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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I am curious to know how you would have handled things differently over the past five or six years. Do you think Gillies deserved more NHL time despite not impressing much in the AHL? Would you have handled Parsons differently? MacDonald? Do you think Zagadulin earned NHL starts last year?
I just don't see any goalies under the current regime who look like they have been held back for lack of NHL exposure. The lack of NHL exposure sure looks more performance based to me.
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Yeah I suppose you're right... It can be hard to gauge how a goalie will perform based on their AHL numbers. So much of a goalie's stats are heavily influenced by the team in front of them.
Maybe giving Gillies a longer look in the NHL would have allowed him to settle in and gain confidence, hard to say... I certainly can't fault the organization...