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Originally Posted by moon
Well it appears nobody knew what they had or others would have dealt for him and a 2nd round pick for a back-up goalie is a pretty damn good return so they obviously knew not to toss him away for nothing.
Plus it wasn't like they were stuck with some bum as Nabokov was playing pretty well for them and would play well for the next couple of years as well.
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Yea, it's just weird that they had an elite goaltender as a third stringer and they didn't even know it. He wasn't even a project, he was elite right away.
I guess it just goes to show how difficult it is to judge goaltending talent.