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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Judging by his play last season, I wouldn't make that a given. MacDonald outplayed him and we're hoping MacDonald is nothing more than our backup this season. Even Irving had slightly better stats.
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I would. I would be willing to drive MacDonald to the airport myself.
People are reading pretty heavily into a very shallow analysis of a shortened season where Kipper was injured and the team was playing like garbage. If Kipper shows up and says "I will play another year in Calgary, but only in Calgary" then you ship out the rental backfill goalie and make a spot for the best goalie in franchise history.
If Kipper says that he wants to come back and play with the intention of being traded to a contender, then you still ship out MacDonald and plan to promote Berra once Kipper is traded.
In no situation do I see the Flames saying no to Kipper. The only people who would actually want that are the scorched earth rebuild fans and even most of them would still rather see Kipper's career continue.