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Originally Posted by savardandjokinen
Why is gillies getting any love? His stats were brutal in the AHL last year
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I don't have him this high but goalies are weird and you can really never write them off. See Binnington, Jordan.
In 17-18 Rittich had a .889 save percentage in his 12 games in the AHL, and a .904 in his NHL starts.
Then he came in and was great for us last year.
In 18-19 Gillies had a .889 save percentage in the AHL...remains to be seen if he can bounce back for us like Rittich did.
In the three seasons in the AHL prior to last year Gillies had a .914 save percentage so the potential is still there. My biggest concern with Gillies has been that he's looked nervous, and jittery in his NHL starts - and so much of being a goalie is mental.