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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Last season:
Markstrom: 23-21-12, .518
Vladdar.....: 14-6-5, .660
We now have over 100 games of data - when does the randomness average out?
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I don't think you can quite look at the stats themselves without digging deeper into the situations.
I think Darryl rode Markstrom too hard at times. For me, I didn't feel that Vladar was the better goalie, but I did see times in which we knew that Markstrom wasn't his 100%, and that Vladar should have played instead, but Darryl still started Markstrom.
We also have to consider the quality of competition. Did Markstrom play the better teams with the more elite shooters?
How much rest did the goalies have? How many back-to-backs did Markstrom actually play? The baby issue...
I do remember that when Vladar was pressed into more starts, his play also seemed to regress. I think it is difficult to make definitive statements about the goalies and comparing their individual stats without diving deeper into it.
It is almost like you have to throw last season's stats out the window and just focus on this season. I think Huska will manage the goalies better and won't ride the starter hard 'no matter what' like Darryl seemed to do.