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Originally Posted by bax
I don’t think that’s fair. Demko was the consensus goalie pick for sure, but McDonald was a close second.
It wasn’t trying to be the smartest guy in the room. Burke is on the record saying that they loved both Demko and McDonald, but chose Mason because they were scared away by Demko’s hip surgery that summer. A very valid point for a goalie prospect.
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Derailing thread but mcdonald was 3rd ranked G by iss. So it was a bit of a reach. Maybe over thought the hip issue with demko but this is the same group which made light of the fact Bennett couldn’t do a pull up (which was probably related to an injury which required surgery in his first year with us). Pulled out my old hockey news and McDonald listed as a project goalie which is a poor use of a high second rounder. Crappy draft for sure but facts are we blew every pick after Bennett.
As for OP, can’t see the Canucks gifting demko to us at a fair price. If rittich can win a round or two for us, happy to run with him. Have to see what we have in Zutroy as well before we start shelling out more assets to address our goaltending.