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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
Hard to really get a gauge on what the detractors want from Irving. I understand that ideally he would make every save, but that's just not feasible.
He shut the Canucks out for almost 30 minutes, backstopped the team to a 1-0 lead and held the fort while the Flames had at least 2 beautiful chances to go up 2-0.
If the expectation is that he stand on his head, then I suggest that we're back to the same old problem with this team: they're not good enough to win unless the goalie (Kipper / whoever) plays out of his mind. The fix isn't to bring in another goalie and make impossible demands of him.
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^^^^This..... All the fanbase should expect out of a goalie coming with success from the AHL is don't beat yourself just give your team a chance to win.
Maybe, just maybe if Kipper is out for an extended period of time, than Mr. Feaster will actually have the intellectual honesty he claims and really look at this team and make some very difficult decisions. Maybe that's a full on rebuild maybe it's not, maybe it's a hybrid of column A and B but atleast the Kipper factor doesn't cloud your judgement as it has in years past.