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Originally Posted by dino7c
where do the Flames end up with .906 goaltending for 30 games is the question...probably not a first round series with Dallas
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Vladar's point-per-start pace was... higher than Markstrom's. Including wins over high scoring teams like Boston, Colorado, Washington, Toronto, and typically during compressed parts of the schedule.
Markstrom's sv% was padded by shutouts over trash teams like Detroit. His quality start% was only marginally better than Vladar's.
Yes, Markstrom is probably (or at least hopefully) a better goalie than his backup. But he was simply overworked last year. The 2019 Flames had 108 Points with Rittich and BeachBallSmith in net, they would have been fine last year with a more sensible distribution of regular season workload. Don't pretend there were not games where it seemed like Markstrom was only being played against weak teams so he could get that shutout record instead of because he was vital to the win.
If it meant a first round series against... Los Angeles... and better Markstrom performance in an Oilers second round series on the road... it would have been worth it.