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I am not yet sold on our goalie prospects, and would speculate management is not either.
BPA drafting aside, MacDonald was taken quite early for a team with total confidence in existing prospects. Then again perhaps he simply was BPA.
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I think management felt he was the best player available. I don't think it's necessarily reflective of their optimism (or lack thereof) in our existing goalie prospects. If you look at most teams who have bonafide goalie prospects, they drafted at least 3-4 within a short period of time. Look at Montreal when it was a goaltending factory, SJ with Kiprusoff, Toskala and Nabakov at one point, Anaheim and Detroit currently. Goalie development is hard to predict and it makes sense to draft a few and not put all your eggs in one basket. I have to think management is happy with the progression of Ortio and Gillies over the last couple of years.
Back on topic - I voted for Gillies, but the race is tight and the decisions get harder from here. It's great to have this much depth for this discussion though.
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