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Originally Posted by RyZ
Not really, IMO. Gillies is closer right now (and 2-3 yrs older) but MacDonalds upside is right there with Gillies. People are sleeping a little bit on MacDonald due to him playing on an averagish team in the high scoring QMJHL but he has great numbers for that league (better than Uber goalie prospect Zach Fucale, while being younger and on a far worse team) and is likely about to be the starter for the most difficult junior hockey team in the world to make in the Canadian WJHC squad. Make no mistake, McDonald is an absolutely elite G prospect in the hockey world with upside every bit as high as Gillies'.
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I'm going to be "that guy", but not necessarily the case for goaltending where Hockey Canada definitely has a problem with development in comparison to our peers in Sweden, USA and Finland. Something that culminated with the CHL banning Euro goalies from being picked in the import draft starting 2014.