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Originally Posted by getbak
What would suck is if Gillies/Rittich/Parsons steal the starter's job partway through the season and that's the reason the Flames make the playoffs and have to give up a second rounder.
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If one of those three goalies is so good that they are the starter on a playoff bound Flames team, and are the reason the Flames make the playoffs, that's okay. Sure it would be nice to have the 2nd round pick, but to have one of our goalies perform that well at a young age, is a problem every team would take. If the Flames tabbed one of those guys as the starter now, and missed the playoffs, I'm guessing the vast majority of people would trade a future 2nd round pick in order to make the playoffs.
I'm not a Smith fan by any stretch, but your view is fairly pessimistic. It's not on Par's level of hysteria, but still looking at the worst case of a good scenario.