Go for guaranteed W or risk?

[gogoayane]

Just want to get an idea of what people usually do.

I have Crawford Vs Kuemper tonight. Also have Koskinen Vs LA

It's day 2 of my 2 week final, down quite a bit in offense stats already (opponent got 11 points in 1 night, Vs my 2...).

Would you go with the guaranteed W or risk with Koskinen and Crawford?

Thanks

[hockeyrobot]

I would take the W here because Koskinen is nowhere near a guaranteed win tonight.

[pmorrow]

I think I would probably go for the (almost) guaranteed W. The only reason I can see going for 2 W this early on is if you think your opponent has a very real chance of outwinning you if you don't. Going for the 2 W conversion is more a late-week play IMO. You don't want be coming away with 0 W. If the Oilers beating the Kings was a slam dunk I'd probably feel different, but I could see that going either way. I would just log the W and take risks later if you need to.

[Eskimo Brother]

Agree with the others in your case right now. Safe play for now.

[gogoayane]

Thanks for the advice. Good strategy to gamble the 2W toward the end only.

Will go with a safe route.

[Eskimo Brother]

1W, 0.5GAA, 1SO
2W, 2.0GAA, 1SO
1W, 2.5GAA, 0SO

Those were the three possible outcomes.
All solid, but I think I would take the 0.5GAA over the second win. Gives you more flexibility with starts later.

[gogoayane]

Yes it was a great decision. Would take the low GAA over the W for sure, especially since I had Freddy on Monday giving up 5...