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Originally Posted by flamesfever
If our prime goal is to pick in the top 2 next year, Why are we upgrading our goaltending which is the largest factor in winning games?
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Not that I think the goal is to pick top 2, but signing a strong goalie also serves the purpose of keeping the team in games when they are working hard. It's very disheartening to be working hard on the ice and having the other team's talent put the game out of reach early. The Flames are a team that is going to make their opposition pay for points with sweat and bruises... last thing they need is weak goaltending that undercuts that objective. The guy probably doesn't deserve another pile-on but Devan Dubnyk always struck me as a terrible option for the Oilers because he would let in weak goals at bad times and it would kill morale.