I saw him at development camp and think he's a bad pick. Goalies have no trade value unless they are elite. The idea of the draft is to stock up on value. Should have taken Brule or that big Finn.
Let's not get into where they were drafted. Maybe Luongo is the only example who might yet hit that target from the high end 1st rounders? And Lehtonen, ok. It's not encouraging odds still, IMO. Not when you can just pick up guys with equivalent odds later on.
I can tell you right now Price wouldnt have been available later on. And as far as I am concerned he was the best goalie available in that draft. Oh and so did Montreal management, which means alot more to me then what anyone else has to say.
I can tell you right now Price wouldnt have been available later on. And as far as I am concerned he was the best goalie available in that draft.
You're missing the point. Historically the first goalie taken in a draft is NOT the best goalie in the long run, especially when that goalie is taken hight up. Presently, there is a glut of goalies in the league, and coming up through the ranks, meaning that decent to very good goalies are a dime a dozen, and easy to obtain.
Of course Price would not have been available later on. So what? Even if he is the best goalie in the draft, what would that mean? Would that mean he is a top 5 goalie in the league, or merely an above average goalie? If he is just an above average goalie, then it would NOT have required a 5th overall pick to get a goalie just like him.
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Oh and so did Montreal management, which means alot more to me then what anyone else has to say.
You sound like a Leaf fan. What is the point of message boards, if we're simply going to agree with everything management does?
haha... good one... It's so funny to read that type of threads a few years after...
Yeah, I was a BIG TIME Price fan, and knew he was going to be something special. Alot of people where like uhhh no, he's going to be average, but watching him in the dub, I knew there was something special about him. He had all the tools, but played for one of the worsts teams in the dub, and was getting shot after shot every game. I knew he was going to be something special. I actually had him in my top 3 for that draft after Crosby, and Brule(who I still have hope for).
Cardinal rule: Brule and Kopitar don't make saves. Having a premier goaltender is the keystone in constructing a contender.
Well yes, but you forgot the Roberto Luongo/Marty Turco rule: No matter how inpenetrable your goalie is, the bottom line is to put more pucks in the net than the other team. Kopitar has that rare talent that he can, in any given game, make up for a Jr.B calibre goaltender. The argument can easily be made both ways with ample examples of both. Either way, the Price pick has given enough fruit to feed a few relatively small nations.
Well yes, but you forgot the Roberto Luongo/Marty Turco rule: No matter how inpenetrable your goalie is, the bottom line is to put more pucks in the net than the other team. Kopitar has that rare talent that he can, in any given game, make up for a Jr.B calibre goaltender. The argument can easily be made both ways with ample examples of both. Either way, the Price pick has given enough fruit to feed a few relatively small nations.
Yeah and that rare talent to make up for bad goaltending has been very important in leading the LA Kings to their 2nd last place finish last year.
Kopitar may be good... but goaltending is 50% of the game if not more.
A great goalie is far more important than any other single position on the ice.
But this is all besides the point.... Why are we bumping 2 year old threads to say "I told you so." There is another new price thread... lets use that.
