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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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Yeah, Darryl definitely fed Vladar to the wolves this season. I was actually all for Vladar coming in after game 1 or game 2. There was an obvious weakness the Oilers were exploiting and his past performances in BoAs should've made this a tougher decision. I don't know how close Darryl was to playing Vladar, but I don't think this series would be over if he was in net. The Flames lost 3 close games in this series and in at least 2 of them, Markstrom was a major reason why the team didn't come out on top.