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Originally Posted by FAN
I agree with the small sample size, but I hate the philosophy of playing the two goalies and seeing how they evolve. Goaltenders are different from other positional players. Backup goalies are practically worthless in a trade. Average #1 goalies have little trade value. Unproven #1 goalies with top 15-top 20 upside have little trade value.
The reason you have management and scouts watching games is to know the team and identify things such as guys who can be core players and positions that needs upgrades. It's fine keeping Berra around and see how he evolves because he's cheap and under team control for another year. But Ramo? You can talk about sample size, but management's job is to figure out as soon as possible whether Ramo can be and will be capable of filling that #1 goaltender position. The worst thing for a rebuilding team is to spend years waiting for their potential #1 goalie to develop into one, passing up on opportunities to acquire a true #1 goalie, and setting back the rebuild for years.
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I absolutely hated the fact that people are always worried about
TRADES. I agree with Enoch Root to let them play both goaltenders and see what they can do. It is a rebuilding season so this is the best time to find how these two goalies plays. These guys are not 19, 20 or even 21 years old anymore. They are older and more mature goalies. Let's not worry about the Trade Value for now. If one of these guys or both of them turned out to be another Kipper or a good starting goalie then it will be awesome. If not, then at least we know. It buys us time to see Gilles develop in NCAA and maybe AHL or NHL.