Figgy44
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Started off as LW on a line with Jankowski and Hathaway. Often played RW due to our lack of RW options, became a swing wing for us.
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Started off as LW on a line with Jankowski and Hathaway. Often played RW due to our lack of RW options, became a swing wing for us.
PlushMinus
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Devils fan here that has a question about Markstrom.
So far for the Devils he's been going behind his net or going close to the side boards to stop a pack and pass it back up ice. Is that normal for him? I really only watched him when he played the Devils and I don't recall him being that kind of goalie.
So far for the Devils he's been going behind his net or going close to the side boards to stop a pack and pass it back up ice. Is that normal for him? I really only watched him when he played the Devils and I don't recall him being that kind of goalie.
Figgy44
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cool, Haven't had a goalie in NJ who could handle the puck good since Brodeur.
Yeah that's normal. But good?
Hmm... I guess he had occasional gaffes, but not as crazy as the gaffes Mike Smith occasionally had.
I guess Markstrom puck play is typically quite acceptable. But he might run into certain bad weeks where you're basically yelling at the screen begging him to stay in his crease for the rest of the game.
I never thought of Markstrom as good with the puck vs all goalies. There was always a gap between him vs other better puck playing goalies. But I guess puck playing goalies like Smith and Price retired, so he may have bumped up the list.
Well Corey Schneider you never wanted out of the net, Blackwood never barely went out of his net and same with Vitek. So yeah it's been a loooong time for Devils fans.
lost another game.. 4-1 to the 
Ace Rimmer
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Setting up the play?
Me neither. I'm not sure if any of their goalies that I can remember are as bad as they've looked in Edmonton.
Mobiandi
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Talbot going full Kipper in 2017 is the closest thing I've seen since 06 Roloson
Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
True, but they eventually wore him down too. The typical arc for a goalie entering a team like that is to thrive initially. But over time when goalies have to stare down too many poorly defended plays, they start trying to guess and do too much.
Mobiandi
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First they ran him into the ground, then out of town. 73 and 67 games is a workload that no other NHL goaltender has matched since Talbot.
The Oilers had a golden goose that they acquired for pennies from their old pal Glen Sather, and they squandered it and turned to their version of the best goalie not in the NHL.
Having watched him in junior he is not a good goalie. Might be a bottom 10 starter at best but while Edmonton doesn't help him and he is a .800 sv % guy, he isn't good either.
Some Other Flame
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the bigger issue is their defense, it's not all that great. When you've given up 5 goals a game over your last 5, it's much bigger than a goaltending problem
Tkachuk Norris
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Setting up the play?
I said it last year: the issues that led to the Devils' goaltending stats last year were extremely similar to what the Flames were doing in 2022-23. Break but don't bend defence.
Haven't really seen them this season yet, but I'm not overly shocked by what is happening.
Haven't really seen them this season yet, but I'm not overly shocked by what is happening.
