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Originally Posted by nik-
Yeah, keep feeding him starts and give him a chance to get a groove. It's a hell of a lot better than him having a bad start and then not playing for 3+ weeks. Performance by career minors goalies mean nothing IMO. Irving had one mediocre AHL season and then two good ones, and gave the team a chance to win in every game he played for the Flames but one, and even that one Kipper wouldn't have won.
That team exists to develop our players, and while it's great that some 29 year old minor league lifer is having a good season and Ward knows him, that's not what we should be using that team for.
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Totally agree, I often question Ward. I believe in the "merit system" but I have to admit...not sure who is calling the Merit shot!