Lindback vs Crawford

[gfunkb7]

Yes, Crawford cannot do worse than last year. Considering the Hawks play 12 times back-2-back games, can Lindback a better option?

Extra: Is Lindback keeper material in a 12 team keep 10 league?

THanks

[Shoeless]

Originally Posted by gfunkb7

Yes, Crawford cannot do worse than last year. Considering the Hawks play 12 times back-2-back games, can Lindback a better option?

Extra: Is Lindback keeper material in a 12 team keep 10 league?

THanks

I think the question about Lindback needs to be framed in the context of how many keeper goalies do you anticipate in this league. I am pretty sure I would keep him in a 12 team keep 13 league with 2 daily roster starts - kinda gets iffy with only 120 keepers. to some extent it also would be dependent on the actual goalie stats. I think he is going to have a useful year, not sure I would keep him over Crawford but damn it's close for me. I have him ranked about 18th in a fairly standard H2H league with fairly normal stats, W, Sv, SV% and GAA.

[Shakedown]

If I am keeping one of them at this current time I keep Crawford based on he's had some history. Lindback is an unknown to all of us right now in terms of " being a full-time starter". This is a huge year for Crawford, he needs to perform well especially in playoff time, or things will look different for him next year. So, if your keeping a goalie going into this season, I keep Crawford over Lindback, but all bets are off after that.

[blayze]

TB goes through goalies like a revolving door... I think they are one of those teams that's so crappy defensively that any goalie in that system will post shitty ratios.

I'd definitely keep Crawford over him.

[Essej]

This is a close for me, I was originally thinking Lindback, but the more I think of it the more I like Crawford. Crawford is the number one guy on a better team, and I expect him to get more starts than Lindback. I like Lindback better as a goalie, but I feel like he won't get as many games as Crawford, on top of his team being weaker, meaning less wins.

[gfunkb7]

I'm just scared last season's scenario might repeat itself as Emery stole his spotlight for a few weeks. And on top of that, those 12 back to back games intringues me. Lindback doesn't seem to have anyone breathing down his neck, no?