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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I’m no Markstrom honk, but it’s a bit disingenuous to yadda yadda his series against Dallas when he was every bit as dominant as Oettinger and broke Kiprusoff’s record for save percentage in a single series (.943).
This year, he’s a .919 goalie.
See how it goes.
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Welcome to hockey. What do you think people are going to focus on more between those two series?
He's .919 in one game. Agreed, let's see.
I hope he does well but ####, if you think I'm going to let the Edmonton performance go just cause he went toe to toe with Oettinger in round one one year then you're out to lunch.
I don't know why people rush to his defense to this day. He could've been a 20th ranked goalie last year and the team would be a top 3 pacific team, but he was a 40-50th ranked goalie and dragged them down just barely enough to miss.
He demonstrated his ability last night and essentially what was expected of him when he was signed here to a 6x6. He's brought THAT game in maybe 30% of the games he's started here. That's the standard we should expect and for the most part haven't gotten. .919 isn't outlandish either, as it was one time in line with his career average.
I'm just not in the business of making excuses/maintaining good will for guys longer than they've earned it. And I literally made the "I like Markstrom" thread mid last season...
I wish him well but if he pumpkins again I'll switch my allegiance to Wolf or whoever else can step up in the blink of an eye. No more patience of any kind of repeat of that train wreck .
So yes. Well done Marky. Now do that 30-40 more times.