The 26-year-old has underachieved in fantasy since going 27-16-6 in 2015-16 to finish 68th overall (13th among goalies) in Yahoo. That said, the Flyers undoubtedly looked highly upon Mrazek's late-season track record: he's 4-6 with a 1.88 goals-against average, .931 SV% and three shutouts in 10 postseason games and 3-2-1 with a 1.88 GAA, .938 SV% and two shutouts in seven regular-season games in April.
Although the Flyers have the fourth-worst penalty kill percentage (75.0) in the NHL, it's encouraging that their goaltenders have combined for the fifth-best 5-on-5 save percentage (.931) behind the Nashville Predators (.935), Los Angeles Kings (.933), Tampa Bay Lightning (.933) and St. Louis Blues (.932).
Beyond Mrazek, the trade negatively affects the rest-of-season value of Neuvirth and Elliott once either returns from injury because of the time-share competition that would arise. Alex Lyon (2 percent), who relieved Neuvirth on Sunday and earned his first NHL win, is the backup for now after the Mrazek trade.
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For the Red Wings, Howard (47 percent, 331st in Yahoo) remains in the lower tier of full-time starting goaltenders after the Mrazek trade. Detroit could also recall Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. Coreau, 26, is 20-10-4 with a .916 SV% and two shutouts in 36 AHL games and had mixed results in 14 NHL games last season (5-4-3, 3.46 GAA, .887 SV%, two shutouts).
The Flyers have 23 games remaining, 12 at home and seven against non-contending teams (two vs. Montreal Canadiens; two vs. New York Rangers; one each vs. Ottawa Senators, Red Wings, Florida Panthers). Mrazek is 3-0-3 with a .911 SV% and one shutout in seven games against the Metropolitan Division, and the Flyers have 11 more games against divisional opponents.
From a DFS standpoint, Mrazek is priced at $6,900 in DraftKings although he isn't expected to start against the Canadiens on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, RDS, TSN2, NHL.TV). His DFS price is worth monitoring moving forward.
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