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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The numbers don't matter.
Talbot gives up an Elliot goal where the whole team on the ice does their jobs pretty close to as best as possible and the whole team sags. the xGF % goes to H*** in a handbasket. The other team gets a spark and starts playing better.
Players start trying to prevent the other guys from shooting
Name the last Flame goalie that went 4 important games without letting in a softie.
Do you really think that this Flame team somehow became so mentally strong that they would be able to overlook poor or sloppy goal-tending and keep on doing their own jobs??
Talbot is giving the Flames the opportunity to stick to their game plan.
PS the guy throws a shutout in the most important game that Gio has played in in his whole career and Ho-Hum just doing what he is supposed to.
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This is a pretty good post and does make me appreciate Talbot's performance just a little more. I can listen to the argument that he was the MVP of the series for a team that played very well across the board.
He didn't steal the series mind you.