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I think people make too big a deal out of Irving's Heat experience this year. It's not like he's never been played well in the minors or never played well in the NHL. It was not a great situation to have 3 capable goalies and when two of those guys were specifically brought in cause of a prior relationship with the coach, well! I can't believe it made things any easier for Irving.

What matters is how he plays when it matters. He played like an NHL goalie last year so Im willing to se what he can do.

And some other poste brought this up too but Kipper was once the third man out in the Sharks goalie system And posted a horrendous 3.27 gas and .879 save percentage in 22 games the year before in SJ and look how he turned out.

With goalies, you never know what you have until they are playing regularly in the NHL.