Raymond Bernard - Future HOFer?

[littleboi 26]

Today we will be exploring a bright young Goalie in the VHL for the theme week. Raymond Bernard (@Mr_Hatter)is and has been and will be the Moscow Menace's top dog between the pipes for the next few seasons. He has shown to the VHL that he is an elite level goaltender with a bright future ahead of him in his 3 seasons in the VHL. With a career record of 83-38-13 he has been one of the more dominant goaltenders entering into the VHL. He has managed to amass 719 TPE within only 3 seasons, putting him as the 8th best Goalie in the VHL and the second best in his class. SHould he continue to develop at this pace it will be no time before he is mentioned in the same breath as some of the greatest VHLers of all time.

His winrate for his First three seasons has been 62% which is quite remarkable considering other elite goaltenders win rates. Comparing him to other goalies who have been considered the best goalies in the league this is his record for his first three seasons:

Raymond Bernard - 83-38-13 = 62% win rate
Rayz Funk(@Rayzor_7) - 105-73-16 = 54% win rate

Kallis Kriketers(@hedgehog337) - 135-38-12 = 73% win rate

Finn Davison(@Poptart) - 70-72-16 = 47% win rate

Greg Eagles(@Greg_Di) - 81-52-13 = 55% win rate

Michael Johnson(@fonziGG) 100-73-19 = 52% win rate

Brick Wahl(@BladeMaiden)78-97-13 = 42% win rate

JB Rift(@Devise) 83-41-13 = 61% win rate

 

From these 8 elite goalies Bernard boasts the second best win rate. Although there are some other factors that come into play here like team success the year prior, this still demonstrates that he is an elite goalie who is a known winner.

Now we will compare the GAA, save percentage and shutouts of these goaltenders in their first three seasons.

 

Raymond Bernard: GAA=2.68 SVP=0.907 SO=7

Rayz Funk: GAA=2.58 SVP=0.919 SO=18

Kallis Kriketers GAA=2.22 SVP=0.916 SO=28

Finn Davison GAA=2.94 SVP=0.913 SO=5

Greg Eagles GAA=2.66 SVP=0.906 SO=8

Michael Johnson GAA=2.79 SVP=913 SO=12

Brick Wahl GAA=2.69 SVP=0.919 SO=8

JB Rift GAA=2.55 SVP=0.916 SO=8

 

These stats may show that Raymond Bernard seems to be a middle-of-the-pack goalie but these numbers don't mean everything in this case because he still has the time and resources to grow to develop his stats to look more like an elite goaltender. We seem to keep comparing him to the best goalies, without realising he is still in his third season.

 

He still has a lot of time to continue cementing his legacy and carving himself a statue in the VHL HOF because the Moscow team that he's on has the potential to consistently make deep playoff runs and contend for titles. When, and not if, the Menace do bring a title to Moscow he will certainly play a major role in their success. It is also not out of the question for him to be able to get so much better that he could be a goalie of the year or possibly MVP candidate. Throughout his young career so far he has shown us that he wants to win and that he will be the face of Moscow's future.
 

[littleboi 26]

oops wrong thing haha

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by littleboi
oops wrong thing haha

[Mr_Hatter 1,603]

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[Rayzor_7 741]

I love the article but you picked the 2 most useless goalie stats GAA and Win % are all on the team. SO is both and SV% is really the only one on the goalie.

[fonziGG 1,065]

On 2/29/2020 at 9:28 AM, Rayzor_7 said:

I love the article but you picked the 2 most useless goalie stats GAA and Win % are all on the team. SO is both and SV% is really the only one on the goalie.

Agreed completely.

 

Also, welcome back @littleboi