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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sure. Johnson played the season before for a bad Buffalo team and put up superior numbers and the disparity with Elliott's Blues numbers is even more glaring. I'm not admonishing the poor defensive play of the Flames because IMO that's a factor but if you are the GM of this team and just came out of contract negotiations where the owners probably inquired about how you are going to go about improving the goaltending after two bad seasons do you feel comfortable that he's not part of the problem?
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I don't know enough about his job and what he's expected to do to evaluate him.
But let me put it this way. If I was challenged by ownership to produce a plan to improve goaltending, changing the goalie coach would be a secondary recommendation, but not what I would hang my hat on.
I would instead make a case that after several attempts to find an effective stop gap, it is time to acquire an established #1 with a history of consistency, who is also not yet on a downward trajectory - and pay the required price (acquisition cost and contract) to do so.