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Originally Posted by Textcritic
That is utterly ridiculous.
I would absolutely rule him out.
He would be a 20-year-old rookie goaltender starting his professional career in the NHL. How often does that happen? It is one thing for forwards and even occasional defenseman to make the jump straight from Juniour to the NHL, but the number of goalies who have successfully managed the transition in the past 15 years can be counted on one hand.
This isn't happening.
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Saros has a 1.51 / .946 in 8 GP this year and turned 21 in April
Murray has a 2.10 / .929 in 32 GP this year, turned 22 in May and won the Stanley Cup 1 month into 22
Vasilevskiy is 22, Bibeau is 22, Gibson is 23 and those are goalies I'm looking at playing right now. Every year there are examples of goalies considered 'young' who are given a shot.
Parsons is 20 in September, so younger than those but I wouldn't be labeling the concept as ridiculous. Don't confuse this with me saying that Parsons should be seriously looked at as the #1 next year, but the conversation is on re-signing Elliott.
With Johnson as a good option, we have Gillies, Rittich and Parsons as potential candidates to be the 1B to his 1A to start the season. We don't need Elliott.