Gooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

A while back, I was listening to the sports radio station here in Calgary, and the issue of whether or not the Flames goalie was being overworked was raised. The DJ on the station scoffed at the notion and said 'it seems like every year at this time this question is raised at this time' (not actually an exact quote, just a paraphrase), and that he always seemed to answer the critics. Later that day on TSN, they were also talking about the Flames goalie and they showed an interesting graphic. A few years ago when the Flames almost won the Stanley Cup, Kipper (their goalie) only played 40 games or so during the regular season as he came over in a trade half way through the season and taking over the starting job. The next three years, he played 74, 74, and 76 games, and they lost each season in the first round. So basically, when he didn't play a whole lot and was fresh, he got an eighth place team to within a goal of winning the whole thing. When he played most of a season (there are only 82 games), he can't steal the first round when they were playing, at least some of the time, a team that did worse in the regular season. Is it just me or is that not a telling statistic?
I think the Calgary sports media needs to actually examine these things before they lift their players to near god-like status.
I have no idea why I thought of that today, but there it is. Speaking of today, I updated Grasp the Nettle again. and here it is.