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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Markstrom won 2 of 6 in February, 1 of 6 in January and 7 of 14 in March. What does that earn?
Vladar has had tougher opponents, more road starts and more sporadic starts. His GAA is better, his save percentage is better and his record is significantly better. Markstrom has not earned a single thing this year and has been given way too much from Sutter.
Markstrom got 14 of 15 starts in March with a stunning .897 save percentage and 2.96 GAA (Vladar is .895 and 2.91 on the season). So basically when Markstrom performs as well as Vladar he has "earned" every start in a month.
I'm not saying Vladar has been great, but he's been the better of the two, and specifically I think Markstrom's inability to show up at the start of games which causes the Flames to chase the entire game is why Vladar's record is so much better...he makes saves early.
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He wasn't good.
If he's not taking away the starter job you go back to the guy with a greater chance of getting it done.
The previous season's vezina runner up is certainly more likely than a sputtering back up with 40 games of NHL experience.