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Originally Posted by Mathgod
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- Getting panic in the figurative sense (intensely worried/anxious that this could be another lost season due in large part to goaltending) confused with the literal sense (frantic screaming, throwing around objects, running in the streets, and whatever else).
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Yeah, no. Even a "figurative" sense of panic that you have described bespeaks the need for immediate—even drastic—change. If you are implying a different, incorrect usage of the word that is prone to misinterpretation, then that is on you.
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The bottom line is this, if Markstrom doesn't soon get back to something close to what he showed last year sans the Edmonton series, and/or he collapses in the playoffs again, it's going to be another lost season while the team is in win-now mode.
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No one disagrees about this, but we are a long, long ways from knowing the truth in any of this bleak narrative.
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We're basically at the quarter pole of this season and he still hasn't shown me that the Edmonton series was an aberration and not indicative of the type of goaltender he really is. When you look at his body of work this season and compare it to goalies on other teams that have Cup aspirations, the contrast is quite stark.
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Right, but none of that actually matters. Like, not at all. Markstrom could enter the playoffs with a 0.900 SP and a 2.90 GAA, and it wouldn't matter. The only thing that matters is if Markstrom plays well enough to get the Flames there, and if he plays well enough to get them through. Unlike you, I am still really confident that he can do it.
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My question to all of you is, if Marky doesn't turn things around, who does the team turn to for stability in net?
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In the incredibly unlikely event that this happens, the team probably doesn't have any choice but to platoon the pair of goalies they have. The fact that this is pretty much the Flames's only option should tell you how confident they are about what they expect to happen.
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[I]No team can seriously compete for a Stanley Cup without decent goaltending. There's signs that, perhaps, we might not have it.
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Yeah, I don't see it. Things seem overwhelmingly less dire to me than what you have described here.
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