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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
And early success with a goalie means an awful lot less than later success, especially in the NHL. The hockey wastelands are littered with stellar junior and college goalies
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Very true. We've seen plenty of them come through the Flames system.
Gillies looks great though and I would rate him and Ortio roughly the same. Gillies' playing style will really suit the NHL. Ortio has been excellent in his brief time in Calgary but I still have some question marks about his consistency in the AHL. Between Gillies' sheer excellence in college and Ortio's slightly sketchy history of inconsistency you can understand why so many people rank the 2 players so near each other. I believe they both project to be starters in the NHL.
Then there is Mason McDonald who has quietly improved his play on a sub par team in the Q. He's still years away from being in the frame, but I firmly believe we have 3 blue-chip goalie prospects in the system. If we're lucky 1 or 2 will pan out.