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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I guess I still don't understand why it "looks good on them".
They made an error in judgement which is going to happen and they are paying the consequences - but I don't have the view that the 3 goal system de-railed the season like some do. It's a good narrative I guess, but any goalie worth his salt should be able to play through such a situation.
But the phrased "looks good on them" is usually reserved for people who basically deserve their fate. I don't think that's the case here.
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There are situations where teams make moves that totally blow up in their face where you can say nobody could have ever predicted that outcome and then there's situations like this where nobody is really surprised that things never worked out. The Flames made their bed on this one with the goaltenders as all we heard of all summer was what the Flames would do after they signed Ramo and had three goaltenders on one way deals. We and the media speculated about one of them being traded for the simple reason it never made sense. It looks good on them because they have nobody to blame for themselves and quite frankly when I made the statement I didn't point it just to Treliving as the goaltenders are either mentally soft or were simply unprepared to start the season. Like I have said before the blame can be spread around from management to coaches to players.
I don't believe that the 3 goaltender rotation is the sole reason the season got off to a craptacular start but I do believe it was the catalyst for a bad situation that has snowballed in conjunction with poor team play and suspect coaching.