Quote:
Originally Posted by mikephoen
Yes?
All three of the Vezina nominated goalies this year were traded for.
|
Rask was traded basically right away after being drafted. Was not developed at the time Boston took him. As much of a gamble at that point than had Boston simply drafted him outright.
Bishop was a good commodity and required something useful in exchange. He came to Ottawa for a 2nd round pick, so why wouldn't it be worth drafting a goalie for a 2nd round pick? By the time he got traded to TB he was a known commodity and commanded a higher price. So we shouldn't draft goalies but wait until we're forced to give up a good forward prospect (which, obviously, grow on trees?)...
Varlamov was drafted by the Capitals, developed, and then traded for a 1st and 2nd round pick. That's a much heavier price than the 2nd round pick that people are losing their heads over here.
You can make these types of stories for all positions from the draft. It's not remotely a convincing argument not to take a goalie in the first X rounds. The Flames have a much poorer drafting record of non-goalie position players in higher rounds, so why aren't we losing our heads over that?
I say let the kid develop rather than lamenting the pick right away because of some non-empirical bias.