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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
No one is writing it off... but one has to admit that there were potentially reasons for the slow start:
1) New Team
2) New Head Coach
3) New System
4) New DMan Pairing
5) New Everything outside of the rink
In all fairness to Elliott everyone on the team looked bad...
So, he did look bad, but that bad was understood by most with an asterisk as a result of all of the above...
The playoff performance is definitely concerning however, and he definitely deserves criticism for how bad he looked... the coaching staff were also to blame for this lack of preparedness.
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To top it off, and not many know this, he and his wife had baby 5 games into the season. The actual due date was on Game one. I can't imagine how this would effect a regular player let alone a goalie. I'm not making excuses for him but I think the "New Family" issue could have played a small part as well.
As for the playoffs, I haven't got a clue....