Irving reminds me too much of McBackup - goes down basically on every shot, lets out huge rebounds, and don't have control of the puck a lot of the times which have resulted in bad goals. Some of you may say Irving gives the Flames a chance to win every game, but it seems more like he gives more of a chance for the other team to get two points.
As for the original post, you can't even compare Irving to any of those players at 24 except for Dubnyk. That shootout with Minny the other night, I don't think I've seen an NHL goalie looked so bad since 1986 or '87 when Fleury turned Ranford inside out with that awesome deke. And Irving had it done on him 3 times that game!
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