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Originally Posted by AFireInside
People have lost it blaming any of this on Markstrom, he's made several huge saves tonight.
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Is Markstrom the only problem tonight? Not even close. But making a ten bell save isnt always a good thing (although better than letting the goal in obviously). If you listen to goalie coaches talk they say the majority of big effort saves are a case of poor positioning or a misread prior and having to make a miracle happen.
Markstrom consistenly over bites on the shooter or the read on the pass. Go back and rewatch the 4th goal he gave himself zero chance to make the save because he flung himself out of position.
When the team has a bad game you need your goalie to be your last line of defence. And ultimately the biggest flaws were on the defendera but when you see the goalie bite like that and leave it so the chances of him making the save were zero anyways its concerning.
Vladar is consistently far better positioned and doesnt oversell as often. Id say Markstrom has far better rebound control. Vladar has trouble eating the puck sometimes which leads to other problems but it seems to be the lesser of the two evils right now.