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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
TBH to me it was less about Wolf playing a back to back in general - which I think is fine every once in a while.
I do question the timing of it.
To put him in a back to back, on the road, in the first two games of the season, and in a stretch of 3 games in 66 hours with travel between all three games seemed panicky to me.
If you have that little faith in Cooley then it was a failure of management to not address the backup position when lots of more proven backups were floating around waivers.
And in the end he didn't seem as sharp last night, and that contributed to the loss, so I think it's fair to question the decision.
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I get where you are coming from
I don’t think it was panicky. I’m sure they weighed the options. Fact is, Wolf is elite in terms of skill and he is better than Cooley. I don’t think that is indisputable.
Although not your major concern, I was curious and put the data together
Here are some stats on back to backs, based on Calgary’s last elite goalie
I looked back from the 2009-10 through 2011-12 seasons to see how often Kipper played back to back nights
Between 2009 and 2012 Kipper started in 15 back to back games. Most were on the road
His overall stats were just fine
38 GA on 467 shots .919
12 out of 15 games he put up a sv % > .900
Overall W-L record I will separate in to 2 buckets because the difference between winning and losing was run support
His record in second night of back to backs was 5-8-2 overall
When the Flames scored 1 goal or less, Kipper was 0-5-1 (there were actually 5 games lost by a 2-1 score)
When the Flames scored 2 goals or more, 5-3-1
So in my opinion, you should be just fine playing an elite goalie back to back nights. I think the data is clear
I also don’t mind sitting Cooley against a divisional rival because he is really pretty unproven