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Originally Posted by bubbsy
the handling of irving this offseason has me severly questioning what exactly is the philosophy of our AHL affiliate.
how can i guy who basically didn't make the heat even as a backup, played very few games, somehow manage to become the big club's backup.
Other teams used the lockout as a means to get their young guys top mins in the AHL so they got a headstart when the NHL season resumed. The flames decided against this, knowing they didn't really have any other decent backup goaltending options.
Just a franchise fail in my opinion.
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Depends how you look at it. 6 games through mid-January is about what we would have seen Irving play while backing up Kiprusoff.
You can prepare players in more ways than one. Getting a workhorse goaltender used to playing 1-2 times a month can't be an easy task.