Pressure is off now that the team is out of the playoff picture. He needed to play like this in October and November.of course, winning the game against san jose wasn't "ideal" (although i always enjoy the team winning). Nice to see mrazek play well again, i'm anxious to see how he plays the rest of the season. I think for a goalie he is still pretty young, and consistency in confidence might still improve.
Where did you get that? I'm seeing 2.7%.Wings at 5.52% to make the playoffs
From this hyper ugly looking website: NHL Playoff Odds -MoneyPuck Analytics Based Playoff & Cup OddsWhere did you get that? I'm seeing 2.7%.
Detroit Red Wings Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats
and then if The Athletic is to be believed, it's actually 1%:
By the numbers: 2017-18 NHL season projections and...
You could say the same about most of the roster. Hopefully he and Howard both play well enough this month that one or both get traded.Pressure is off now that the team is out of the playoff picture. He needed to play like this in October and November.
Pressure is off now that the team is out of the playoff picture. He needed to play like this in October and November.
No doubt, I'm sure Tatar will pot 15 goalies in the final 30 games and everyone will talk about what a great winger he is.You could say the same about most of the roster. Hopefully he and Howard both play well enough this month that one or both get traded.
No doubt, I'm sure Tatar will pot 15 goalies in the final 30 games and everyone will talk about what a great winger he is.
I'm quite sure he won't score even near of the 25-goal rate until his last contract year.
No incentive. Take the millions and be lazy.
That's revisionist history based solely on Howard's save %. And I say that as someone who was advocating starting Mrazek more.Blashill should have went to Mrazek during Howard's prolonged slump.
It'll be funny if the Red Wings miss by a few points and the reason for it is that massive slump when Blash rode AA on Line 4 and Mrazek on the bench while Howard rocked an .880 sv percentage and couldn't get a win.
That's revisionist history based solely on Howard's save %. And I say that as someone who was advocating starting Mrazek more.
Not that Howard was playing stellar but he didn't go in some massive slump that was costing the team wins. The entire team wasn't very good. Granted keeping AA on the 4th line wasn't helping.
I was one of those people. That's not the same thing.It's not revisionist.
We had people here in this forum saying it was time to sit Jimmy.
I was one of those people. That's not the same thing.
You're painting the picture that the Wings were losing games because Howard was playing awful. That wasn't the case.
Yes it was the case.
If you're going to credit Howard for the good stretches he's had this year - and he has - then you have to credit him for his awful stretches.
He's had those, too.
He's been hot and cold all year.
Starts out 3-0 with a 955 sv percentage.
Over the next 5 games he goes 0-4 with an 898 sv percentage.
Then he goes 5-1-1 with a 940 sv pecentage.
Then he went 2-7-5 with an .880 sv percentage. (this was the stretch when Blashill stubbornly stuck with Howard as the Wings fell out of the playoff picture).
Then he goes 4-0 with a .960 sv percentage.
Now he's gone 0-4 with an 860 sv percentage.'
He had 3 good stretches and three bad stretches... with one bad stretch being prolonged.
No, it isn't. Stop trying to make it into a Howard vs Mrazek issue with cherry picked stats. It's doing nothing but injecting more toxicity into threads when we should instead be happy that our younger goalie is finally finding his game again.
Yet, I'm injecting toxicity into the debate for saying that Blashill made a mistake sticking with a goalie who had 2-3 wins in 17 outings.
Is this a goalie thread?
Team - Games - Points (Row)
21. CHI - 52 - 56 (24)
22. CAR - 52 - 56 (21)
23. NYR - 52 - 55 (22)
24. FLA - 50 - 50 (20)
25. DET - 51 - 50 (17)
26. EDM - 50 - 48 (20)
27. VAN - 52 - 48 (21)
28. MTL - 52 - 48 (19)
2 games matter tonight. The Montreal game is vs Ottawa so hoping for a 3 pointer.
But as PZ29 mentioned earlier we are not that far out of a playoff spot. 7 points as of now. We are as close to the playoffs as we are to third overall (position). We'll see how it goes.