Is “Good Enough” Good Enough?

On the most recent episode of Japers’ Rink Radio (catch it here, if you haven’t given it a listen already), goaltending was a prime topic of discussion. Again.

The conversation, as it has for a while now, centered on the simple to ask but difficult to answer question of whether or not the Caps’ goaltending is “good enough.”

At present, the duo of Vitek Vanecek and Ilya Samsonov are a each a tick or two above League-average...

...or at or a bit below League average, depending on which metrics you prefer:

via Evolving-Hockey

To wit, here’s how the two stack up in save percentage relative to League average so far this season:

via NatStatTrick

We’ve talked (a lot) about Samsonov, but his numbers simply aren’t there yet, and certainly not with any consistency.