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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
He's certainly not at the same level that he was for the team last season, but it is hardly rare for a workhorse starter to take a month or two to round into form. Given the sparse schedule to start the season, this has been exasperated for Markstrom, and possibly prevented him from really getting back into a groove.
If Vladar was putting up much better numbers thus far you could more easily make your claim, but to me it all points to the team needing to calm itself down and fall into their system more than any one player being an issue.
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It's not like I'm suggesting he is terrible, or we should trade him, but his play is concerning. His save percent is .889. The last time he had any single month lower than that was November 2018, .887. October 2018 he was at .911 and overall, by the end of November was a shade under .900.
April 2017 and February 2016 he was below .889 as well but those months he played 3 and 2 games.
Sorry, his numbers are right there for some of the worst numbers he has had in his career. Not even close to his Vezina caliber season last year. So, it's a bit concerning? I think he turns it around though but he's definitely off