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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't think Vladar has been lights out but you can't ignore that the team wins more games when he's in the net. For that reason alone I think they need to start playing Vladar until his trend of winning begins to fade. The Oilers basically made the same commitment to Skinner and it's largely worked out for them as they just win more games when he starts. It's not desirable to have your high paid guy on the bench but winning games should take presedent over the bad optics of your franchise goaltender being a highly paid backup.
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Yeah, and obviously “isn’t going to win us a cup” is an overly definitive statement, but my point was mostly that I don’t really see the solution on the bench. Maybe Vladar takes over, maybe he gets us to the playoffs on the back of a .905. If we go out in round one, is that really any better than missing the playoffs in a year where it doesn’t look like we have it and the draft is great?
It’s one of those scenarios where (to me) it feels like a switch is going to place us on the high end of mediocre at best. If we felt like a contender that was just being held back by goaltending, I’d be 100% for a switch.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
10-0-3.... Yeah for Vladar to show us anything he should have went 13-0.... jesus
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You admitted last night you haven’t watched even one of the last 25 games, so feel free to watch some and we can circle back on the conversation.