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Heika: Is save percentage the supreme judge of a goalie's talent? It's a timely question for the Stars

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Dallas Stars goalies Antti Niemi, left, and Kari Lehtonen are pictured at practice at the Dallas Stars practice facility in Frisco on Monday, October 5, 2015. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)

Save percentage is a vexing statistic when it comes to goalies.

Is it the supreme judge of individual talent, the Magna Cum Laude for backstops everywhere?

Or is it simply one tool in deciding an appropriate grade for the masked men who guard the nets?

It's a timely question for the Stars, who find themselves once again sinking in the save percentage rankings.