First of all, no: The Dallas Stars don’t need to sit Jake Oettinger, and fans need to let go of that talking point. And no: It’s not just because he tallied two shutouts in about a week.
In this episode of Stargazing, Wes and Mark talk about why the Stars have placed so much of their trust in Otter — and it has almost nothing to do with his future Vezina Trophy prospects. They also discuss what the Lian Bichsel-Tyler Myers pair can bring to a Stanley Cup Playoffs series, how to evaluate goalie performance as part of team defense, and which forwards should play on which lines during the postseason. They also expand their Expected Rawr (xRawr) chart to include even more current and historical Stars players.
Sometimes the solution that works is not the solution you had in mind. We’re Stargazing, and we’re a tree. We can bend.
Which Stars are in which xRawr quadrant? So far, Wes and Mark have calculated rankings for the following players, current and historic:
- Sam Steel
- Jason Spezza
- Alex Radulov
- Miro Heiskanen
- Esa Lindell
- Marty Turco
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