So, you are comfortable taking the safe approach and winning at around 50%?
Think about it this way.
Last year against Dallas, Markstrom did everything he could to win games 2-1.
Get that last save, battle for every inch of the crease.
He had almost nothing left to bring against EDM.
And there was little experience of the backup to bring him in.
That is the style of games we are winning and losing now.
And we only have the depth that is on the NHL roster.
When are you ever in a place where you can give a 5-10 game tryout.
How do you evaluate depth when you don't ever play them.
Duehr scored on the rush and he's not our best prospect.
His best plays were from him skating and creating havoc.
That's kinda what you want a prospect to do in their first few games.
Like the old saying goes, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
NHL players aren't born in the NHL.
At some point, you risk a game by playing them.