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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
I think I vastly underestimated how steady and well, frankly, how good Markstrom is. The guy is a very good goalie and has looked good to great in all three starts so far.
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Well, yeah, I mean he's like a .935 so far. I don't think anyone has any rational expectation that that will continue for 56 games. He'll have some off nights and some average nights as well, but at the end of the season he'll have provided better overall goaltending than the Flames have had in a while. That's what happens when you have a clear top 10 goalie in the league.
As far as the signing goes, it'll be a couple years before we can really evaluate whether it was a good deal. We're 3 games in. I think if you're going to make a signing like this, the Flames were in the right place to do it - a good team that's a year removed from a conference championship that is shoring up a weak point and hoping to make a run. This contract basically gives them the goalie they need - hopefully - for the remaining time that this core has left to compete. There are a number of factors that go into whether a signing is good or bad and where a team is in its development cycle is one of them.