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Originally Posted by Wild GM
I think many teams make a mistake by starting their back ups against perceived weaker teams. Those are two points that you need as badly as any. With a long break coming up starting Smith to try to maintain a solid start to the year seems like a good decision
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Yep, exactly this, especially after a loss. I think you go to the back up if you win the first one, but getting a "back up" performance that loses you the "easy" game right after you just lost is too risky, imo.
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Too risky? So when is the right time? Against perceived better teams in "hard" games? Wait until later in the season to play your backup more?
Regardless of whether there's a break coming up or not, playing a goalie with an injury history 24 hrs after the last game, with travel in between, is a risk no team with a backup it trusts should take this early in the year, especially when it has a winning record.