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We all know that Burke's been great in 2014, at least post trade deadline. Some feel its the addition of Corbin Boes, others feel that Mathew Dumba has been the difference. I feel that its a "tastes great / less filling" kind of debate - and a nice one to have.
What do Burke's numbers look like, you ask? On January 4th of this year, he was sitting on a 3.22 goals against, and a .900% save percentage. There's been worse in major junior for sure, but that's not exactly Memorial Cup kind of numbers.
According to the WHL website, his January totals were 1.83 / 0.934 in 8 games - which ain't bad. February saw him go 2.33 / .912 & March looked like 1.33 / .950 - which you can live with.
| If you start with the games after that January 4th point referenced earlier, his totals through the end of the season finished at 1.42 / .950 over a 12 game span, assuming my math is correct. While not the biggest sample size, it sure seems like Burke's trending in the right direction, and the 4 games in round one demonstrated a 1.75 / .924 - which is fantastic considering how rough his game 1 was. |
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