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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Actually that's exactly what a lot of them do. GM's will tell you that young goalies need to see pucks to improve. Generally teams cook goalies in the minors until they're ready to be starters. There is often no "being a backup to prove they belong part" for the highly touted young goalies.
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I guess Price fast tracked the backup role and went straight to tandem for a couple years to break in but..
Talbot..was a backup first in NY
Murray..even spent time backing up MAF
Holtby..spent time backing up Neuvirth and Varlamov first
Dubnyk..backed up Khabibulin for a year or two, split in Arizona before Minny
Bishop and Elliott both backed up in Ottawa prior to Tampa and St Loo
Could go on but rather go to bed. Don't know what universe you live in though claiming that its typical for starters to jump straight into that role.