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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I like that he's accepting responsibility but he doesn't sound like a guy that's close to turning the corner as his confidence is clearly shaken and it's possible this goes back to the Oilers series. I assume the Flames goaltending team are working on the mental aspect here but it's not a good look. Mike Smith would never accept responsibility but one thing about him was that he was overly confident even when he was bad and as with any top athlete a degree of cockiness is never a bad thing. Markstrom sounds defeated.
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Yep. Poor play is one thing, but to flat out say you're bad also effects your teammates. How confident are they next time out with him back there? And that was likely already an issue.