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Originally Posted by GioforPM
It's so hard to trade for an elite goalie. You either draft one (in what position doesn't seem to matter), like Price or Rinne, or trade for a promising backup, and hope they pan out, like Kipper. Even a move like Talbot works out only some of the time. Roman Turek was the highest touted backup in the NHL when the Flames got him.
Bishop is the only top goalie I can recall getting moved in recent history. Miller and Luongo were moved but quite a few years after being a Vezina candidate.
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He was a starter in St.Louis...they got him as a highly touted backup from Dallas