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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well Vasilevski was the top goalie picked in 14, and the next was Subban (yuck).
Markstrom sure wasn’t obvious. A second rounder with two goalie picked ahead of him and who hadn’t shown much when traded by Florida and even in Bahia first couple years in Vancouver.
Price was a #5 pick 15 years ago and no goalie has gone anywhere near that high since.
Rask was not obvious enough for Toronto. LOL
Gibson was well regarded, though the second goalie picked.
Hart, well, we’ll see. Looks good so far.
Bottom line though, you can draft one high and hope. But look at Gibson’s draft year: he’s the only one to have made an impact until Binnington came along suddenly.
Are you telling me Calgary should have drafted those guys and didn’t?
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The Flames should draft more goalies to increase their odds of developing one. In the BT era they have drafted 3 goalies in 6 drafts. The Flames has not even had a legitimate starter during those six years, so it is clearly a position of need.
You would be hard pressed to find a team that has drafted fewer goalies over that period of time in the NHL. All the more perplexing when one considers it is the position that has the longest development curve. BT could try to address this in the next two drafts and pick say 3 more goalies to increase his odds and maybe one would develop into a NHL starter by 2025. Just perplexing as to why he drafted so few goalies over that period of time, given the lack of organizational depth at that position.