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There has only been one game all season where Howard was weak and that was vs San Jose and do you really think the result would have been different with Mrazek in net? You could just as easily say Mrazek cost us the game vs Edmonton even though neither is true.
As far as stealing games goes, I know everyone points to Mrazeks great performance vs Washington but I think the shot differential gives a different perception of the game than it actually was. The scoring chance #'s in that game were 19-11 in favor of the Wings. It was basically Ovechkin forcing a lot of poor shot attempts trying to surpass Fedorov's record with him in the building. Mrazek played well, but I wouldn't say he stole that game any more than Howard did the week previous vs Tampa Bay.
His .861 vs Carolina and .909 vs Dallas, as well as SJS are less than stellar games.
So Howard has played in 9 games and 3 weren't very good games.
I just want one #1 goalie. This rotating does nothing for establishing the clear #1.