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Originally Posted by Textcritic
To add to this: One of the reason why goalies appear to be inherently more risky as draft picks is because there are so few of them in the first place, vying for only 60 NHL jobs each season. Comparitively speaking, the NHL employs a basic platoon of around 210 defensemen, and 390 forwards. I expect that relatively speaking, the number of goalie successes and busts in the draft is actually fairly comparable to skaters.
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I think it would all be relative. More available spots for forwards and dmen but also a way bigger potential pool to fill those spots with. The ratio of positions on every team are roughly the same in every league so the entire pool should also be roughly the same.