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WTF is with 2004 Vesa Toskala? More GSAA than Martin Brodeur in 28 games? How could that be? Those must've been the most epic 28 games of all time.

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Part of it has to do with Toskala's .930 SV%, which is significantly higher than Brodeur's .917.

Toskala's 29.6 SA/60 to Brodeur's 24.3 SA/60 is also a big reason.

It's always fun to talk about Brodeur's workload because by volume, it's incredibly and unlike anything other goalies could pull off for as many seasons, but by rate, his workloads are always underwhelming. So you then have to zoom out a bit and realize that he lead the NHL in Minutes played 7 times over his 21-season career and was in the top-10 another 7 times. It kind of ends up balancing out

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As far as total value though, Martin Brodeur's approximately 10 GSAA accounts for almost all the Devils' goaltending value. Wouldn't you rather a goaltender who plays 55 games at about 15 or so and try to find a backup that's about even? That'd provide more value to the team in the aggregate, wouldn't it?

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