ChaosAgent
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Tell that to the guy who said Murray wasn't proven at this point, though
I can understand the comparison between Marino and Jarry, but the big difference is that Jarry plays a much more important position than Marino does. And it's ultimately why I'm not willing to go with question marks in net. If you go with a Jarry-DeSmith tandem, you have risks in both your starter (Jarry not having a starter's workload in the past, because he won't get it this year) and DeSmith (DeSmith sucked after his crazy hot start last year). I'm not willing to do that, and I'd only be willing to consider it if you had some bigger glaring flaws that would prevent your team from winning. I don't see the Penguins having that issue. At worst, your 2nd pair will be Pettersson-Marino and your top-6 will have McCann, Kahun, Guentzel and Rust as the wingers. I don't see that as a big enough flaw to justify running with such question marks in net.
Sure, you could be fine with Jarry-DeSmith. But you could also implode if Jarry can't handle being a full time starter (which some people have argued is true with Murray) and DeSmith is actually an AHL goalie who just had a hot run in the NHL. Goaltending is a high variance and uncertain position, that's why I'm not comfortable with going with risky goaltending options.
I get where you're coming from.
I want to clarify: I don't think there are any obvious flaws in the 18 skaters - top6 forwards or 2nd pairing defensemen (including Petts who as @pixiesfanyo has pointed out has been overly picked on this year for mysterious reasons). However there's no rule that says you can't further upgrade at those spots.
Hypothetical: If you could get Krug for 6/$7.5M per but Murray's money is standing in the way and he's still the backup, you wouldn't be tempted to do it?