LeafOfFaith
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Trades like these come out of nowhere. Like the Kadri one that blindsided everyone.
Please don't pencil in Muzz for at least another month.
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Please don't pencil in Muzz for at least another month.
Habsy
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Then spend the asset the next time a highly touted guy like Vasi or Askarov is available in the draft and do not rush him.
You've been spinning your wheels in net for a long time, you can do so a few more years IF you have THAT guy coming.
Wayward DP
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except goalies in the draft are never a sure thing. you're investing years of hope, development, and voodoo powder.
we pretty much all support taking flyers on goalies in the later rounds and collecting a bunch and hoping one finds the right voodoo.
but there has been what, one Vasi in the last decade? hardly a strategy you can hitch your wagon to.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
He looks clunky to me. Bad feet and hands. Wasn't expecting that.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Every single highly touted goalie I've heard about in the past 20 years has made it. Who hasn't?
MAF
Price
Vasi
Rask
Etc
Or look at it this way, what you've been trying hasn't really worked. Get a highly touted stud draft pick and give him 2-3 years with the Marlies. You will still be using plugs during that time anyway.
MAF
Price
Vasi
Rask
Etc
Or look at it this way, what you've been trying hasn't really worked. Get a highly touted stud draft pick and give him 2-3 years with the Marlies. You will still be using plugs during that time anyway.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Jack Campbell
Habsy
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I'll beg to differ when he cashes in.
That's also arguable considering his regular season numbers.
Deckie007
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What's "making it"? Vezina? Cup win? Leading the league in SV%? Does it have to be the first team you played an NHL game for? Just curious what you define as making it.
Wayward DP
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Rick DiPietro
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
I consider making it 60-70 games a year. A true #1. The numbers afterward are irrelevant to the point because if he pans out to a #1 the numbers are obviously good enough.
I still view a stud goalie as the guy that plays the real lions share. That's the guy that teammates really respect and trust in.
Wayward DP
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Zach Fucale
Preston
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Al Montoya, Pascal Leclaire, DiPietro, Dan Blackburn, Brent Krahn, Riku Helenius
Habsy
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There's one but that was career ending injury no?
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
None of these guys were touted anywhere near the level of MAF, Price or Vasi. Come on now.
Except Dipietro
Preston
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They were all top 10 picks.
Wayward DP
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Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
I never said stupid picks by stupid GMS.
There are those generational goalies that get talked about. Your list aside from Dipietro ain't it.
Keep doing as you're doing though, Wehave loves it.
leafman101
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You literally named 5 studs in the last 20 years though.
The goalies drafted in the top 2 rounds that made the NHL in Shany era are:
2014: Demko, Nedejkovic, Vanecek
2015: Samsonov, Blackwood
2016: Hart
2017: Oettenger, Luukkonen
2018: none
2019: Knight, Kochetkov
Oettenger over Lilly, or Hart over Korshkov are the misses.
but even then its not like were talking about missing out on Vasy, Price, Fleury etc. None of those guys were better than Jack this year.
The goalies drafted in the top 2 rounds that made the NHL in Shany era are:
2014: Demko, Nedejkovic, Vanecek
2015: Samsonov, Blackwood
2016: Hart
2017: Oettenger, Luukkonen
2018: none
2019: Knight, Kochetkov
Oettenger over Lilly, or Hart over Korshkov are the misses.
but even then its not like were talking about missing out on Vasy, Price, Fleury etc. None of those guys were better than Jack this year.