At at least 7 other goalies taken after McDonald in that draft have played at least 130 games. Sorokin, Shesterkin, Demko, some of the best in the league.
Some will argue that the Flames were justified, since McDonald was ranked high by some.
But I always thought it was rather ridiculous that he was ranked highly. Leagues differ greatly, but he had a much lower save percentage than all of the goalies who ended up having NHL careers.
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