dgibb10
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This stupid argument ignores A) the volatility of goalies, and B) salary cap space.Any rebuilding team should. Wouldn't you rather have $1 million than a lottery ticket that can give you anything between $0 and $1 million?
You get that top 3 pick at less than 1 mill for 3 years, THEN you get 4 years of RFA control as well, vs Paying swayman top dollar.
Over the 60+ top 3 picks since 2000-2020 (ignoring guys who haven't gotten full chances yet, I think I'd rather have Swayman than maybe 8 of them:
Yakapov, Kakko, Patrick, Murray, Barker, Svitov, Dach, KK.
And if you get a superstar on ELC/RFA, that is INFINITELY more valuable
9th overall pick is worth more than what askarov got.What about the first and first round prospect for Askarov? That seems like a high benchmark.
And Schneider and Swayman are pretty excellent comps in terms of age, results, workload, etc.