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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Good news on Markstom ... He is a top-level goalie as advertised and expected ... when he plays Vancouver
4-2-0 .935 Sv %
against the rest of the teams:
4-5-2 .889 Sv % 8 out of 11 games with a sv% less than .900
Bad News Only 4 more games left with Vancouver and no chance of playing Vancouver in the playoffs.
What is the Flames problem with Goalies?
The general thought that since Kipper retired was that the Goalies let the team down... maybe the Flames are a hard team to be a successful goalie.
Will Sutter fix this?
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Some of the goals on Markstrom have been so unlucky this year. Think of the first goal against Ottawa on Sunday off the toe or the second goal Edmonton scored which he was about to save but Backlund made a desperation play at the puck and deflected it in right by his glove. Hell, look at the 2 on 0 goal Ottawa scored on Sunday and he miraculously caught a massive part of that puck but then it appeared to go bar down off his pad. Didn't he go 3 or 4 games without a clean shot beating him to begin the year? All tips and flukes...
The other thing is that Ward badly mismanaged him and played him to the point of injury and beyond. Don't think Sutter will be that stupid or coach so fearfully.