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Originally Posted by Toonage
^ This is kind of my point. Why do that to a guy, or try to grossly underpay a guy that not only performed well for you but you also pined for since 2014?
Because he and the coach might not get along? The coach you may have tried to replace in the off season and then canned anyway a few months into the actual season?
Shiny new toy syndrome with Markstrom?
Where is the planning? This all felt so "by the seat of your pants"
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Talbot had a rollercoaster ride between the 2015 trade and his time as a flame in 2020. He had one year as a top workhorse goalie and then 2 years of being a tire fire. He rebuilt himself with the Flames but was still a big risk. Markstrom had 3 years of being a work horse with a lot of positive fancy goalie stats. Taking him from the Canucks and keeping him from the Oilers was seen as a big win for Calgary.
Year 1 certainly was a let down but a bounce back in year 2 playing in front of the fans at the dome with a team playing Sutter style OT wouldn’t shock me if he was back in the Vezina race in 22