Detroit Red Wings Must Avoid ‘Luongo-Schneider 2.0’ Drama with Howard, Mrazek

June 7th, 2015 by Isaac Smith Leave a reply »

With all of the conversation regarding the Detroit Red Wings' coaching situation, the Wings' goaltending situation and subsequent problem has somewhat fallen by the wayside.

The Wings' attempt to replace Mike Babcock this offseason—Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports that the team is close to signing Grand Rapids Griffins head coach Jeff Blashill as early as Tuesday—has taken obvious precedence over the team's goaltending issues, which could turn into substantial problems if not dealt with promptly.

Having two NHL goalies is a great problem to have—sometimes.



In the case of the Red Wings with Jimmy Howard and Petr Mrazek, however, the Wings must learn from the curious case of the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks had two No. 1 goaltenders in Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo and ended up trading away both of them after a plentiful amount of scrutiny and speculation from media and fans.

Likewise, the Wings saw upstart goaltender Mrazek take all of the playoff starts from previous No. 1 goaltender Jimmy Howard. 

Howard has four years left on his dea ...

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