TommyDangles
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Richter retired during Lundqvist's 3rd year. Markstrom was a FA once Demko took the reigns at 25.This is starting to get redundant. Richter didn't "block" Lundquist. Markstrom didn't block Demko. There's no reason to continue this. Signing Saros was the right move. You don't trade a top 5 goalie for peanuts because you have a guy in the system who is slightly above average in the AHL. He was the 17th ranked goalie in the AHL this year. He's not a Demko who was ready. He might never be ready. We drafted Brent Krahn at 9OA. By your logic we should have traded Kipper because of it
Just bad examples that make no sense. Neither of those young goalies dealt with a guy being signed for another decade once you're about to break in.
You don't draft a guy with the 11th pick if you're never planning on giving him the reigns. He will demand a trade out.