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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Carey Price
Tuuka Rask
Marc Andre Fleury
Devan Dubnyk
Corey Crawford
Roberto Luongo
Corey Schneider
Jonathan Bernier
John Gibson
Semyon Varlamov
...were selected in the first two rounds. Sounds pretty justifiable to me...the point of the draft is to get the right prospects before other teams do. Sure, there's plenty of Kipprusoffs, Ortios, Lacks etc out there too, just like there's a TJ Brodie for every Ekblad.
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Still very risky to take a goalie that high, but since it was a weak draft it is more justifiable. It is simply way more difficult to project how good a goalie is going to be when he is 18 compared to a forward.
I think it is important to note that on your list only three of those goalies are actually starting for the team that drafted them. MAF and Price who are both top 5 picks and Crawford. So ya, drafting an 18 year old and developing him into your starter is insanely difficult. The Flames strategy of taking a goalie they like every second draft is definitely a good one and Ortio, Gilles, and McDonald all have starter potential still which is a great sign.