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Originally Posted by Sandman
I was all for re-signing Talbot last off-season.
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I think his 0.919 save percentage last season was the best by a Flames goaltender not named Kiprusoff.
He is the type of goaltender who I think would do really well with a guy like Sutter coaching. Good technical guy in terms of positioning. He did have that bad game in the playoffs at a pretty critical time, and at this point I can see why people don't think he's a number 1 who'll play 60 plus games on a team playing a more open style. But if you want a systems guy who can play within a structured system for good value, that's exactly what he is.
I guess we'll see how he does in the playoffs this year and he's going to be in a tough matchup in round one playing either Colorado or Vegas. Which in a way might be the knock on him...good enough to make you a team in the 8-12th best team in the league range...problem is that many of those teams don't get thru the first round of the playoffs.