I think where we're picking and where he's ranked, you have to do your due diligence and look at him honestly and objectively as one of the top 5 or 8 candidates for our pick anyway. A scouting staff looks at everybody. But then at least, speaking for myself, particularly if I have a higher pick, I would always zoom in really closely on a handful of top candidates like that and give them an extra thorough look. So Askarov belongs in that shortlisted group and should get some additional scrutiny.
I don't know what would come from that scrutiny... you can't until you actually do it. Maybe there is something "special" about him that would stand out to you. I don't think there is any relevance whatsoever to consider what happened with Finley or Pickard especially, nor even necessarily all that much relevance with more contemporary goalie picks made by other teams. You look at him based on his own individual traits and your projection of him, and only that.
But ok, we as fans can't really do any of that. So in the end, we're going to say pick somebody else who is a little easier to project from our armchairs. And that's fine. I want to see us get the best offensive scoring prospect available to us. So my armchair pick today would be a different player than Askarov. But I like having his name in the shortlist to talk about.