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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It was one HORRIBLE season after completing only one strong season as a starter in his career.
Bishop had a much longer track record of being a success and his bad season wasnt nearly as terrible.
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It's also been longer than just one season for Mrazek. He finished the 2015/16 in a terrible slump going 6-6-2 in his last 17 games of that season and posting a 0.887 sv%
Combine that with a 0.901 sv% in 50 games this year and that is U-G-L-Y
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It was one HORRIBLE season after completing only one strong season as a starter in his career.
Bishop had a much longer track record of being a success and his bad season wasnt nearly as terrible.
EDIT:
It's also been longer than just one season for Mrazek. He finished the 2015/16 in a terrible slump going 6-6-2 in his last 17 games of that season and posting a 0.887 sv%
Combine that with a 0.901 sv% in 50 games this year and that is U-G-L-Y
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Mrazek still finished 15/16 at .921, you going to hypocritically discredit that after praising Bishop for his .916 season?
Mrazek is still a fantastic option, and while he's a slight risk he's still shown he at least has the ability to perform well as a starter (and poorly) behind a below average team. One season is a factor but is (again) not definitive. Writing him off for one season is about as dumb as ignoring one season for another goaltender. You've got to factor everything in.
Mrazek also experienced higher than average HDSA when compared to other starters, where he struggled quite a bit. If I remember correctly (Corsica isn't working on my phone) Calgary allowed less HDSA than Detroit, and (overall) is a stronger team.
All that said I don't think Detroit sends Mrazek out. I think they see the ability there, it would be stupid to trade him or protect Howard over him.