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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
With the hockey game tied, Markstrom has an .876 sv% (79th out of 86 NHL goalies who have played this season). He is -10.77 in Goals Saved vs. Expected (86th out of 86 goalies).
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It's crazy. And when the game is within 1 goal it's no better.
And because of that the narrative has become "The team is bad".
But really it's not. They have flaws (PP, inconsistent scoring) but they should be a top 10 team.
Instead they are getting some of the leagues worst goaltending, especially in close games.
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Honestly if the team wasn't so risk averse they would call up Wolf.
His closest AHL comparable for a U-22 year old goalie to do what he's done in his first two seasons in the AHL is Matt Murray.
Murray played 31 games in 15-16 with the AHL Penguins with a .931 save percentage.
When Murray was called up for good on March 1st 2016 the Penguins were 15th in the NHL, had a 32-21-8 record, and a .590 winning percentage.
He went 7-1-0 down the stretch., the Penguins as a whole went 16-5-0, and then he played 21 games in the playoffs and went 15-6-0 on the way to a cup win.
As of right now Dustin Wolf has played 37 games this year with a .929 save percentage.
The Flames are 16th in the NHL with a .565 points percentage and a 25-18-11 record.
Just saying...sometimes you need to take a risk to reap a reward. Markstrom and Vladar aren't going to win you a cup this year. And it's clear they aren't going to sell or try to call it quits on the season. Likely aren't firing the coach either. Calling up Wolf might be the only move to provide some sort of spark.
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I posted this in the first Wolf call up thread...time for a bold move and for the org to take a risk for once.