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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 10, 2021 at 1:57 p.m.
Thread: gotta go all in
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hedman77</b></div><div>As a Lightning fan:

Carolina is our biggest threat in the Central Division, without a doubt. Trocheck, Aho, Svechnikov, and (to my surprise) Jordan Staal are tearing it up. Nino Niederreiter has already matched his goals total from last season. Carolina and Tampa Bay are, as of when I'm writing this, 2nd and 3rd in goals for at 88 and 87 respectively. The Lightning have played one less game though. Both teams are clearly doing well offensively. Tampa Bay is 2nd in goals allowed with 51, while Carolina is 8th with 66. I realize that goals allowed isn't the be-all-end-all when it comes to evaluating defense, but it helps. I think it's fair to say that both the Lightning and Hurricanes have two of the best blue lines in the league, at least on paper.

The glaring difference between these two teams lies in goal.
Hurricanes fans have been quick to point out how well Mrazek was playing this year before he got hurt. And I understand why they're excited - Carolina hasn't had a good goalie in years. But I don't buy the hype around him. He's faced 63 shots this season, and 31 of them were against Detroit. Credit where it's due, he had a shutout against the Lightning and a shutout against the Red Wings. However, I don't think it's realistic to say he's going to be anything too special this year. In seasons where he's appeared in 10 games or more, he's finished above .920 once.

James Reimer can win games, but I see it more as the offense carrying him.
In all the games Reimer has gotten the W for so far this season, here's how many goals Carolina has scored:
3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5, 7, 5, 4, 4, 4.
And when he's lost?
4, 2, 1.

Carolina has the offense and the defense to hang with the best in the NHL. But they will not get past Tampa Bay or any other contender with a goaltending tandem of Mrazek and Reimer.</div></div>

You make some good points, yet you forget Nedejlkovic. Ned is currently 8th in the league for save percentage at .926 and has a 2.21 GAA in 8 starts. He's played very well. When Mrazek comes back, I think the tandem will be Mrazek and Ned, with Reims as the 3rd goalie. And if Petr gets hot again, that's as good as anybody's goaltending.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 30, 2020 at 1:43 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 30, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.
Thread: Canes Twitter is best twitter
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AndrewLadd</b></div><div>With the flat cap I doubt anyone is paying for that contract. BEST case scenario they get future considerations for him. It’s j how the hockey world is rn</div></div>

As has been said, Gards is not as bad as people think he is. It's not like he's a liability on the ice or anything, part of why his production was down is because Carolina's d core is so freakin stacked that he was on the 3rd pair and playing those minutes for most of the year. I honestly don't think the Canes want to get rid of him, nor should they if (for some reason) they have to pay draft capital to offload his contract. Leave him unprotected next year and if Seattle takes either him or Skjei, then you keep the other one and still have some wiggle room to sign Dougie and Svech