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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
1st off, I never said I wouldn't want him. Just not watering down a Gaudreau return and especially with an expansion draft looming. What if Rittich takes a massive leap forward next season, so you extend him and then lose Giorgiev to Seattle for squat?
2nd, goalies are voodoo. Whatever he's looked like so far means very little. Jake Allen looked amazing off and on for years, but it took Binnington catching fire out of nowhere for the Blues to actually get Cup quality goaltending for once. The AHL is riddled with goalies who "looked good in the NHL so far" when they were in their early mid 20's.
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The AHL is riddled with goalies that have looked good at 75+ games in the NHL before the age of 25? You should probably actually look at the goalies in the AHL before making such a dumb statement.
There is a total of 1 goalie that played in the AHL this year that played 10+ games that has more than 75 career NHL games and 2 that have played more than 50. Both had some good stretches, Hammond with Ottawa had a good season and a decent season when he was 26-27 and played just over 50 games. The other is Corey Schneider who was a very good NHL goalie for 5-6 years and at the age of 24 he had played just 35 games.