Goaltending didn’t get Hartley fired. Treliving is smart enough to see the stats, and he watched the tending all year.
Hartley got fired because: he wasn’t Treliving’s choice and was only extended because of the Jack Adams; the players hated him; and Corsi evened out from the previous year. And Hiller’s goaltending wasn’t as good (but Ramo hardly changed at all as cars as save% goes, and he still dropped games).
Here’s a question: How did Hartley get the 2nd worst winning percentage in Flames history with a team that had Iginla, Cammaleri, Tanguay, Stempniak, Hudler, Glencross, Wideman, Gio, Jaybo, Backlund, Brodie, and Kipper? Did he not motivate them?
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