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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The guy who won the Cup with the Penguins last year is younger than Gilles too. But that is the entire reason why CliffFletcher went with that specifically specific scenario. Because even he knows young goalies get starts in pressure situations and needed to change the parameters to maintain the illusion of being right.
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Age =/= experience. As has been pointed out already, Murray had 72 games of AHL experience, including a run of absolutely dominating the league, before he got his shot at the NHL. Then he won 9 of 11 games in the regular season with a .930 save pct before getting a shot at the playoffs.
But hey, maybe the worst franchise in the NHL at developing goalies should defy the practices that have been proven to actually work (70 to 150 games of seasoning in the AHL) and throw Gillies in. Because impatient fans.