Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
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:
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. |
Markstrom probably won us the Dallas series especially when we gave up a was it 2 or 3-1 to start OT.
He was bad vs Edmonton no doubt.
He could have been better last season, but the team hugging the boards in the offensive zone and leaving the middle of the ice wide open for them to skate right in for odd man rushes, breakaways for the first shot on net is going to make any goalie look like crap.
Chasing the play and player to the board in the defensive zone didn't help much either leaving the middle of the ice wide open again, often times with a second pressure coming to the board battle for no reason.
Calling him the worst goalie for 1.5 years is extreme, he wasn't even the worst goalie in our division. Seattle and LA made the playoffs with worse goaltending.