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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Perhaps, but there's still reason to be skeptical about a 22 year old goalie with seven games of AHL experience. That just isn't much of a resume. He put up above average numbers behind a detail-oriented team in college, yes, but they weren't the kind of dominant numbers that Hellebuyck, Demko, and Ryan Miller put up.
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Is that true?
Jon Gillies
Freshman - 18 - GAA 2.08 - SP 0.931
Sophmore - 19 - GAA 2.16 - SP 0.931
Junior - 20 - GAA 2.01 - SP 0.930
Thatcher Demko
Freshman - 18 - GAA 2.24 - SP - 0.919
Sophmore - 19 - GAA 2.19 - SP - 0.925
Junior - 20 - GAA 1.88 - SP - 0.935
Connor Hellebuyck
Freshman - 19 - GAA - 1.37 - SP - 0.925
Sophmore - 20 - GAA - 1.79 - SP - 0.941
Gillies and Demko are very comparable. The edge goes to Gilies in years One and Two and Demko in year three. Numbers aren't that far off in the Junior year either.
Hellebuyk's numbers are staggering but he was a year older in his freshman year than the other two. Connor's back up in his 2nd year also put up steller numbers too. Doug Carr put up a GAA of 1.80 and SP of 0.936, so it's slightly disingenuous to suggest Gilies numbers are due to a "detail-oriented" team and Hellebuyk's aren't.
As for not dominating like the other two, during their two over lapping seasons, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 both Gillies and Hellebuyk were consistently at the top of GAA and SP, I'll let you look for yourself. Both were dominating goalies at the College level.
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015 Gillies vs Demko
To suggest Gillies put up average numbers is ridiculous. He was a dominating College goalie from the day skated onto the ice to the day he skated off as champion.
Eer on the side of caution all you want, that's the smart thing to do, especially with goalies, but let's not re-write history here.