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Originally Posted by Banner
Irving wasn't the reason the flames lost on saturday. You can argue how bad he is and how soft the goals were, but the team in front of him that decided to not show up were why they lost.
Irving is by no means Kiprusoff, but he is a decent goalie. He can get you a win if the whole team actually makes an effort and does not leave him to dry. However, to expect him to be able to win for a team that plays majority of the game in their own end is unreasonable.
It's not like he killed any flames momentum by letting in those goals. The flames had zero momentum all night and let the canucks use irving as shooting practice.
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for the 10th time i never said Irving was the reason why we lost. But he has looked not like an NHL calibre goalie.
The timing of his goals are terrible including the one in columbus.
and yes they were. Flames kill off that PP against the Canucks and it's a different game. He doesn't let in that weak tying goal 20 seconds after Cevenka puts up his first and we blow out Columbus that nite.