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Old 02-01-2013, 05:00 PM   #136
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Originally Posted by thymebalm View Post
Irving can't hack the AHL yet. Age has nothing to do with it. He loses the starting job every single year and yet, somehow, for no reason, you assume he's a better goalie than the guys who have outplayed him statistically and otherwise for the past two plus seasons at least?
Well, me, Feaster, Hartley, Sutter, scouts... basically anyone involved the past year who had Irving in the NHL.

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Would someone in this forum for the love of god please explain the love for this failure of a first round draft pick? He only has a contract because of the optics. And you know their relationship is wearing thin, he's talked about going to Russia the past two summers.
Not talking about it, he was offered a contract and declined to try and make the NHL.
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