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Message: [QUOTE="ivorytower, post: 4279447, member: 6888"] Departure in itself imo could upgrade goalie position and defense by simply removing one cloud. Gavin has ability but pretty obvious to many eyes that he lost confidence early last season and too often froze on saveable shots . Disagree with default, man down d was awful but outside that our goalies were not frequently barraged and they faced fewer quality shots than previous year. Petro has a decent d core returning and several prized d recruits, not expecting goaltending to stand on their heads as some goalies do but simply to make the savable ones more often Lesson learned is it was unwise to hand position to a inexperienced goalie who joined a month before season started. Whoever assumes position whether it be a vet, a recruit , a transfer should be in camp in September working with team. [/QUOTE]