Sutter has done everything in his power to help Markstrom find his game, but without success. Markstrom has started 17 games for the Flames and has an 8-6-2 record, a goals against average of 2.98 and a .889 save percentage. Last week after another tough outing Markstrom claimed he, "just sucked at hockey right now."
So far this season Vladar has a save percentage of .915 and a 2.61 goals against average. With the Flames currently sitting outside of the player picture, they will need to do everything possible to salvage this season. If that means sitting Markstrom, that's what they'll do.