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Old 10-28-2016, 05:52 PM   #11
Alberta_Beef
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy View Post
Hmm. Interesting.

Well, the Devils did the same thing last season and Appleby ended up starting 29 games for the Thunder.

Last season though the Flames didn't have a surplus of goaltending prospects in the pros, so I'm sure the Flames didn't have any problems giving up the net.

I guess we will see how it pans out, but what we do know for sure is that the Flames own that team, and the people who run/coach the team were hired by, and report to Flames AGM Brad Pascall.

We also know that it's a developmental team first and foremost so with McDonald, Rittich and Gillies all on ELC's and also having McCollum in the AHL, Flames brass is going to prefer having a Flames goalie in the ECHL net most of the time.

But yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Appleby was also the rookie last year, I think that played a large part but he was the one who got the starts in the playoffs for the Thunder.

What we don't know is the agreement details between the Thunder and Devils regarding the goalie spot, there may be a certain number of guaranteed games.
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