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Originally Posted by Pointman
I get what you are saying, but the point of any competition is to perform better than your opponent, rather than to merely perform well. Markstrom did not outperform his counter part in Dallas series, it's legit to point it out.
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The Flames had the third best team save percentage of any of the 16 teams in the first round.
Dallas had goaltending that people are putting in top five lists for series all time.
Markstrom wasn't a problem in the first round at all.
He was able to play great hockey to keep his team in it long enough for them to break through and win three of the last four games.
He was ....
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in the last four games of the series, besting Oettinger twice.