Lil Bert
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- Oct 14, 2018
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Fleury went first overall in 2003 and won the cup 6 years later and continues to be a top 5 goalie in the league. If he has Askarov in that 4-10 tier I think Yzerman would value the goalie way higher than a wing or Drysdale and we saw what he did with Seider. Wouldn't surprise me if he builds from the back out.Having the best goalie in the world from 24-30 would be pretty nice...
I don't think we pick him, though I am not certain he is dropping down a lot of teams boards that badly. We will see, but an Askarov or Drysdale for me points for a longer three year sort of plan by Yzerman, especially Askarov to me would just signal yes they were sky high on him as a Vezina kind of goalie and they know they have a couple more years of pain so his development pattern while they gain a couple more high draft picks before trying to explode upwards is fine with their timeline.
We will see, but I would rather have him than Rossi and that guy seems to have lots of fans. Goalies are risky, I get it, but the idea this kid isn't a big time starter, kind of like with Knight just seems so low, I am willing to buy on the decade of control for elite in net. Vasy and Gibson are not bad players to have, we have a lot to build out, goalie is one of those spots. We can go free agency, but I am not going to kill the move and Yzerman is the kind of guy that would do it without blinking if that is what they think is best on their turn.
There's only four or five players on the wings that will be here when we're competitive so there's no rush. He always preaches patience