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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Didn't want to restate your whole post, but it is a testament to what I have been saying for a long time which is: goalie stats are pretty much useless.
Team trades 2 top 4 defensemen, and goes from okay to terrible, giving up 5 alarm changes all over the place, and the goalie's stats tank. Huh.
Was Markstom as hot as he was earlier? No. But how could he be? It's a team game, and looking at stats can miss that sometimes.
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For whatever reason a lot of people are just brushing aside how bad the defense is. The Flames lost a top 4 defensive dman and a #2/3 dman. They have two top four guys and a whole bunch of question marks.
Markstrom was the only reason the Flames were even hanging around a playoff spot and then the wheels fell off.
I don't think there are even 5 teams I would take Calgary's defense over right now.