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Backstopping the Future: Should Howard's Tenure End in Detroit?

The 2015-16 season ended with Jimmy Howard registering the lowest career games played and save percentage since becoming the regular netminder for the Detroit Red Wings in 2009. With his value seemingly at a new low and carrying an average salary of $5.3 million through the 2018-19 season, is now the time for the Wings to move on from Howard?

Last season Jimmy Howard had the 17th largest cap hit for NHL netminders. This placed him between Mike Smith and Roberto Luongo, but his 90.6 Sv% had him 57th in the NHL (min 500 minutes) between Ben Scrivens and Antti Niemi.