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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Put me in the camp of those who would have preferred Raanta over Smith. Flames record would be abysmal at this point if they’d done that and the Islanders would be staring at a juicy draft pick. So I don’t know much.
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Bottom line it was a gamble either way.
The Bishop model comes with a huge contract in dollars and term.
The Raanta model comes with uncertainty of not knowing what he would look like out of the Rangers system.
The Smith/Howard/Fleury model (my three picks) had the risk of the wheels coming off.
The best thing about model three to me was the fact that you wouldn't plug a goaltender in that would hamper your ability to promote Gillies/Rittich or Parsons down the road.
Nobody saw him playing this well of the hop though. Even if he subsides somewhat we can look back to the first 13 games of the season and how he saved their bacon until they got their act together.