This whole season has been defined by goaltending, I don’t think it can be understated how important it is. A team just plays different when they don’t believe the goalie can come up with the big saves when called upon, no goalie will make every key save but when the team doesn’t believe he can make that save it just changes the whole mindset of the team. I don’t think it’s crazy to say goaltending has cost us 4-5 wins this season, add 8-10 pts and we’re a top team in the west. It really boils down to that in my opinion. There are other factors of course but sadly for Markstrom this has been the story of the season. Other problems are magnified and blame placed on coaching and poor performances from other players which I do believe is warranted to some degree but man a great goalie can make or break a team. This season is a good example of that
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