If you want to improve as a goalie, why not just go up to the SHL?

"I'll only get 6 games." That's on the GM. If you play well in your games and even outperform the starter then you should get more starts and be rightly irritated that your GM ain't put any faith in you despite the results telling them otherwise.

Or you just play like garbage those 6 games. That's, uhhh, on you.

Then again I generally never stay around in juniors enough to 'stagnate'. Once I play great in the smjhl then it's time for me to test my talents against real talent.