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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Lol. Yeah, the teams ahead of them would also have more points if they won some more of the games they lost too.
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Point is, people are freaking out about the team in general and Sutter, when there's no real debate to be had that the Flames win the last 2 games if Markstrom makes the saves he's supposed to make. Letting in 3 goals on 11 shots vs the Hawks, and letting in a couple of soft ones when the team was up 3-1 against the Blues.
Are the forwards not scoring as much as they should? Absolutely, that's an issue too. But it doesn't change the fact that baseline NHL goaltending gets the Flames 2 additional points the last 2 games.
Things aren't nearly as bleak as people are making them out to be. Sutter needs to balance the workload evenly between his two goalies instead of overworking Markstrom. When the team gets stability at the goaltender position, the rest will fall into place. The team will be fine.