100 bucks says jimmy goes tomorrow lol
it's a back to back, no real problem with Howard going tomorrow. Bigger question would be who goes Thursday. Right now, I think you have to lean towards Mrazek.
100 bucks says jimmy goes tomorrow lol
It's all super risky.
1. Keep Howard / Trade Mrazek: Mrazek could be the superstud we hoped he would be. Howard's older and is well known for his injury problems. Doesn't last.
2. Trade Howard / Keep Mrazek: Mrazek's recent 2-3 game stint of being rock solid is a fluke and he returns to the form he's had most of the past 2 seasons. Neither Larsson nor Petruzelli nor Coreau (lol) are as good as we need.
3. Keep both: We've got $10M locked up in goalies, 1 of whom is on the wrong side of 30 and injured every season, the other whom has been inconsistent at best the past 2 years. And we've got a bunch of players coming up we gotta pay.
There's no good answers there.
Why not? He's been reliable this season and it's a back to back. There's basically no reason not to play him if your goal is to win games.
it's a back to back, no real problem with Howard going tomorrow. Bigger question would be who goes Thursday. Right now, I think you have to lean towards Mrazek.
we've seen random spurts of greatness from mrazek before only to completely melt down a few games down the road. Hopefully he can keep this up so the wings might actually get a decent return for him at the trade deadline
personally I would be looking to trade both howard and mrazek for the tank. but I realize this isn't NHL 18 so that won't happen
It's all super risky.
1. Keep Howard / Trade Mrazek: Mrazek could be the superstud we hoped he would be. Howard's older and is well known for his injury problems. Doesn't last.
2. Trade Howard / Keep Mrazek: Mrazek's recent 2-3 game stint of being rock solid is a fluke and he returns to the form he's had most of the past 2 seasons. Neither Larsson nor Petruzelli nor Coreau (lol) are as good as we need.
3. Keep both: We've got $10M locked up in goalies, 1 of whom is on the wrong side of 30 and injured every season, the other whom has been inconsistent at best the past 2 years. And we've got a bunch of players coming up we gotta pay.
There's no good answers there.
If we lose Petr it will be a big mistake I will keep saying it over and over. And little Joe should be here full time.
To me too.Howard retained to the Islanders makes a lot of sense in my opinion.
Yeah but Jimmy is a UFA next year, so if we keep both, it only hurts us cap wise next season. I'd qualify Pete for a year and keep Howard as well. Go into next season with the mindset of splitting them, and if Mrazek can play well, I'd look to deal Jimmy at the deadline next year.
I dunno, Mrazek has been junk for a while, so it's tough to get excited after a couple good games. I just think he has time to develop into a good starter. It's all about consistency for him.
Howard retained to the Islanders makes a lot of sense in my opinion.
No reason not to play the guy a few more games.
I'm guessing Howard starts tomorrow, since it's a back-to-back.
If Howard loses Mrazek should be back between the pipes vs Chicago Thursday.
It shouldn't even be a debate.
mantha continues to be my biggest disappointment of the season
He leads us in goals. On a team with Helm and DeKeyser I really cannot see how that can be said.
it's a back to back, no real problem with Howard going tomorrow. Bigger question would be who goes Thursday. Right now, I think you have to lean towards Mrazek.
and his play on the ice still disappoints me
he started out looking great and producing well for the first 20 games or so. Then for the net 15 games he continued to play well but the production dried up. For the past 10 games he's played like complete **** and the production is still gone.
I think he has plenty to work on for sure. I haven't been thrilled lately. He did make several good plays in his own end tonight cutting passes and recovering pucks. Those are things that they want him to work on and are appearing more.
He will be fine, if anything Mantha is just making his next contract a little cheaper. I see progression in his game, we need more but it isn't awful and I think he is growing as a player which is important.
I want more out of him, but there are guys on this team I give flat out flunking grades to and he certainly isn't one of them. Even in this last stretch he needs to be better but I don't see him costing us games like Helm who for me should be public enemy #1 for how he is playing this season.
and his play on the ice still disappoints me
he started out looking great and producing well for the first 20 games or so. Then for the net 15 games he continued to play well but the production dried up. For the past 10 games he's played like complete **** and the production is still gone.