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Originally Posted by jg13
1. Phaneuf was in junior not in the AHL. You can't call up players from Jr.
2. We weren't going to start a goalie with 1 NHL game of experience in game 2 of the playoffs. Elliott had only let in 3 goals and we lost by 1 in game 1 of that series.
3. No we haven't thankfully.
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1. His junior team was well past done in 04. The Flames could have called him up, but he hadn’t signed an NHL contract at that point and with the lockout looming it was something both sides were conscious of in their decision making.