The Carolina Hurricanes are entering the season without a player on the roster wearing #30 for the first time in over a decade. Without a familiar presence to fall back on in goal, what can we expect from the tandem of Scott Darling and Petr Mrazek next season?
When evaluating goalies it’s important to look beyond the typical indicators of skill that we would find in a box score. While save percentage and goals-against averages are meaningful stats, they mask the fact that every goalie is playing behind a sometimes drastically different quality of team and seeing different attacking talent night in and night out.