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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I once thought the same with Krahn/Medvedev/Szuper... then with Keetley/Lelande/McElhinney... I vow never to count on goaltenders. 
No offense to Brossoit ... just call me forever skeptical when it comes to G's. Though I think Irving has promise. |
Sometimes you can tell the guy is a better junior goalie then he'll be a pro goalie. I think it was there to see with Szuper and Keetley. Never really was impressed by Keetley's technique when I saw him live or on TV. He was big and he was on a good team but he was far inferior to a guy like Krahn in overall technique IMO. Szuper wasn't very big and relied on athleticism, a formula which I don't think often works out. I tend to believe the very big, athletic goalies who play a solid butterfly style without overreacting and overplaying tend to be the best bets. Lelande never impressed anybody as much as Brossoit already has.
Krahn I think could've been a good NHL goalie except for the injuries. In a league with only 60 goalies McElhinney can't really be considered a bust, he turned out well for a late pick. We did develop Craig Andersson for a few years and he turned out better than any of us would've thought. Giguere was obviously one of our best goalie prospects in the last 15 years but Button gave up on him right when he arrived as GM.
Even though I haven't seen much of Brossoit yet, the way people describe his play and his style has me much more excited than I was on guys like Keetley, Szuper, Lelande or even Craig Andersson.
I think with Irving, Brossoit and Ramo behind Kipper we have the best depth in goalies that we've ever had in my time of following the Flames.