Juuse Saros is a patient character, which is evident by his satisfaction in waiting his turn behind Pekka Rinne. Rinne is still the outright starter in-goal for the Nashville Predators, but Saros’ numbers have some calling for Nashville to move him into the starting role. Let’s take a look at some of those numbers:
Saros has played 171 minutes of playoff hockey, which is a fairly small sample size. However, the numbers he has produced will turn heads. In those minutes, Juuse has a .915 save percentage. Coming in when Rinne got pulled in last year’s playoffs, his save percentage went up to an astounding .