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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I thought, aside from one flub I saw, he had a very solid game. Tanev bobbled the puck more (and I’m a huge Tanev fan).
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Zadorov? He wasn't outright awful but it was pretty evident that the third pair was a liability on the road and had their minutes reduced. He posted:
0.35 xGF
0.77 xGA
31.25% xG
in only 13:52 of 5v5 icetime.
When he was off the ice, the Flames were
1.51 xGF
1.64 xGA
47.94% xG
in 38:06 of 5v5 icetime
If the Flames had no one better to try I might be able to live with it but Valimaki is simply less of a liability on the road where he can get the puck moving north.