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Originally Posted by chedder
My criticism wasn't that at all. Vladar was playing well going into the all-star break. He should have been given the leash to see if it could continue right after. Instead Markstrom is given the net back. Timing means something and playing the guy who has the confidence when he has it is a better plan than hoping the other guy gets it back.
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He played more than 50% of the games in the two weeks leading up to the All Star break putting up a .893 sv% over that time and played the second game back and put up a .882.
He had every opportunity to take the next in February and he has a .831sv% to show for it. Seems like that’s on the player.