Well if the team deserves credit for Markstrom looking good in the regular season doesn't that mean that it's the team's fault he looked worse in the playoffs?
You can't give him no credit when things are going good but still pile all the blame on him when things aren't going well.
IMO he could have been better, for sure. Game 1 was ugly, and the odd goal here and there the other games weren't good, either. He mixed in some huge saves this series but yes he could have been better. He was fantastic against Dallas, not so much against the Oilers, for whatever reason. In his head, I think. Not sure why.
The defensive play on the other hand? Woof. Screens, deflections, guys like Kylington unable/unwilling to lift a stick on RNH for a game winner..............some really horrible defensive play by the entire team. A 180 from the regular season.
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