I can't honestly get worked up about either trade. Neither goalie moved the needle for the Sharks they were on, and both trades arguably made the team better in the short term.
Kipper had earned his #3 spot on the depth chart and we got Vlasic for him instead of nothing. Hill was a disaster for the Sharks and getting anything for him was better than having him in between the pipes for us. I don't care how well he did afterwards, I'm just glad to have more momentum away from the wreckage of the team that DW and Joe Will left us with.
If we'd snagged a bona fide #1D or 1C-caliber player with the Kiprusoff pick, we'd have too many cup rings plugging our ears to hear the wails of Kipper-truthers. It wasn't Nabokov keeping those teams from scoring goals in the playoffs; I have names like Huskins, Wallin or Burish on my shit list instead.
Kipper had earned his #3 spot on the depth chart and we got Vlasic for him instead of nothing. Hill was a disaster for the Sharks and getting anything for him was better than having him in between the pipes for us. I don't care how well he did afterwards, I'm just glad to have more momentum away from the wreckage of the team that DW and Joe Will left us with.
If we'd snagged a bona fide #1D or 1C-caliber player with the Kiprusoff pick, we'd have too many cup rings plugging our ears to hear the wails of Kipper-truthers. It wasn't Nabokov keeping those teams from scoring goals in the playoffs; I have names like Huskins, Wallin or Burish on my shit list instead.