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Originally Posted by stemit14
However, assuming it is as poor as it looks on paper, how should the coaching staff/management handle starts from the goaltenders?
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I think there would be a plan in place written in pencil based on the schedule. Split back to backs, and travel heavy parts of the schedule. Both goalies would know it, and go from there. Then you have things like fatigue and injuries that go into it.
Moreover, like we saw with Markstrom, there are some teams a certain goalie struggles against, or plays really great against. So a coach might factor that into his decisions. I think that most months will be a 65-35 split. With 65% of the games going to the goalie that lets in the fewer stickers, or the one that the team seems to play better in front of.
I think that as long as the coaching staff is transparent about their goalie decisions, both goalies will develop nicely.