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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Every single year, people over-react to the play of goalies in the pre-season. And every year, most of the pre-season performances tend to be nothing like the regular season. And every year, people say, "we shouldn't make too big of a deal about pre-season games". But every year they follow that up with comments like "but he was bad and his career is probably done".
Every. Year.
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With Gillies it’s not so much the pre-season as pretty much his entire Flames career to date. He just hasn’t proven he can be a steady starter. He’s had some hot streaks and some cold streaks, but he has never shown the steady progression you’d like to see from a prospect.