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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Yep, pretty much this.
We haven’t acquired a top tier goalie since Kipper.
Every goalie we’ve acquired since Kipper retired has effectively been magic beans. Hopes and dreams of finding the diamond in the rough, and ending up with quality near the bottom of the league. No goalie coach can remedy the fact that we acquire bad goalies.
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Most teams draft their top goalies and in fairness to the Flames, they've drafted consensus good goalie prospects. Gillies, Parsons, Macdonald, Irving, Krahn, Brossoit, all the way back to Kidd - they all were either highly thought of at the draft or highly thought of by the time they turned pro. They've also tried the Euro route (Ramo) and the high end backup route (Turek).
It's over a period of time that can't be explained by GM, scouting staff, goalie coaches or anything else.