His development path led to the smart bet being a top flight goalie and nothing has shown otherwise. Obviously having a guy like Ian Clark being able to assess his value and upside is part of the process. Being a skeptical fan is not an analysis and of course things can happen (Carter Hart) but what has he ever done to make you think he wasn't capable of being a upper echelon #1?
When you consider that signing Markstrom came with the acknowledgement you would have to trade Demko and by the time fans were back in the buildings you would be looking at a 32 almost 33yr old goalie with bad knees as "the man" i thought it was a no brainer.
Interesting take on the Canuck defense of the last couple years?
Compare his starts with those of Holtby's last year; he was definitely sheltered from the really tough starts...