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Originally Posted by JayP
Your first point is valid. But I'd say trading a 2nd round pick for a 26 year old KHL goalie is just another "win now" move. It's a huge risk and clearly one made in hopes of replacing Kiprusoff immediately. A rebuilding team holds onto the 2nd rounder and signs a capable veteran goalie to a short term, $3m dollar deal in the off-season when Kipper moves on to fill the void.
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I think the Ramo scenario is interesting - though one wonders if they would have made it if they had Brossoit and Gillies in the system developing at they are now - back then.
I think the concern is that there isn't a clear successor to Kipper - and certainly there were even less options when they traded for Ramo.
I actually take comfort in the fact that they have a few options for the post-Kipper world.