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Originally Posted by browna
.885 sv% since Smith hurt.
The weakness of some these goals, certainly from a team used to Smith and his play this year, has an effect on the team’s confidence, as does the timing of the goals which can zap momentum, and give the other team hope and momentum, or, have the Flames feeling they have to limit chances against, which throws off the way they play...all of this changes the dynamic of the team and the flow of the game; an element the Flames rarely had to deal with this year with Smith rock solid behind them.
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I understand this and at the same time, in particular, last game the team let Rittich down. The first two goals - maybe he could have had one, but the next two were certainly unstoppable.
Goalies do let in goals, especially when the D lets the opposition have pretty pretty unstoppable easy goals