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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Literally not a person in the planet thought going with Elliott was rolling the dice. What a strange take
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Yeah when I said "rolling the dice" I meant gambling that Elliott would put up numbers similar to his St. Louis numbers last year with the Flames. At worst, I think people could have expected a moderate save percentage decrease to .915 or so.
I don't think anyone could have predicted Elliott would look as awful as he has so far. I keep expecting him to get his game together, but at this point it's clear that won't happen. He lets in far too many soft goals and does so on a consistent basis, even when he's winning games.
The recent Arizona game, which was an easy Flames win, is pretty emblematic of his play. Both goals were directly Elliott's fault. He gave up the first goal by misplaying the puck directly to an Arizona player. And the second goal, from a bad angle along the boards, went right through him. It was still an easy Flames win, but Elliott's play was garbage.