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I think about that when I see the Knights play and I think goalies take forever to develop.
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Howling Overseas
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How about the only other goalie I can think of who left PHX and went on to greater success elsewhere ... how about Darcy Kuemper?
Yeah, I kinda think you shouldn't ever draft them. Just sign free agents to fill out your AHL roster, there's always plenty. And scour the NHL waiver wire a la Connor Ingram.
He autographed an Arizona Sundogs puck for me (he played a dozen games there during the 12-13 lockout) and very plainly described the experience as "better than not playing hockey at all."
Speaking of guys who make you think, "yeah, he had a nice career" but then you go "really? he was a first round pick?"
How about Rusty Klesla?
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Our goalie coach was awesome… we always took goalies that were not good and made them have career years, then were able to trade away for valuable assets..
Scott Wedgwood
Devin Dubnyk
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But many goalies can prove the rule wrong.
Oettinger (1st), Hellebuyck (5th), Vasilevskiy (1st), Shesterkin (4th), Quick (3rd).
I never analyzed the data, but I'm not sure you'll do much worse drafting goalies than skaters.
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Kai Yo T
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Cool vid.
He's got me reminiscing about growing up watching Yzerman, Federov, etc. at Joe Louis Arena. That was some good times!
And missing Shane Doan too along with making me dislike Mike Smith even more than I already did lol
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I just saw Hanzal mentioned in another post and this guy popped into my head...
What about Michael Handzus?
(Don't recall seeing his name mentioned yet)
What about Michael Handzus?
(Don't recall seeing his name mentioned yet)
The pick we got for Wedgewood turned into Jeremy Langlois, who BA needs to sign in the next 10 days or else he goes back into the draft / into free agency.
The pick we got for Dubnyk turned into Brendan Warren, who played 4 years of college hockey at Michigan, didn't sign here and has put up a total of 25 points in 4 seasons in the AHL.
Yes, draft picks are valuable, but they're still lotto tickets.
Cool video. Obviously he's a bottom 6 FWD talking about guys who are all Hall of Famers, but it shines through how genuinely polite and decent a guy Pearls is. He's making fun of himself mid-pasta story. Zero ego there.
Speaking of veterans who we traded for and did OK here, but it didn't really lead to success ... how about Derek Stepan?
