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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
They are slow-playing their prize goalie prospect.
Nothing wrong with that.
But if you switched the schedule, Vladar wouldn’t have Wolf’s numbers - you’d just be doing your super-rookie an extreme disservice.
Vladar’s numbers this year are almost exactly in line with his career stats across almost a hundred starts.
On division winners and bottom feeders, with and without a repaired hip, the results are the same - Dan Vladar is a 3.00/.890 goalie in the NHL until Dan Vladar proves he isn’t.
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Wolf is and will be the better goaltender.
But he's getting the protected starts.
Vladar's stats are similar, but his deployment isn't which suggests he's actually much better this season than in the past.
He hasn't had to play mostly on the road, against the league's best, and all the back to backs possible.
Markstrom got the tougher starts for two years.
You don't know the bolded.