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Originally Posted by devo22
why? They could always go with both Gillies and O'Connor in the AHL and sign a veteran to an AHL deal to guide them.
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O'Connor isn't going to sign somewhere he has competition for the AHL starter job, with the potential for him to start in the ECHL as Gillies has put up better stats than him every year. Rolling with 2 rookie goalies in the AHL is very risky and I don't know if Huska would like that. If Gillies is staying in school then it makes sense for O'Connor to sign in Calgary, spend a year in Stockton, before Gillies gets there and be the first choice of call up behind Ortio and Hiller. If Gillies leaves school O'Connor would be 4th on the depth chart. Not appealing for a sought after UFA