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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Markstrom got "better" as the series went on, but you are giving Smith too little credit for many big saves he made and focusing on the terrible Anderson goal. Stats that quantify goalie performance all show Smith was significantly better than Markstrom. As do basic stats like save percentage.
We were so used to our goalies being an after thought this year with how well the team played defensivly, that as soon as we can't lock it down we don't expect our goalies to make any saves.
There is no excuse for an 852 save percentage in the playoffs. None.
Since coming to Calgary Markstrom had had one terrible regular season, one great regular season, one great playoff series and one terrible playoff series. $6million in cap for a guy who shows up half the time.
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I can't recall very many big saves for Smith and certainly not as many as Markstrom had. Smith wasn't tested much at all. All goalie stats lack significant context. They are all based on area of shot, and not screens, deflections, bounces off feet to open men, etc.
I'm not just focusing on Andersson's goal. The Gaudreau goal last night went under a pad far side. That goal was weak. Coleman's goal was going to be a weak goal bad angle goal by Backlund. Smith was bad.