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Originally Posted by Psytic
I think the full body of work is relevant because it seems like it doesn't matter who is running the ship they cant seem to home grow and keep a goalie outside of Vernon. I dont know who is to blame but it seems like an organizational issue when its been that many decades.
Could be a coincidence that every regime has had the same issue but it seems like a problem none the less. Its almost reached 1C status for this team if we're looking at it through the years. It hasn't been as big an issue as they have been able to use picks or sign UFAs but still that's cap and picks that could be used some where else if they could actually draft and develop or hang onto one.
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You certainly can.
To me that's not a practical analysis with all the changes over the course of the franchise; era, changes in scouting, changes in goaltending, equipment, scouts, GMs, heck even the Canadian dollar.
But I'm consistent the other way too ... just because Calgary drafted really well in the 9th round in the 80s I don't expect that to be a given in today's world.
So for me the current management group has drafted five goaltenders, and signed a free agent.
They have two complete wild card unknowns.
A current NHL backup.
A top prospect.
A bust
And a player that is trending towards bust.
I would imagine that would trend pretty close to the league average given the fact that their draft capital spent doesn't include any first rounders.
Just don't see this as a huge issue to me. Hopefully they're due for the next Vernon.