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Originally Posted by Igottago
Markstrom has been the best Flame so far. Both games could've been ugly without his performances.
The thing is, even if Markstrom is on this season, which so far he appears to be -- it doesn't fix everything. The jury is still out on the quality of this team overall.
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The quality of the team isn’t a mystery.
They’re a reasonably experienced team that’s solid enough top to bottom and lacks high end skill.
That is never going to be more obvious than last night - Crosby, Malkin, Karlsson, and Letang won’t all be healthy at the same time for long, but when they are, maybe two or three teams can stand up to them. An utter embarrassment of riches when it comes to elite skill.
Then you get to the next wave - Carter, Guentzel, Rust, Smith, that Petterson kid on D…
That game should’ve been 9-2, and Markstrom kept it close.