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Originally Posted by Red John
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?
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Again, yes. You're trading for a players that are fully developed or very close to ready instead of a player who is a long shot. Let other teams do all the development work. There are decent goalies on the trade market at all times.
It's just math to me. A few years ago I did a bunch of research on how often a draft pick becomes a player. A skater picked from 31 to 45 has about a 29% chance of becoming a 'real' NHL player (which I defined as 300+ games played). A goalie picked from 31 to 45 had around an 18% chance of playing 100 NHL games.
From the sounds of it, we got the best goalie prospect available this year. I really hope he becomes a star for us. I just think the math is better that one of the best available remaining dmen has a higher chance of being an NHL player.