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Originally Posted by _Q_
Voted for Shinkaruk. The kid is ready for the top 6 in my opinion.
Gillies does intrigue me, but goalies are so damn unpredictable. Sure the guy can be the next franchise starter, but he can also be the next Ortio, Irving, Krahn or countless other "next great goalie".
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The highest point of excitement and expectation for Irving and Krahn was the time between when they were drafted in the 1st round and when they started playing again. By the time they were 22 (Gillies age) they were already very long shots of making to the NHL never mind being stars.
Ortio was a complete bust until he turned 22 and had his redemption season,
Gillies has gotten better every year. He has a lot more in common in his development at age 22 with Matt Murray and Connor Hellebuyck and Johnathon Quick than the Flames pretenders that you mention.
Other than the hopefully fixable injury Gillies has been on the stud NHL goalie track.