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Originally Posted by madmike
For me it wasn't so much a Demko/McDonald thing as why would you draft a goalie that high when you already have Jon Gillies. I still don't get the pick.
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Because Gillies is still far from a sure thing. Goalies are an absolute crapshoot to predict eventual outcome. All you can do really is continue to draft goalies here and there and hope to god one of them pans out.
It's also extremely rare to acquire top tier goalies, so you're often left with relatively unproven back-ups as your next option and often those don't work out either. See Scrivens, Bernier, Fasth, Talbot (maybe it's more an Edmonton thing haha)