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Originally Posted by greyshep
I dont understand the fascination with Grubauer. Playing spot duty on the best regular season team has far too many question marks for me. Seems like a big gamble.
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Well that's what Cam Talbot and Martin Jones were.
Just goes to show how incredibly lucky the Oilers were with not only McDavid, but also with Talbot.
Talbot could have been a complete bust too, he had a terrible pedigree as the starting goalie for the University of Alabama Huntsville in college!, then struggled in the AHL for a few years before really finding his footing. Even then, lots of goalies put up great AHL numbers but can't do it at the NHL level. Cam Talbot is an incredible storey.
Kinda sucks really. Treliving acquires the goalie with the best statistical numbers over recent years and he goes and ####s the bed. Meanwhile the Oilers throw a magic bean in their goal and he sprouts into a Vezina candidate.