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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I like Talbot an am happy he is starting tonight's game, but where is this myth about his pattern of "solid play" coming from?
Here are his numbers since the ASG:
28 Jan: 4GA OTL 0.882SP
1 Feb: 2GA L 0.905SP
6 Feb: 3GA L 0.914SP
13 Feb: 0GA W 1.000SP
15 Feb: 4GA L 0.692SP
17 Feb: 4GA W 0.867SP
21 Feb 4GA L 0.826SP
1 Mar: 0GA W 1.000SP
Talbot has been just okay. In my opinion, not perceptively much better than Rittich. It is good he is getting the start tonight and I hope he runs with it. But in the end neither of the Flames's goalie is making a particularly strong case to start in the playoffs right now. This is the month to make their mark.
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Yeah people are guilty of overrating how good Talbot has been and overrating how bad Rittich has been. Talbot has let in some real stinkers in the past couple months.
It's interesting to see people continue to fixate on goaltending even though it's really been the least of our concerns this entire season. We've been getting good enough goaltending to be an elite team. We haven't played defense like an elite team though. We haven't competed consistently like an elite team. And yet some will continue to pretend goaltending is holding us back or Ward's goaltending decisions are somehow the make or break.
Rittich and Talbot have been good enough. The skaters have not been. Let's see who steps up at this important time of the year.