that always plagued him?

Gavin Lee

7:29

Want to hear an incredible statistic?

Durych

7:30

Hit me

Gavin Lee

7:31

All-time save percentage leaders (minimum 130 GP, since stat was kept)

John Gibson: .923
Dominik Hasek: .922
Tuukka Rask: .922
Johnny Bower: .922* (two seasons without data)
Antti Raanta: .922
Ken Dryden: .922

Durych

7:32

Great statistic but is it too small of a sample size?

Gavin Lee

7:33

I'm not the one who can answer that definitively. Is Raanta the outlier, that will come way back down? Maybe.

Durych

7:34

Would you bet on him?

Gavin Lee

7:34

For this season? I think he's a better bet than a lot of goaltenders that are expected to start around the league.

Mike leafs

7:35

Next wave of goalies? Beside hart, sorokin? Anyone else you think ?

Gavin Lee

7:37

Soderstrom, the other Islanders prospect is a good one. But it's the Russian wave, with Shestyorkin (NYR) and Samsonov (WSH). Gustavsson (OTT), Demko (VAN), Pekka-Luukkonen (BUF)

B DUB

7:38

Husso?

Gavin Lee

7:38

There's a good one.

Wait, it's Ukko-Pekka not Pekka-Luukkonen isn't it.

7:39

Are Buffalo fans going to call him UPL?

I'll sign off with that philosophical bombshell.

Thanks guys, I love these chats.

See you next week....and just because he didn't show...