I think people are getting confused about the term stopgap. It doesn't mean a band aid solution until a prospect turns out, it just means getting someone for two to three years, whether they're solid or elite. At which point you could get another goalie if a homegrown option isn't ready/available.
So you wouldn't necessarily be wasting three years of our core, just getting someone who we aren't committed to for six or seven years.
For example Fleury could end up being a stop gap because of his contract, yet you wouldn't consider him a band aid that wastes years of our rebuild.
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