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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Is this honestly a legitimate concern? As badly as the Flames lost last night, I'm actually quite positive about going forward precisely because Elliott has a proven track record of playing much, MUCH better than he did last night.
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Proven track record means nothing a goalie when he moves to another team. It's been proven with Kipper (where he can't even make the Sharks team, but was outstanding with the Flames) and with Hiller (who was pretty good with a great Ducks team, but can't get it done with the Flames). Hitchcock's teams are always on the defensive side so there's more protection from the defensive perspective. But Elliot's performance last night gave me flashback shivers of Hiller moving across the goal crease all game long. Watching Elliot slide across his goal crease is like watching a Hiller sliding across in slow motion; and we all know how frickin slow Hiller was. That wasn't a very re-assuring way to start the season.
I agree it's not all his fault on some of the goals because of defensive breakdowns. But still, with a 3-3 game and he's not getting it done for his team when the other goalie is just as bad on the other end, I think it deserves a bit of a rant. I definitely expect the Flames opener on Friday will be a lot different than last night's performance.