How Much Did That Save Cost?

[rinkrat]

Puck That Hit has decided to play statistician for a day and compiled what we consider a pretty neat stat: Cost per Save. This figure is a pretty good indicator of how valuable a goalie is to a team in terms of stopping power, as well as “bang for buck”… or “stop for buck”!

Top 3 Goalies
$520 Jason LaBarbera (Kings)
$594 Timothy Jr. Thomas (Bruins)
$635 Dan Ellis (Predators)

[TooCool]

Wow! Awesome. That's pretty crazy if you think about it. I think it reminded me of something I saw before... on how much Kobe Bryant made each point he scored... or Michael Jordan, in how much he earned per minute in his life.

[Birdman]

In some ways, this is the Moneyball way of doing things. On how to determine monetary value of a player based on his statistics.

After years of running the Oakland A's that way, Billy Beane finally had to punt and start over this winter. I don't want to say that it was an utter failure, but being that they never made the series in his tenure, and always got waxed in the playoffs, I have to say that folks are going to start questioning his tactics.

His theories did work in Boston, albeit with a larger payroll and a modified philosophy. Rather than use alsorans as veterans, they went with youth surrounded by star veterans. Had Oakland gone out and gotten star talent at the corner infield and outfield positions, and at DH, like Boston has, things may have been very different.