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Originally Posted by Naitix
Let’s no pretend that Flames are some sort of bad defensive team. I feel like fans here are forgetting how we played most of the season, we lost games this season due to goaltending issues and not scoring goals , not because of defensive breakdowns.
Turnover will be cleaned up because they are usually good defensively.
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They are and they aren’t. They are good at keeping shots against down. But they have bad habits of having complete breakdowns and giving up the best scoring chances. Which the low shot count doesn’t help, because the goalies are cold. And it’s not just Markstrom - they’ve done it to Vladar as well. Three of their 4 regulation time goals were complete defensive failures. A huge two on one, a terrible giveaway for a breakaway, and a soft play in the corner and Backlund completely losing his man in the slot.