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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Doesn't this presuppose that Parsons is some sure thing starting goaltender of the future? I see it thrown around a lot around here that we need to buy time until Parsons is ready. In reality it's just as likely, if not moreso, that you end up spinning your wheels for several years with mediocre stopgaps, buying time for a kid who was never good enough to be worth that kind of patience.
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Which is why it is important for a team to keep re-stocking goalies. The high regard a number of fans have for Parsons is based on his showing in Juniour and at the WJHC, and with how goalies develop I think it is likely that he is still two or three years from the NHL. In that time, I expect the Flames to continue to add more young goalies. By the same token, projecting Parsons as the best goalie in the system does not preclude the possibility that one of Rittich or Gillies ends up being better. I don't believe anyone is presupposing any "sure things" here, only that between Parson, Rittich, and Gillies there could be a starting goaltender.
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Comes across as wishful thinking in the absence of a better solution. If Parsons busts out and becomes this young, great starting goaltender I would hope it happens in a scenario where the Flames have to make a choice between him and another great goalie. Not in a scenario where we're re-signing 37 or 38 year old Mike Smith types to one-year deals, essentially banking our entire future between the pipes on this kid.
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I don't understand why it makes any difference how Parsons breaks out, or who happens to be ahead of him on the depth-chart when he does. If it happens, it happens. If not, then not. There is not a set programme for goalie development—it happens under all sorts of different scenarios.