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Originally Posted by moon
Most of those years the Flames made the play-offs with little trouble and I can't really remember losing a play-off game because we didn't have a quality back-up. I also am not so sure that MacDonald is any better than most of those guys on that list or that he gives the team any more wins if he replaces them.
In our division alone this year:
Edmonton- LaBarbera gave up nothing great move
Phoenix- Griess gave up nothing great move
Anaheim- Fasth gave up nothing great move
Vancouver- Lask gave up nothing great move
LA- Scrivens hard to say what they gave up for him directly, have Jones gave up nothing great move
SJ- picked Stalock with 4th round pick which is basically nothing
So in our division alone we have 5 teams that all made "great moves" picking up their back-ups for nothing, LA that has Jones who is comparable to MacDonald and others which they got for nothing and SJ that paid the most for their back-up with a 4th round pick.
I guess our division could have 6 genius GM's in it or picking up a back up goalie for nothing might not be such a great move as it is the norm for teams.
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Not having a quality backup arguably cost the Flames in terms of a higher seeding and the number 1 being overworked when playoffs started. Again if it was that easy why did the Flames struggle to find a capable backup?