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Originally Posted by polak
Gillies could be genuinely more exciting? Haven't followed him much but didn't he kill it last year while Sam was out most of the season?
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He pretty much had the same season he had previous two years, again, but this time Providence won the NCAA tourney. I didn't even think he really carried them, though he was definitely the better goaltender in the last game, I thought he was outplayed in the tourney semi-final and in the quarter-final he let in 5 goals.
Don't get me wrong, great prospect, and no one else really had the kind of season to write home about (maybe Rafikov?) but the real test comes in the AHL. Jets' Hellybuyck saw his save percentage drop from .941 in Hockey East to a more realistic .921 in AHL, I'm hoping Gillies can stay above the ~.917 mark himself.