Gillies would make the short list.... but he is only a year younger than Hellebuyck who the managers of team USA have pegged as the Goalie of the Future. 2 years he has been on the USA world cup team and this last year was pretty dominate in getting the USA a bronze medal.
Playing against a pretty good sampling of good NHL players:
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For the 23-year-old Hellebuyck, a Winnipeg Jets prospect, the 3-0 victory was his second shutout of the tournament. The Commerce, Michigan, native concluded the 17-day world championship with a 7-1 record, along with a 1.37 goals against average and a .948 save percentage, both statistics tops among all goalies.
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Johnny Hockey's performance at the World Cup in 2014 showed to me that he was NHL ready.
Looking at Gillies .931 .931 .930 save % at Providence gets me excited about him being the Flames elite goalie in a year or 2. Hellebuyck had .951 and .942 his 2 years in Hockey east.
The Jets gave him a full year in the AHL and in his first pro year he had a .921% SV....
That was not quite as Ortio's second try at the AHL .926 and I would be very please if Gillies can match them.