Tender Rip
Wears long pants
I think we’ve reached a new low on this site, defending Casey DeSmith after one good game. I haven’t heard a hot take this bad since those claiming Jarry isn’t injury prone.
Well.... the glass half full approach would be to look at CDS's career stats and conclude that he is likely to be very good to end this season. His save percentages have been creeping up from the basement towards something that is OK for a backup.
I don't think that changes that there has been too many games in which he wasn't good enough, but at the same time the kind of defense he has had in front of him has been terrible. He is facing almost 33 shots on average this season, which is 10% more than any other season he's had, and in his last 5 games he has faced 41,4.
If we don't change that, it doesn't matter much who is in net. Less so as we are not even keeping teams to the outside.