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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Late run aside, the Jets have no business being in 6th. They had a goalie put up .918 save percentage but refused to keep him on roster so they could tank. It's not a case of an Ortio, it's a case of them literally electing to send down the best goalie prospect in the world so they could pick up Matthews points.
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I disagree. Hellebuyck is the same age as Gillies, he just left college one year earlier. IMO they had to rush Hellebuyck due to injury. Ideally he would be spending this entire year in the AHL. I agree with their decision to send him down. And it's in their best interest to revive Pavelec's value so they can potentially sucker somebody else into taking him (anybody but us).
Them keeping Hellebuyck up would be like us handing the starting reins to Gillies halfway through this season if he didn't need to have surgery. I sure wouldn't have been in favour of that, even if he looked alright. You can shell a young goalies confidence in the NHL in a lost draft lottery type season. I think the Jets made the right move sending him down and letting him have a 2nd year in the minors. I think its the right move for Hellebuyck's long term development and had nothing to do with tanking.