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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Both Johnson and Elliott had up and down seasons.
Their highs were extremely high, and their lows were extremely low. Ultimately their combined play resulted in the Flames making the playoffs, which is probably why BT probably went and got two guys who played a combined 86 games the year before, because he knew neither one was likely able to shoulder a full starters work load.
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I feel he had faith in Elliott (I don't know if you give up a 2nd and possibly 3rd round pick for a guy you have no faith in) but Johnson was brought in more for insurance in the case of injury and lack of a goaltender in the system that is ready. The peaks of both goaltenders were just good enough to overcome the valleys however that's not exactly a blueprint of success in the NHL as you may be able to get a bottom seed with inconsistent goaltending like this but you aren't going to win a division or Stanley cup when your goaltender play is a coin flip on a nightly basis.