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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I would be surprised if Vladar was better than Markstrom this season. I base it mostly on how they were getting beat. For Markstrom a lot of it seemed mental, letting the first shot in, and then him overcompensating by playing small. That doesn't align with how he has been playing in his entire career.
Vladar started to get beat up high more and more regularly as the season went along. Vladar seemed better at just making me jump out of my sit with a save, but Markstrom looked like the far superior goalie after his kid was born.
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Markstrom was actually a fair bit better than Vladar this past year if you look beyond the W-L record and the save percentage.
Vladar's goals saved above expected per 60 was -0.340, which was among the worst in the leagues.
Markstrom's was -0.055. Still terrible for the contract, but at least fine as a backup.
Wolf, in his tiny sample size, had +1.402. He surely had a strong goals saved above expected per 60 in the AHL as well.
I agree with those who opt for getting rid of Vladar and then using Markstrom as a 1B or later, backup, while Wolf is on his ELC.