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Originally Posted by Matty81
The irony of Francis's article today about how the flames will benefit from the expansion draft as teams will have to move second goalies if they don't want to lose them for nothing....
arguably the Flames best prospect is Jon Gillies, who unfortunately just had his first pro season and will likely have to be unprotected (all players with 2 pro seasons).
There is almost no worse position to be in then to have a blue chip goalie prospect just far enough along to be exposed but nowhere near ready for the NHL.
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While it is a risk, I actually look at it another way: security through obscurity.
Given the multitude of goalies who are NHL ready that will be available, I think it unlikely that an expansion team goes for such a prospect. Why risk a complete unknown at the top level when there are quality guys with NHL bodies of work out there?
Or, to Francis' point, if we can turn the expansion draft mess into the acquisition of a relatively young, talented, NHL goaltender, we can suffer the loss of Gilles, even if that unlikely scenario should come to pass.