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I do not understand why posters bring up Markstrom on waivers, from time to time.
Markstrom was waived just before the 2014-2015 season, at the same time that all NHL teams waiver their extra players. Only 4 players were claimed before that season started. The previous year, he was 1-6 with Florida, 12-11 with their AHL team and 1-2 with Vancouver. Do you really think there was a probability of losing him at that time, being a 24 year old goalie with a 12-27 NHL record?
If you do, then I was wrong about your hockey analytic abilities.
Exactly. It's just Benning haters trying to make Benning look bad.
In 2012-2013, Markstrom spent half the year in the AHL and had a 8-14 record with a .901 SV% at the NHL level.
In 2013-2014 Markstrom was 1-6 with a .0876 SV% with Florida and had a .0868 SV% in limited games as a Canuck. Which part of Markstrom's two most recent seasons at the time suggested he would have made a good NHL backup goalie?
It's like some people totally forgot what Markstrom was like as a starter until just before the 2nd half of last season. Markstrom had let in soft goals all the time and at the beginning of last season he let in the first goal off of the first shots at an alarming rate. All those years the team would have been better off with Luongo.