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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Can't help but wonder, when are we actually going to promote and use our own goalies as back-ups rather than trading picks for other teams' backups?..
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Well, we did promote Rittich from a free agent signing to an NHL backup.
As for the guys we've drafted, none have shown the chops to be an NHL backup. McDonald (lol), Gillies, Parsons... to early for Wolf. Broissoit eventually broke through but he was drafted in 2011 and didn't establish himself until 2018/19.
Think of it this way: Vladar was a 3rd round pick in 2015. We spent the same 3rd round pick, and got 6 years of free development to the point where he was dominant in the AHL. Works for me.