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Originally Posted by RiceIntegraRS
I would say the 2nd goal and the 3rd goal. I saw the play on the 3rd goal developing and to me it was obvious it what was gonna happen. That was a type of play old Demko would of easily read and saved. Just watching him play, him looking behind him after he makes saves, rebound control, him tracking the puck, hes not even close to being dialed in. My eyes arent deceiving me and the stats dont lie. Hes playing like shit, and you can blame the team in front of him but Martin plays infront of the same team aswell. Im not saying the defence isnt to blame aswell, they are 100% but Demko isnt helping the cause.
When Martin plays u can tell, we have a chance to win, the players play like they got a chance to win. When Demko is in, they gotta score 5+ goals.
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2nd goal was the only goal I would say Demko had a chance.
I don't have the angle to see if it was his own poor rebound control or did it tip off a stick and NJD got a lucky bounce. There were 2 sticks in front of his pads.
There's no way the 3rd one could have been saved other than "luck". That shot was elevated high, goalies saving those are the ones that get lucky where the shot goes into the glove. Demko got across fast enough, but he can only do so much on a 2 on 1... take the lower half of the net, pad and glove. If it goes high, SOL. It was a great finish. Similar to the 4th goal, but just on blocker side.
I'll agree on your assessment of him overall not being dialed in compared to the best version of what we've seen in him.
I think Martin's sample size is still relatively small to see if he's the real deal, but I would look forward to seeing him being utilized more. I think Bruce already said a few days ago that he's not necessarily just going to play back to backs, especially with what he's shown so far.
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Originally Posted by pastarocket
It's up to Demko and the goaltending coach Ian Clark to fix things.
I hear that Clark is one of the best goalie coaches in the league.
Surely, both Demko and Clark can correct things to help Demko play better?
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5th goal was an empty netter. Not Demko's fault, lol. (Miller of course... who else).
Was Clark the same coach during Bubble Demko?