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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Goalies playing on questionable defensive teams moved to us and saw upticks in their save percentage because of Giordano. Then the more time they spent with Sigalet and his play-on-the-goalline philosophy the worse they got at routine saves. See also Chad Johnson.
Elliott the lone outlier but he also came from the Blues who were in the WCF the year prior.
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Elliot and Hillier came from better defensive teams than the Flames so that part of your argument is incorrect.
I don't think one player can single-handily improve a goaltenders save percentage. That seems like a poor argument at best.
Chad Johnson was a back up coming off of one good season in a 1A-1B role. He hasn't recovered since leaving Calgary.
None of the guys with the exception of Mike Smith that Treliving has acquired were bonafide number 1 guys. I giuess you could say Hiller was that guy, but his career was in decline for a few years before leaving Anaheim and was pushed out by younger, better goalies. He was 33 by the time he left Calgary. Lots of journeymen type goalies are done at that age.
Mike Smith has been around the league for a long time, and been exposed to different goalie coaches. We know he doesn't have a problem with publicly calling out teammates.
If Jordan Sigalet was just a terrible goaltending coach, you don't think that Mike Smith wouldn't have made some noise about that to management?
I think the Flames have gotten about the level of goaltending one would expect based on the quality of the players they have brought in over the last few years. Sigalet seems like a scapegoat to me.