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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Great story on 960 right now (Marek?) about Dallas trading up in the draft to get in front of Philly to draft Oettinger 26th OA (it is believed that Hextall was going to take him at 27)
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The kid has a bright future. But while he may end up having a long, successful career in the NHL, I'm not sure if he'll ever play as well as he did in this playoff series again. He was THAT good. Plus, there is something about being the underdog, being a rookie, too young to realize or understand the magnitude of what is happening. He won't have that next time.
Not trying to minimize what he just accomplished, but we've seen rookie goalies go on heaters before in the playoffs. Once there is pressure and expectation and you can show you can do it year over year, then you've made it.