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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I assume your post had something to do with whether Flames have helped goalies get better.
Talbot was better in his year here than he was before he got here.
Markstrom improved from year 1 to year 2, now he has stepped back a lot.
Ramo improved while he was here, didn't he?
Rittich improved for a while he was here. I don't feel he regressed as much as he hit a wall.
I see your point that Flames have rarely, if ever, taken a goalie through years of continuous improvement without a step back. But does that often happen with goalies? Who are the goalies that left here and immediately got better?
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Giguerre? Smith was better in Edmonton right off the bat than Calgary but that's just an accidental stat IMO. Vernon was better in Detroit than his last few years in Calgary.
Ramo was pretty much the same in his three years - a little worse stats wise in his last year.
Thing is - Calgary has only drafted a couple quality goalies and only one stayed here very long (Vernon). And the goalie acquisitions putside of Kipper have disappointed (though I have not given up on Markstrom by a long shot).