The thing that I've noticed is that the Ducks play better in front of Fasth than Hiller. But that's not intended to discredit Fasth, it's a huge compliment. The D plays more relaxed, so they don't overchase and are confident, knowing their G is going to stop almost all of what he should and most of what he shouldn't.
He plays calmly, so the D does too. I've only ever seen this a few times with goalies in their first NHL season in the 22+ years I've been watching hockey.
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12 team Full Dynasty w cap. 13F, 7D, 2G, 5B.
G 4.25, A 2.75, PPP 1.5, SHP 3, Hits 0.4, Blocks 0.5, PIM 0.25, DFP 1
W 5 OTL 1 SO 6 SV 0.25 L-1 GS 1
F:Stamkos, C Stew, R Johansen, B Dubinsky, Max Pac, Umberger, B Ryan, D Backes, T Ruutu, Lucic, Ott, MSL, Heatley, C Kunitz, J Benn, L Adam
D: C Fowler, Kronwall, A Goligoski, JM Liles, M Giordano, K Letang, N Nikitin, R Josi
G: J Quick, A Niemi, C Anderson, Rinne
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