It's not like Mrazek didn't let in some weak goals vs Boston.
The first was a routine glove save that he no only didn't control but that he lost track of allowing Bergeron to tap in his own rebound. The second was another one he could have stopped when he over committed to Krejci cutting across the middle and got beat on the short side. Both were worse than the Bobby Ryan goal last night.
We have 2 very good goalies, I'm not sure why there is a small group of our fanbase that wants to create a goalie controversy when it is without question the strongest aspect of our team right now.
Whether Howard or Mrazek had started every single game to this point, I doubt our record is much different in either direction.
Howard's made 9 starts this year. In 3 of those games his SV% has been below 900. His current SV% is 918.
Mrazek's made 10 starts. His SV% has been below 900 only once. His current SV% is 935.
Howard has never been the same since his injury and has failed to find consistency and confidence. Mrazek has been performing like the better goalie ever since Howard's injury. And more importantly, Mrazek wins us games we have no business winning such as the games against Carolina, Washington, and Vancouver already this year. He was the reason we went 7 games with Tampa too. Howard personally lost us the game against San Jose, a game in which they only had
14! shots. He helped give Ottawa a point last night too.
Howard's great in a backup role, and he should play no more than 30-35 games this year. I have nothing against Howard at all, I just want my team to have the best chance to win on a night to night basis and unfortunately Howard is not that goalie anymore. He was for a while at one point, but his time should honestly start to come to an end sooner rather than later.