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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Someone at the office mentioned Vladar was terrible. Were some of the goals stoppable?
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Depends on your lens, really
McDavid had the puck in the dead puck zone, in tight, and McDavid put it up over his shoulder and under the bar. When Johnny won game 7, it was a brilliant shot. But in this case, it happened to the Flames, so it was stoppable.
He also handled the puck on the 6th goal against and passed from the bottom of the circle to De Simone who couldn’t accept the pass in the slot, that went to McDavid on the boards who sent it to Kane in front of the open net while Vladar tried to get back to the net. Very Mike Smith like. Not stoppable, per se, but based on a bad pass and avoidable
Other than that, it was really an NHL team against an AHL team
2 goals were passed from behind the goal line and one timers from undefended shooters at the hash marks.
1 was a clear breakaway, well placed shot inside the blocker side post
1 was basically where the puck was in front of Vladar, McDavid out reached a Flames D and poked the puck to the side to Brown who shot it in, really no chance
The other one, Draisaitl shot from the top of the circle through traffic. Nicely placed shot, doubt Vladar saw it cleanly. But from where the shot came, nobody likes it.
He wasn’t terrible. At one point the Flames were up 16-12 in shots and I think that the next 21 shots were 20-1 Edmonton
Really, I am not sure what people expect when you dress an AHL roster against a NHL roster including guys who got 153 and 128 points. Some hot takes out there for sure
