Siludin
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- Dec 9, 2010
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Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on the reasons Fleury went 1st-overall in 2003?
In one of the strongest drafts ever, was Fleury really seen as a generational goalie talent? He was only the third goalie to ever go 1st overall, but there was a slew of top-5 goalie picks from 1997-2004 (Price, Luongo, Dipietro). Was this just the flavour-of-the-week? Fleury's junior stats were good but he played on a bad team in his draft year and had that horrible goal-against in the WJCs that same year. In addition to all this, the Penguins actually moved up from third to select him. Were the Hurricanes or Panthers really looking at Fleury over some of the other candidates in a draft where you practically couldn't lose?
In one of the strongest drafts ever, was Fleury really seen as a generational goalie talent? He was only the third goalie to ever go 1st overall, but there was a slew of top-5 goalie picks from 1997-2004 (Price, Luongo, Dipietro). Was this just the flavour-of-the-week? Fleury's junior stats were good but he played on a bad team in his draft year and had that horrible goal-against in the WJCs that same year. In addition to all this, the Penguins actually moved up from third to select him. Were the Hurricanes or Panthers really looking at Fleury over some of the other candidates in a draft where you practically couldn't lose?