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Originally Posted by New Era
This is a good review of the top goaltending prospects coming into this season. Murray at #5, Gillies at #10, Demko at #12 and McDonald at #15. |
Prospects, in particular goalies are very unpredictable right up until they have made it for good. At this time last year, it looked like the Flames made the right choice in taking Poirier over Shinkaruk, this year, most non flames fans would take Sinkaruk.
I wish I could sit here and say the Flames should have taken Demko, but if you watched any BC games in his draft year (which many Flames fans did because of Johnny), you probably weren't too impressed with his play particularly in the championship. Now maybe he learned a lot from the final four and developed after that. At the same time, McDonald had a great under 18 tournament and led Canada to a gold medal, so in the games that mattered in their draft year, McDonald performed better, and it's understandable why the Flames went with McDonald.