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Originally Posted by GioforPM
You keep changing goalposts.
A. Saros does make up for his teams shortcomings more than Markstrom this year. So what? A goalie still shouldn't be expected to carry his team and the last time I looked, Nashville wasn't in the POs either.
B. This has nothing to do with softies. It has to do with the notion that any goalie, paid in the mid range of NHL salaries these days, is supposed to carry a team. Teams that rely on goalies heavily just don't do well. See Montreal and Price - good for one finals appearance in a weird season.
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All Markstrom needed to do this season was put up average goaltending and the Flames are comfortably in the playoffs, he did not have to carry this team.
Flames lead the league in one goal games, he makes one more save in 5 of those games and we are in the playoffs.