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Originally Posted by Royle9
Sadly I think as an Organization our Goalie development has been atrocious.
It's clearly the hardest position to draft, its very hard to evaluate just how good a kids going to be in the NHL based on junior stats alone. Only a few first round goalies have turned into a success at all, Price/Fluery were both basically elite coming out of Junior and then Vasilevskiy but he came in the 19th pick which was a great.
Just think how many WJHC goalies we've seen go high in the draft only to never make it past the AHL.
I personally believe that you cant look at any goalie prospect unless his save % is above .910 minimum consistently. Anything lower and I feel their chance is almost obsolete.
Flames historic Goalie draft picks since 2000:
Krahn - Bust - 9th OA
Lalande - Bust
Keetley - Bust
Irving - Bust - 26th OA
Ortio - Bust
Brossoit - Pretty much a bust
Gillies - Not looking good
McDonald - 34th OA - Borderline Bust at this point
Parsons - ECHL/AHL numbers aren't strong at all
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Why do you think this? Gillies looked pretty damn good last season behind an awful team.
In 9 starts in 17/18, Jon Gillies did this:
Apr 7: .963
Apr 5: .923
Apr 3: .810
Mar 29: .821
Mar 5: .875
Mar 2: .889
Feb 27: .923
Feb 24: .966
Feb 22: .946
Shots against: 253
Goals against: 24
Save %: .905
.905 for a rookie playing behind a bad team is not bad, especially when you look into the games and see the quality of chances given up during the stretch towards the end of the season/after Smith's injury.