The Philadelphia Flyers’ Steve Mason will be returning to the ice this year after having completed, statistically, one of the best individual seasons for a goalie in team history. Mason’s .928 save percentage in all situations placed him just behind the immortal Bernie Parent in Flyers’ team history. In addition to that, he led the NHL with a .943 save percentage at even-strength. The guy was absolutely unreal but due to nagging injuries, he was limited to only 51 games. Injuries some believed to be the result of him being overworked but we’ll get into that later.
Watching Mason last year was one of the few reasons to tune into a Flyers game due in part to the statistics I mentioned above.