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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
I completely agree. As long as there has been some pedigree to the goalie, they are a good prospect IMO. Even then, there are goalies who sorta come out of nowhere after their draft year and impress.
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completely agree. If we look at this century's Vezina trophy winners, here's where they were drafted:
Hasek: 10th round
Theodore: 2nd round
Brodeur: 1st round (ugh flames drafted good old kidd before brodeur)
Kiprusoff: 5th round
Thomas: 9th round
Miller: 5th round
Lundvquist: 7th round
Bobrovsky: never drafted
Rask: 1st round
According to this article (
http://houseofpuck.com/?p=513): which looks at the opportunity cost of drafting a goalie, writtin 2011 i think:
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The average NHL goalie is 29 years of age. That means that a goalie drafted today likely won’t be ready to play for 11 years, or until the year 2022. Former first-round picks like Cam Ward and Carey Price may buck this trend by playing at a high level in their early 20’s, but they are extreme cases. Furthermore, there’s very little assurance that a goalie who’s selected in the 1st round pick will be better than his draft lagging peers.
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of the top-20 goal scorers in the NHL last year, only one was selected outside of the first round
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seems like a complete toss up.