I'm not too worried about this situation as once the season plays out and the smoke clears it will be pretty apparent if Elliot is worth bringing back or not. I'm not a Brouwer fan at all and I hope he's exposed and picked up in the expansion draft but the rule applies to him as well as Elliott in that a lot of new players to a team take almost a full season to fit in and acclimate themselves to a new city, team, system, etc. I think Brouwer will be better next season if he's a Flame as I would expect Elliott to have a better start to next season if he was to remain a Flame. If he sustains this play down to the Flames last game of the season I would feel pretty confident that he's at least part of a 2-3 year solution in the nets for this team. If he falters down the stretch then the team knows they have several other options via trade or free agency.
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