Matt_T83 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 With all due respect to Markstrom, he's at best a top tier backup goalie. I'd rate him in the bottom 5 of starting goalies in the NHL right now. It's obviously early in the season, 4 games in. He could have a hot streak later on and make me look like a fool. And I feel the team is playing not badly. We're doing alright on faceoffs and we're not getting outshot. Despite this Markstrom has back to back low 800 save % numbers... completely unacceptable for a starting goalie in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Demko. It's a period of transition. We're gonna suck for a while during this time and it won't likely be very fun, but it's part of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 He doesn't inspire confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHitman Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Thanks captain obvious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Helps the stealth tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanisleryan Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Goes to show how good Miller was for us last year. Sure notice the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Markstrom was the worst player on either team tonite. Have been saying in here for months/yrs....he is not a starting goalie in this league. Never has been, isn't now and never will be. Nor is Nillson.... That our management group could not see what was so obvious, inspires even less confidence in them than our goaltending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I don't necessarily think Markstrom is going to be a top 5 goalie in this league, but don't forget that a goalie by the name of Marc-Andre Fleury who has had multiple all-star appearances and won 2 cups (2015-16 was all Murray so I'm not counting it) also had an entire playoff series in the low .800's for save percentage. Goalie's, even great ones, have bad stretches. Markstrom is probably not the long term solution to our goaltending, Demko or DiPietro most likely is, but it's too early to be giving a verdict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 This was obvious going into the season. We aren't contenders and the goalies we do have are buying time for the real prospects, who are still in junior/AHL. There is zero sense in using assets to get a slight upgrade (teams with #1 goalies won't want to trade them) in order to pick a couple spots lower in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Diamonds said: I don't necessarily think Markstrom is going to be a top 5 goalie in this league, but don't forget that a goalie by the name of Marc-Andre Fleury who has had multiple all-star appearances and won 2 cups (2015-16 was all Murray so I'm not counting it) also had an entire playoff series in the low .800's for save percentage. Goalie's, even great ones, have bad stretches. Markstrom is probably not the long term solution to our goaltending, Demko or DiPietro most likely is, but it's too early to be giving a verdict. The huge difference being Markstrom has never had a successful stretch as a starting goalie. It's not a stretch to say that this is probably the worst goaltending tandem in the history of our franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Remember when we had two of the best goalies in the league at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 and a #1 PP and a #1 center and a #1 D-man........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, nickels said: The huge difference being Markstrom has never had a successful stretch as a starting goalie. It's not a stretch to say that this is probably the worst goaltending tandem in the history of our franchise It is, however, a stretch to make such a claim four games into an 82-game season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 But 4 years in...... "Bennings doing a great job" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Markstrom is a good backup, nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Just now, -AJ- said: It is, however, a stretch to make such a claim four games into an 82-game season. I'll rephrase... IMO.... this is the worst goaltending tandem in the history of our franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Being that the team isn't expected to win, it's worth spending a year to find out what Markstrom is or isn't. He may be nothing more than Eddie Lack, but it's best to find out for sure and then move accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 how about we just play our other goalie for a game or 2 he actually might be the better goalie ? wayyyy too soon to assess our goalie situation in my view and i was a huge miller fan . but not prepared to yet trash our current duo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Hopefully we have that in Demko. Sure as $&!# isn’t Markstrom...... he is hot garbage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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