The Markstrom post mortem will have to happen in the off-season. You absolutely cannot go to Vladar. Especially since Markstrom has shown some fight back after gaffes. He gets 6million for a reason, you've got to live and die by him.
It really sucks that he had that opening minute gaffe. If that doesn't happen they win that game. You could tell it rattled an already fragile group.
Yeah sure they had 58 minutes to fix it, but it changed the whole complexion of the game. Markstrom gaffe-obligatory Oilers PP......bam 2-0 and they had to chase the rest of the game.
Their 5on5 play was stellar, still some individuals who need to step up, but this group has always been greater than the sum of their parts.
I hate hanging players out to dry but Markstrom was supposed to be the ace in the hole for a Flames team that had one of the best goal differentials in tbe league, the best line in the league and one of the best checking teams in tbe league. The whole idea was "We're going to score enough, we're not going to give up much and if those break down good luck beating Markstrom"
Well those 3 pillars have come crumbling down pretty fast this series.
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