I ' m in the same boat . <| sep |> I completely disagree with your view on this but I ' ll go with it for a second . Even if it is delusional , as someone with major depressive disorder among several other things , I ' d rather be delusional and happy then depressed any day . Depression is horrible regardless of how you define it coping or perspective my life is better when I ' m not depressed . Do you truly prefer to be depressed ? <| sep |> Let ' s see here . 2016 Pittsburgh had Murray with 0 . 926 save , which is phenomenal . 2015 Chicago had Crawford with 0 . 924 which again is great . 2014 LA had Quick with 0 . 911 , which isn ' t as good , but still decent . 2013 Chicago had Crawford who had 0 . 932 , which is absolutely ridiculous . 2012 had LA with Quick getting a ridiculous 94 . 6 % 2011 Bruins Thomas . 9402010 Chicago Niemi 91 . 0 % 2009 Pittsburgh Fleury 90 . 8 % 2008 Detroit Osgood 93 . 0 % 2007 Anaheim 92 . 22 % Giguere BryzgalovSo quick analysis . No one went below 90 %, which is considered pretty bad . Most modern goalies had more than 92 %, which is fairly good , and not very easy to achieve . Still , there were 4 instances were goaltending was strictly above average , and only 3 instances of being below average but still above 90 %. So the only teams winning with mediocre goaltending were LA 2014 , Chicago 2010 , Pittsburgh 2009 . I ' d argue that those were some of the most ridiculous lineups of all time . But yes , in general , goaltending seems to matter . It ' s also very difficult to assess who is the undisputed best goalie , but I ' d say these stats give us a very good idea that often times it ' s the goalie on the winning team .