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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Fine, then. The 17th. It doesn't do much to change the notion that Markstrom was excellent in the first month, and then looked a lot worse in games after a crazy collision with Pearson.
In the end I am unsure what any of this has to do with my initial point which you challenged: that the Flames coaches were struggling to find starts for Rittich in the first five or six weeks because of how poorly he was playing.
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I never heard the coaches say anything to suggest that
You built a narrative and said you had no issue with the handling of goalies. That’s fine, but you are agreeing with your narrative, not necessarily the facts as the coaches saw them. That’s all
I think Ward made a mistake over playing Markstrom early, could have spread out the load. Markstrom did get hurt, and over use could have been a contributing factor, making him a bit more vulnerable. That’s also plausible
Either way, the Flames have 2 good goalies and a good coach now. I don’t care to discuss whether or not Ward was good enough. Because he wasn’t