FlamesNation · May 7, 2021
How should the Flames use Jacob Markstrom in their last five games?
The Calgary Flames have five games left on their schedule and their playoff hopes are more or less fantasy at this point. Thus, the club’s decision-making needs to shift into “get ready for next season” mode. That brings up a question regarding their goaltending: how many games should Jacob Markstrom start of their remaining five?
The remaining five games are fairly nicely spaced out: Sun., May 9, Thu., May 13, Sun., May 16, Tue., May 18 and Wed., May 19. There’s one set of back-to-backs in there, but it’s at the very end of the schedule. A single goalie could play all five games and burnout wouldn’t be an issue.
But it’s probably a good idea not to use the same goaltender in all five games.