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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
2nd wasn't great, but he more than made up for it with several acrobatic saves. Up to that point in the game the Flames should have been down by at least 3.
The ice was so heavily tilted the entire game, it's not a game you can hang on Leland at all.
I don't like the habit of Flames management for the past decade of hanging a goalie out to dry if he lets in a weak goal. Kipper has let in FAR weaker goals this year than Irving did on Saturday against the Canucks.
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Goalie performance played no part in the result in the game against the Canucks. That was a loss regardless. The management isn't basing their decisions on that or some weak goals let in here and there. And the difference between Irving and Kipper is that Kipper doesn't have to prove himself to be an NHL goalie.