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With his 30th win of the season tonight, Demko has tied Ryan Miller for 7th on the all-time goaltender wins list with 64 wins as a Canuck. Next on the list is Gary Smith with 72 wins.

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12 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Maybe with Demko on this contract for four more years we should be considering that our window? 

Extend Miller and try to win now.  

If he stays for the duration of his contract, he could very well end up third on this list behind only Lu and McLean. Even at 25 wins per year, he should be able to get 160+ wins.

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Of all netminders with 43+ games, Demko is 8th in the NHL with a .918 save percentage. If you filter for goalies with heavy workloads and allow 52+ games, there are only nine goaltenders with that many games; Demko ranks 4th in save percentage amongst them (Markstrom is 1st at .922). Notably, Demko actually has 60 games played, placing him behind only Saros and Hellebuyck in games played (both have 62 games).

 

I wouldn't consider him Vezina calibre, but almost inarguably top 10 in the NHL. An argument could maybe be made for top 5.

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At 33 wins, Demko has the most wins of any Canuck goaltender in a single season since 2010-11, when Luongo had 38 wins. Others have had higher win percentages though, such as Miller (29 wins in 45 games in 2014-15) and Luongo (31 wins in 55 games in 2011-12).

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On 4/20/2022 at 8:16 PM, -DLC- said:

A glimpse into the genius of Ian Clark

 

So fortunate that we have Ian Clark.  Those of us old enough will remember that the Canucks used to be called the Goalie Graveyard.

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Per the tracking company CSA, Demko has saved the team 27 goals above expected while operating in one of the toughest environment - he has one of the lowest expected save percentage among starters.  Only Saros with 29 and Shesterkin with 38 have outperformed their environment better than Demko.

 

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21 hours ago, mll said:
Per the tracking company CSA, Demko has saved the team 27 goals above expected while operating in one of the toughest environment - he has one of the lowest expected save percentage among starters.  Only Saros with 29 and Shesterkin with 38 have outperformed their environment better than Demko.

 

With the defence he had in front of him for most of the season he is the MVP. How many points did he garner on his own?

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2 hours ago, Boudrias said:

With the defence he had in front of him for most of the season he is the MVP. How many points did he garner on his own?

Those numbers are not publicly available but some analysts will share numbers from time to time. 

 

Sportlogiq is another tracking company used by NHL teams.  Mike Kelly on NHL Network using their technology tweeted on 8 February:  "Canucks have had plus goaltending (goals saved above expected is even or better) in 70% of their games this season - the highest % of any team. Credit to Halak, Martin as well but Demko had the bigger workload by far."  

 

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