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Originally Posted by AC
I still think Parsons will pay off long term for the Flames.
Jordan Binnington is the exact reason why you have to be patient with goalies.
Drafted #88 overall in 2011. Played in the ECHL, then had to be loaned to Boston's AHL team to find a place to play. Wins the Cup the same season, and arguably could have won the Calder and Conn Smythe.
Parsons was a star in the World Jrs and Memorial Cup, so there's plenty of reasons to continue to let him develop and think he could be a future NHL star.
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Binnington was pretty solid in the ECHL and AHL every year he played though. Parsons has struggled at the pro-level.
I agree with being patient and am not writing him off at 21, but I will take prospects that have excelled since they were drafted over ones that struggled.