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Originally Posted by New Era
Goaltending remains an issue. Smith was less than confidence inspiring, and Lack was, well, lacking. The best goaltender on the night was Gillies. I get that people don't want to rush goaltenders, but someone has to step up. This team is going no where without goaltending and what they currently have pencilled in doesn't give me warm fuzzies. I think this year's tandem is worse than last. I appreciate that it is only training camp, but why did the goaltenders on the other team not look so useless?
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As Cali Panthers Fan mentioned much of the reason for this likely has to do with the fact that the Oilers have already been scrimmaging—the Flames have not. I only saw bits of the Edmonton game and just watched the highlights, but thought I might add another wrinkle to this: three of the goals the Oilers scored were all in scrums around the net. I would imagine that with the much lower level of physical play in the preseason these sorts of goals would also likely occur with uncharacteristic frequency.