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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Cam Talbot was obviously not as good in round 2 as he played in round 1—that much is fairly indisputable: he was pretty much worse by every metric than in the previous round, and allowed four or more goals against in three games. Would you not agree that fatigue appears to be a contributing factor for this difference?
To my eye, the fact that he played much better in round 1 than he did in the regular season with a lower SA/min avg., combined with his poorer performance against a much higher SA/min in round 2 is a pretty strong indicator that fatigue was in fact an issue for Talbot; one that was likely more manageable had he not played in his 80th game by the start of the second round.
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Or its just things happening. Both of Talbot's series were better than his regular season numbers.......
Kiprusoff let in the most goals in his big playoff run during the first playoff round against the Canucks. If the Flames had scored as much in other first rounds afterwards as they did in that one, they probably would have gotten out of the first round another couple of times.