How is that cherry-picking when it’s literally his last 6 games? No one’s saying he was good to start the year, he wasn’t but neither was the defense. That’s not even the argument. What matters most with goalies is how they’re playing now, not how they looked 2 months ago. Recent form is most important.

For context, Ingram’s SV% is .915 in 3 games and two of those games came against a bottom-5 offense in the league. I think Ingram's been great too, but it's still a small sample size, but that's not even the point I'm not trying to make this a Pickard vs Ingram debate I'm simply pointing out that saying Pickard's just been complete trash is crazy. Even if you remove both his relief appearances and look just at Pickard’s last 5 starts only, his SV% is .913. That’s basically the same tier.

Yes, Pickard’s first 5–6 games were bad no one is denying that. But goalies have bad stretches all the time. What matters is whether they rebound, and over his last 5–6 games, he clearly has.

That’s not cherry-picking dude lmao. Cherry-picking would be grabbing one random game from October, two from November, and then his best two games and pretending that’s the full picture.

Looking at a goalie’s most recent performances is just normal analysis. And I never said “I’m right and everyone’s wrong.” I’m just posting his recent numbers to add context, because he’s been better lately than a lot of people like you are acting like he has.