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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Well, the #1 Goalie prospect (at the time) for the organization gets less playing time than Ward favorite Danny Taylor and Barry Brust during the lockout. This was after winning the backup job the year previous and not getting any real playing time after being sent down for the AHL playoffs after the Flames failed to make the playoffs in 11-12 season (again, Ward goes with Taylor).
Call it what you will, but we gave a bucket load of starts to a guy who is no longer playing for us and had no future with the club.
It certainly wasn't an optimal level of development for Irving.
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PMM can probably expand on this but if I recall correctly Irving was limited to a certain amount of starts/dresses in the AHL last year due to his waiver eligibility. I think they made the best of rough situation during the lock out.