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Originally Posted by CASe333
I didn't think Markstrom was that horrible.
Goal 1 - not his fault
G2 - savable but not his fault
G3 - his fault, savable and needs to have better positioning and not be so small. That was weakest goal in my opinion and completely his fault.
G4- his fault, see above but flames did let Hymen come around the net and take clean shot from high danger zone.
G5 - savable but that's a high scoring area with Draisaitl. Need to be better defensively
G6 - not his fault, he made good first save and is giving up that rebound so coverage needs to be better
For sure at least 2 goals he normally stops but they need to stop playing river hockey when Draisaitl and McDavid are on the ice. That's all the oilers have and Markstrom needs to stop the Hymen goals. That is the most one dimensional team I've ever watched so lets shut them down better game 2.
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You can say some of them weren't his fault, but the fact is that he was never in good position - for any of them. He was either too deep in his net, or he over-committed and took himself out of the play. I can't remember the last time I saw a goalie that poor, positionally.
1) he over-bought McDavid's move. But we can give that a pass
2) he totally over-committed with the flop and took himself out
3) horrific -way too deep
4) horrific - way to deep and a weak glove
5) poorly positioned, and a weak glove
6) over-committed and took himself out of the play, but we can give him a pass
Sutter has balls of iron for leaving him in, and it turned out to be a fantastic move, as Markstrom was more positionally sound in the 3rd.
But the bottom line is that goaltending is everything in the playoffs and the only way the Oilers can win the series is if Markstrom is the 2nd best goalie. and last night he was (well, 3rd best, but...)