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If you ever get a chance watch the series again. I did it recently, and he was as bad as I remembered. One goal he gave up to Bourque unscreened, undeflected from the blue line. He gave up 2 or 3 bad goals in game 1, but Roy shut us out. Then there were a couple in game 3. He wasn't bad in game 2, nor game 4 I don't think despite giving up 2 goals on like 10 shots. He was fantastic in games 2 and 5 actually. He wasn't that bad in game 7 either despite giving up 3 goals. He was horrid in games 1, 3, 6, he was very bad. He gave up a lot of goals much worse than last years playoffs when people on here were saying ''I want Marty to retire next year'' believe me.I disagree. Marty did not play all that badly. Was he great? Sometimes. Go back and look at the goals and he was dealing with screens, breakaways, getting bumped and an Avalanche team with a lot of firepower.
With the exception of Game6, which was the big letdown and a poor game for him and a GREAT game from Roy, I think he outplayed Roy over the bulk of the series.
It just doesn't seem that way.
I love Marty and am the first to defend him. That's why when he has a bad game I tell people who remember to think of the 01 SCF. He's still a top 10 goaltender in my book, I don't know how you can say he isn't when going by the last 70 games he's played including playoffs.