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Originally Posted by Joborule
Yup. With all the blaming going on with the coaching and team results right now, the biggest issue comes down to Markstrom not doing his job. It may feel like the Flames aren't producing enough goals, but they are currently 18th in the NHL for that, which is not bad. And despite horrible goaltending from Markstrom, they are 17th in goals against. So they're doing okay in keeping the puck out, but of course have room for improvement.
So majority of Flames loses are coming from Markstrom letting goals in when the game is tight. He's putting the team behind rather than keeping them ahead.
There's no justification for why Sutter keeps playing him more than Vladar, and this falls on him.
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If you score the 18th most goals, and allow the 17th most goals, you’re bottom half in both categories.
That really just says this team is not good enough, and firmly back into no man’s land. Not good enough to do anything, not bad enough to improve.
Damn it’s depressing.
I agree that Vladar is the one who should be playing - but I also don’t believe there would end up being a material difference in team success if Vladar became the #1 and played 75% of the games.