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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
Well if you draft Askarov at 5, which was the original discussion, would you not expect him to be the franchise starter? When guys like Rossi and Holtz are there? Skater talent that you likely won't be able to identify and draft in the later rounds because its a huge skater pool to select from compared to goalie pool.
History tells us that a couple goalies will be selected later in the draft as good or better than Askarov. Why not take your chances there in the later rounds instead of picking a Hunter Smith. I believe there is a way less chance of selecting an impact skater in the later rounds than there is a goalie. But I could be wrong.
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Hard to tell with goalies, but this draft really has a clear top goalie (Askarov) and a HUGE drop off to anyone else. So I think there is low probability that a goalie picked later ends up being better. The closest comparison is Vasilevsky and his draft year.