Low Save Percentage

[Geld1941]

I did a forum search but couldn't find anything relating to my query.
I have had many many goalies, some with average skill and some with all 90+skill and it doesn't seem to matter because their save percentage will never rise above .900, mostly in the .880-890 range.

what am i doing wrong that makes my goalies, who when traded move on to .920+, so bad when they play for me?
I have a very defensive team strategy, and star defenders and forwards, but nothing ever seems to work.

thanks for any help you guys can provide.

[selne]

..I have a very defensive team strategy, and star defenders and forwards.

It's probably better to build your tactics around the players you got. Playing defense in general is difficult in EHM. If you have offensive talented players, play offense because as long as they can keep the puck is in the offensive zone, you don't need to worry much about defense.

[McQwak]

I think it's normal. It's very difficult to have you goalies over .900 percentage. Just adjust your tactics and try to reach it.
But again, it's just normal. Don't hope it's a bug

[frisland]

I usually do not have a problem with keeping my goalies around a .900-.920 save percentage, but i usually concentrate on building a quality d corp. Except recently with that darn Irbe regen failure.... i couldnt get him to not let in 4-5 goals a game.

But on the other hand, i never have anyone in the top 25 in scoring, that most i can hope for is having someone get to the point per game mark.

[axwel3221]

I usually do not have a problem with keeping my goalies around a .900-.920 save percentage, but i usually concentrate on building a quality d corp. Except recently with that darn Irbe regen failure.... i couldnt get him to not let in 4-5 goals a game.

But on the other hand, i never have anyone in the top 25 in scoring, that most i can hope for is having someone get to the point per game mark.

I've had 3 players (1st line ) on top 10 points. And same time my goalie in 18 SO and .968 or something, but you need totally all out offense and goalie that must be Brodeur.

My first line was something like Gionta - Gomez - Boyes or some one great playmaker with scoring skills in place of Boyes.


That was something special, never happened after that again...

[LarsPGH]

Dude, it must be your tactics but who do you have playing as your top 6 D?
In my league - 2nd season as the Bruins - there are 27 goalies (games played from 12 to 56) with a save percentage over .900, including my Tim Thomas, who is at .909. Rask is at .870, and if he can improve just a little I can trade my $5M starter. Happily.

[philou21]

How much shot you receive per game? Sometimes, the goalie will perform well with 25 + shots per game. If he receive only 15-18 shot he can be less concentrate and make mistakes so it makes bad performances.

Check that, I always try to have my goalie saying that he likes the style of play of my team. I never got problems with is performances with that.

[cm_spitfire]

I can relate to this post. I haemmorhage goals at an awful rate currently but it seems that I can score more than them. It doesn't lead to very good stats for the goalie (and some +/-) but you still win. Obviously, I'd prefer to win AND have good goalie stats!

[k13]

Have the same thing with MAF.

I remember it was rare to get shutouts in 2005, even the cpu but in 2007 the cpu has 10+ shutouts for the season all the time, kind of lame

[capschmap]

Another thing to factor is how relative this sv pc is to other goalies in the league. I've had years where my goalies finished with a sv pc of 905 or something similar, and they're among the top 10 in the league.