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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Yes?
All three of the Vezina nominated goalies this year were traded for.
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That's misleading. Rask was a 1st round pick who was traded for a Calder winning goalie at the time.
Varlamov was a 1st round pick who was traded for another 1st and 2nd.
Bishop was a 3rd rounder who developed nicely, ran into a logjam in his organization and was traded initially for a 2nd, then later for a promising young player at the time.
Would you seriously rather trade a 1st rounder to another team for a goalie than use a 2nd in a weak draft to get the best one available?