Parsons for me here.
I don't like the unpredictability of goalies. I liked Gillies, but I didn't 'love' him. I love Parsons.
This kid dragged a mediocre London Knights team that saw most of its' core graduate last season not only into the playoffs, but into game 7 of the second round. They beat out the Memorial Cup Winners Spitfires in the first round with a goaltending clinic. The pushed the much heralded Eerie Otters powerhouse to 7 games - the heavy favorite to win the Memorial cup.
Someone here I believe (maybe it was HF.. but I think it was here) posted up a comment that a couple of scouts made. "This is probably the best and most dominant goalie that I have seen in the OHL for the last 10 years." Something like that.
Kid was making 50+ saves a night during the playoffs for London to win. That's crazy.
I love his athleticism and his compete. He has that "Kipper" mentality of not giving up on any second, third, fourth.. heck, the 10th chance he still tries to save.
Flames have had good goalie prospects in the past, but I don't think they have had GREAT goalie prospects. Parsons is great. I can't wait to see him develop. He can be a franchise-changing goalie.
And I hate ranking goalies since you never know, but I am picking him 2nd.
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