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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think Markstrom wasn't great, but I don't hang the series loss on Markstrom either.
How many Grade A chances did the Flames present to the Oilers over and over again playing shinny rather than playing defence? Markstrom was hung out to dry in that series. Flames beat themselves as much as you can say the Oilers beat them. I didn't like that match-up to begin with - I didn't like the Flames playing Dallas, Edmonton or (not that they made the playoffs) San Jose. For some reason, the Flames just lose their minds and weird stuff happens. It is like those 3 teams just know all the buttons to press to get the Flames off their game.
So no, I don't blame Gaudreau - that series was lost before that play, and though it looked bad, that wasn't Gaudreau's guy anyway.
I don't blame Markstrom - he got more and more rattled as the series wore on, but becuase of the constant breakdowns allowing for high danger chance after high danger chance from 2 of the most dangerous players in the league, a really good shooter in Kane, and Hyman who was playing with a tonne of confidence.
Edmonton didn't rattle LA and barely squeaked by them. They certainly didn't rattle Colorado and got spanked. They just rattled Calgary, and Calgary needs to figure out why Edmonton (+ Dallas and SJ) seem to get them off their game so easily.
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I actually thought Markstrom’s worst game was the first, which they won.
On the JG play, the most you could say is that maybe seeing who was passing, who was in the slot versus at the point, at best he could have ignored his coached assignment and tried to stop the dangerous pass. But it requires leaving his assignment.
