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Originally Posted by Canadiens1958
Combined contributes to my point.
Same could be said about Batting average, passing % in the NFL, Shooting % in the NBA but in those sports the effort is made to break the stat down. Example length of pass/shot, etc.
These seems to be too much work or an effort that is too complex for SV% in hockey.
We will know immediately a player's BA against each opponent, LHP/RHP or other circumstances. Not so in hockey.
Yet throughout this project raw SV% has been used as something that carries great weight.
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The correct Hockey equivalent to those stats you've mentioned would be shooting percentage for skaters, not save percentage for goalies.
There isn't a position with a similar purpose in any of the other three sports. Just because stats somehow are measured in percentages doesn't mean they are compareable.