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Old 09-19-2019, 09:26 AM   #350
madmike
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
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.
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.
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