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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He looks like one of those goaltenders that will dazzle you with great saves only to get beat by a few shots that you would hope he could stop. Flames suffered too many breakdowns last night but he didn’t make any big saves with the game on the line in the 3rd period.
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See, I find this amusing. There is a pretty big double standard between what the Flames goalie should stop and what the opponent should.
Good goals are good goals, and Seattle had more dangerous chances.
I don’t know who counts high danger chances, but Seattle had a breakaway on the bad pass by Ras to Kadri, a 4 on 1 when Lucic turned it over and fell down. If Calgary had a 4 on 1 and didn’t capitalize, people would be up in arms. However, if Seattle capitalizes, the Flames goalie ‘just didn’t make a save when he needed to’
Save percentage is pretty much meaningless, especially in small sample sizes. Add 30 muffins from the outside, and your stats are *very* different
How did Joey D’Accord look? Awesome, right?
Well, on Zadorov’s goal, he only made it half way across the crease. Nice and vertical, but didn’t get across
On the game winner, Lucic falls down, then Seattle gets a 4 on 1. That hard cross crease push, goalies don’t usually end up square. Vladar is across, but low.
In fact, look at D’Accord on Kadri’s goal. Big push, ended up on his belly when Kadri shoveled the puck over him
For the record, again, I thought D’Accord played well.
The “just make a save” notion is reflective of fan frustration more than a goalie having a reasonable chance of stopping the shot
When you play river hockey, you get high scores.