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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Because he sucked - badly, for 75% of the season?
Also, because better goalies are available in free agency and they won't cost us a 3rd round pick to sign.
I find it odd how quickly people turn on players here. For the positive and the negative. 10 good games is enough to throw away 20 terrible ones, simply because they're the most recent games played...
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He didn't suck for 75% of the season:
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm certainly not opposed to re-signing him. Elliott's awful stats this season are in large part due to how horribly this team played during GG's first 16GP behind the bench. Now I'm not completely absolving Elliott here, as there were some real stinkers that got by him, but I can acknowledge that it's very much a mental game and especially for goaltenders, and his confidence wasn't there at the start of the season.
If we break games 1-16 out of the stat-line, it looks like:
Games 1-16 (25% of season-to-date)
Team Record: 5-10-1
Elliott's Record: 3-8-0
Elliott's SV%: .882
Games 17-64 (75% of season-to-date)
Team Record: 31-16-3
Elliott's Record: 13-7-3
Elliott's SV%: .912
The numbers lean even further in Elliott's favor if you break out the games since Wideman has been replaced by Stone, but I won't do that because of the sample size (4GP).
TLDR; if Elliott can maintain his strong play down the stretch and into the playoffs, I'd be on-board with re-signing him
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I think Elliott's future as a Flame is determined by how he plays between now and golf season. The way the year started, he didn't deserve another contract here, but he has played well enough these last couple months to re-open the conversation.