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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
I don’t see why that would be the case.
It’s always risky to give up on goalies too early. How many of you knew we drafted Craig Andersson? Button gave up on Giguere right before he became a strong NHL starter. Roloson and Tim Thomas didn’t come into their own until their late 20’s.
Fans have no patience for goalies taking 6+ years to develop but that’s often how long it takes. Personally I think it would be a mistake to give up on Gillies this early unless they’re convinced he doesn’t have it.
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While I don't necessarily disagree, you really can have too many goalies in the organization, because there's only so many spots to go around.
So it's not so much "we're convinced he doesn't have it" as it is "we like all these other guys better".
(If that's how they decide. In any case, if he can't make an AHL team at 25, it doesn't look great for him.)