Risk/Reward: Drop Anderson for Hellebuyck?

[Swels Stewart]

I know that Anderson is the safer play here, but is Hellebuyck's upside significantly higher? I currently have Price on IR and am rolling with Mrazek and Anderson. Weekly H2H league counts W L GAA SV% SHO as 5/15 categories with a minimum 3 starts a week (so that is also a concern with Mrazek and Hellebuyck). Mason, Ward, Ramo/Hiller, Nilsson, and Ullmark are available if the Hellebuyck experiment fails and Anderson gets picked up.

Reward worth the risk?

[Doug Glatt]

Craig Anderson= very useful long term player
Hellebuyck=rookie on a cup of coffee that people seem to be going hysterical over

[StuntMan12]

Anderson might be the safe bet for now since Hellebuyck might only get a small amount of games in. Hard to say, if he plays well then he will be up for awhile. Thing is Hellebuyck is one of the best goalie prospects right now and already got off to a good start with his first game.

[Instant Karma]

Craig Anderson= very useful long term player
Hellebuyck=rookie on a cup of coffee that people seem to be going hysterical over

I don't know that I'd call it a "cup of coffee", as Pavelec isn't going to be back anytime soon and Hutchinson isn't exactly setting the world on fire.

That being said, Anderson may not be an all-star, but he is the guy on a fairly decent team. Hellebuyck should only be taken as a flier for someone who is genuinely expendable.

[Schneider]

Anderson's your guy. I do realize that it's tough owning Anderson though, because Ottawa is basically playing riverboat hockey.

[Swels Stewart]

Thanks for all the input. I'm likely to drop Anderson (or whoever) when Price comes back off IR. Until then, it comes down, I think, to 2 questions:
1. How likely is it that Mrazek and Hellebuyck combine for three starts a week?
2. How likely is it that Hellebuyck puts up a better SV% and GAA than Anderson over the next month?