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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Still not going to say Markstrom cost us the entire season he wasn't great but he wasn't the reason we missed the playoffs.
It's obvious that the new coach was on the staff saw something wrong in how we defended allowing grade a chances usually as the first shot on net.
Markstrom can be better yes he let him some bad goals but the Flames stunk at defending in their own zone a lot.
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That's true. The Flames signed Markstrom because his strengths as a goalie fitted neatly with the defensive system they intended to play. He was very good with the outside shots and not giving up rebounds. Not so good at the 10-bell chances from close in, especially if he hadn't seen any rubber to get him in the game; but the Flames' defence was supposed to box out attackers and keep those chances to a minimum.
Instead, last year the Flames were pressing too hard in the offensive zone, trying to generate shot volume. Each low-danger shot that they took was an opportunity for the other team to get possession of the puck, and all too often, they were off to the races for a breakaway. Instead of playing to Markstrom's strengths, the team was setting up opponents to cash in on his weaknesses.
Mind you,
no goalie can handle breakaways or cross-seam deflections every time; that's why they are high-danger chances, after all. Vladar looked bad for largely the same reasons. I doubt whether any other goalie would have looked much better the way the team was playing.
By the way, and nothing to do with you, Paulie:
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
1.5 years of Markstrom being absolutely one of the worst goalies in the whole league (statistically and visually).
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Yup, Markstrom sucked for a year and a half straight. Because the Dallas series in '22 never happened.
This sort of thing is why some posters on this site just aren't worth paying attention to. They come in with their minds made up and ignore any fact, no matter how obvious, that doesn't fit their narrative.