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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's just one game and yes Peters could not solve the opening night woes but this is an issue that goes back several coaches. I think players that have been around for all these bad openers like Gio, Monahan, Gaudreau, Brodie, and Backlund need to look in the mirror as none of them brought their A-game last night. Locker room leadership has been poor for this core of players and last night was more of the same.
Most concerning to me is that once again a Flames goaltender was badly outplayed by the opposition netminder. Mike Smith has not been a very good NHL goaltender since January of last season. I'm not blaming him solely for this loss as he made some good saves early but over the course of the game he leaked goals and this team will go nowhere if the best goaltender on the ice is on the other side of the ice most nights like last season.
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What goal was on Smith though?
I get it that Markstrom made more saves, and certainly had the bounces, but Smith had no chance on the first three, and the fourth one was a breakaway.
If Smith wasn't as solid as he was in the game's first 30 minutes that one could have gotten away sooner.