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Originally Posted by Psytic
So its incorrect that he hasn't been the starter since Feaster took over? You can't be bothered to look it up? I did. I think you'll be surprised by the sounds of it.
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It's not so cut and dry. In 2009-2010 he lost the job towards the end of the year to Shantz who was their starter for playoffs. He was even sent to the ECHL this season. This was under head coach Jim Playfair.
In 2010, he was the starter, but only had JP Lamoureux and Matt Keetley to compete with, neither of whom are even AHLers at this point. JP did finish with better counting numbers than Irving though he played less games. The only year Irving was the undisputed starter, was the only season the Heat didn't make the AHL Calder Cup playoffs.
In 2011-2012 They brought in Taylor when Ortio couldn't hack it, and he proceeded to outshine Irving and ended up with the starting role and the Heat made their way back to the playoffs.
2012-13 was a weird situation with the lockout- leaving Ward with 3 tenders to choose from, but as he said several times over, he always picked the guy that looked the best in practice. And guess what, the two guys he repeatedly choose are among the top goalies in the AHL, and neither of their names are Irving.
That's basically how it went down.. but, remember, some people think I don't know what I'm talking about.
