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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
The bold is simply not true. If you just glance at his stats with zero context, yeah they don't look good, but in the QMJHL that year McDonald was 3rd in SV% (min. 20gp) and just .06 away from 1st in the league. His GAA was ranked 6th (min. 20gp). He was also 6th in wins, despite playing for an Islanders team that wasn't all that good.
Call me crazy but I wouldn't call that falling flat on his face. He didn't work out, but at least be fair in your criticisms of him.
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I think the reason people think McDonald fell flat on his face is that Demko immediately went on to produce good numbers for Boston College.
The two have been compared since they were drafted.