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Originally Posted by hixxes
You're sort of missing 2010-11 when he was widely regarded as one of the top goalies in the AHL.
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He hasn't been the starter since Feaster came in. If we want to cherry pick seasons then the year before that he was in the ECHL and once again not the clear cut starter. I don't think the guy is a bad goalie but he hasn't been consistently good since his days with the Silvertips. He looks really good tonight though. My stance is trying to find the the rational behind why Mcdonald is here and that imo is because Irving must still be considered a crap shoot by management. Hes been up and down his whole career since leaving the dub.
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2009-10: Irving struggled badly losing his starter's job in his sophomore season with the AHL Abbottsford Heat and later, he was re-assigned to the Victoria Salmon kings of the ECHL. The netminder posted reasonable numbers on a poor Salmon King's team. He had two wins with four loses and an okay goals against average of 3.06 but an excellent save percentage of .908 for Victoria. Irving was finally recalled to Abbottsford where he sat as the back-up goalie for the AHL Calder Cup playoffs only appearing in one playoff game which he gave up three goals on seven shots and playing only 14 minutes of the period. The supposed future starting goalie for the Calgary Flames collecting 14 wins along with 17 loses, two overtime loses and posting a goals against average of 2.76 with a good save percentage of .905 for the season.
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