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Originally Posted by codynw
I have no issue with using a later pick on a goalie every 2 years or so. Lots of good goalies are drafted in the later rounds.
Niemi - undrafted
Lundqvist - 205th overall
Miller - 138th overall
Rinne - 258th overall
Bobrovsky - undrafted
Hiller - undrafted
Halak - 271st overall
Kiprusoff - 116th overall
Smith - 161st overall
I'm sure there's more I just stopped looking. They should definitely look into drafting more goalies in the late rounds, you never know what can happen with goalies.
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I absolutely agree with you -- I think it's been proven that because goalies are so unpredictible to project, quantity is just as important as quality. Look at our current starters, Ramo (6th round) and Berra (4th round). Even our current prospects, Ortio (6th round) and to a lesser extent, Gillies (3rd round) fall into the same category.
I'm not sure what the context of Burke's comment was but it sounded like a later round selection was what would fix our goalie situation (as Burke has gone on the record previously that he isn't happy with the current setup). I'm all for picking up goalie prospects in the later rounds as on overall drafting strategy (as you've suggested) -- at some point one of those are going to hit.