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Originally Posted by Regorium
In my opinion, Rittich and Gilles both showed enough last year to get the NHL backup spot.
I think it's just another instance of where Treliving doesn't consider our kids to ever be "ready" and we need stop-gap veterans for every spot.
Anyways sorry for derailing a bit. Glad Stockton won and of course Janko and Gilles (and Rittich) will be at the forefront of many more of those wins.
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It's about developing your kids into the best players they can be.
Pretty solid argument to be made that Gillies in particular will develop best and improve the most by starting a lot of games vs backing up a lot of games. No need to rush players at the most critical position in hockey. Gillies missed a whole year due to injury and the best thing for his development is playing a lot of games.
I really don't understand why anyone would want one of our top prospects to sit on the bench and stagnate vs develop by starting a lot of games. Goalies need to see pucks to improve. Gillies isn't going to learn to be an NHL starter by not playing games.