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I think with some proper coaching, some of thet could improve. For a guy as tall as Markstrom, Vladar gets beaten high, a lot, because he makes himself a few inches smaller then other goalies when going down into the butterfly. It's not reaction time of the glove or blocker, it's over the shoulder shots that should hit a goalie who is that tall.

He also loses the net more than goalies should, sliding too far out when he starts moving around.

It seems like mechanics things, but with video out and shooters so precise, the smallness such a big frame in the net, other teams have picked up on and target it, clearly, from the stats. Sure, they are chances that on the eye test makes you think the player shooting shouldn't have had such a clear shot, but if it was saved you also wouldn't say that it was a massive save.

Again, coaching could help this. I thought Rittich was cooked when he left here after dreadful Dallas playoff game 6, then the next season where he got pulled in 1/3 of his games after his ASG appearance (by default) and Oilers shootout stick drop the week after...and especially when he let 3 goals on 5 shots to let the Flames win a game in Nashville in his only year there.

But, he's gone to LA and revived his career....coaching?

Vladar seems to have a good attitude, but most goalies who are backups, stay in that backup role. Goalie coaches seem to last a lot longer than anyone else on coaching staffs, so he's not going to probably progress any further in getting any more answers, in the current situation here.