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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think goaltending let them down in the elimination game, but overall, it was pretty solid. I think there were other parts of their game that were a concern throughout the playoffs, specifically the play of the so-called best players, that you need to be productive.
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Yeah, Monahan and Gaudreau's 5 on 5 play was not good enough for sure - but no, Talbot was not good enough in the Dallas series.
He allowed 6 low-danger goals in 6 games - and he had a shutout in Game 3.
In game 3 he allowed 0 low-danger goals. In game 6 he allowed 3 low-danger goals. So you can argue that he won the team Game 3, but lost the team Game 6 - and then that leaves the remaining games where he just was not good enough. In games 1, 2, 4, and 5 he allowed 3 low-danger goals - 3 low-danger goals in 4 games? Compare that to Khudobin (5 low-danger in 18 games), Lehner (2 low-danger in 16 games), Vasilevsky (2 low-danger in 17 games)...Talbot was nowhere near good enough in the Dallas series. He played well in the qualifying round but fell apart in the actual playoff series.
The whole idea that Talbot was the MVP or their best player is just not true. The Flames played a mostly structurally strong series against Dallas, and their goaltending sunk them.