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Originally Posted by Psytic
Any reason why? Stats don't suggest this or watching them both play. Is it just cause he was a Flames first round pick or a hunch or something? I think Irving will start the next game but I still think Taylor is just as good or better currently and should get a start before Kipper is back. They could both look good and teams could get interested and we could end up getting a pick for one of them. There wont be room for both of them next yr and i'd rather get something rather than nothing so showcasing both these guys makes sense to me personally.
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I would say the fact that the Flames had enough interest in Irving to give him a contract and let him play games while no team in the NHL would do the same thing for Taylor indicates that Irving has a little more value at the NHL level than Taylor. I would wonder why Taylor would be seen as being as good or better when he has struggled finding and keeping a full time starting gig, put up some terrible numbers in the past and has 0 offers from NHL teams going into this season. He has put up good numbers for half a season in Abbotsford this year but that seems like a short time frame to base a judgement on him being better than Irving.
He would have to play exceptionally well and even then unlikely he gets any interest from anyone as they could have signed him two weeks ago for nothing so unlikely they give up assets based on a few games now and every team in the league has a better goalie on their roster and likely in the AHL as well.