Which Goalie would you take? Salak, Hackett or John/Chris Gibson

[greznick]

Hey I am in 16 team dynasty league, we are doing are 2011 prospect draft, on sunday, we are allowed to pick any prospects that were not drafted in the previous drafts or a 2011 prospect. I am wondering if it is a better Idea to pick a non 2011 draft prospect someone like Salak and Hackett or go with a 2011 prospect such as gibson. My goalies are Luongo and Lehtonen, I don't have any goalie prospects, goalie stats are: W/L/SV/SV%/GAA/SHO. What do you guys think any advice would be great.

[dmvincent]

This is an interesting situation, but if I had to pick a goalie I'd go with a non 2011 prospect like Hackett or Salak. I voted for Hackett because his path to the NHL as a starting goalie is presumably is going to be a lot smoother. Kuemper is the only goalie standing in his way and he could possibly compete for the starting job in a few years but Hackett should have the starting job in two years or three (maybe). Backstrom is aging and clearly isn't who he used to be, with Crawford he's a young goalie and has a lot of future ahead of him. He plays for one of the best hockey teams in the league and I don't think Salak will start over him in very many situations going forward. Gibson is a project, I prefer Chris of the two but they both need time and seasoning in junior and in the minors.

All things considered, Matt Hackett is the best choice here.

[Dean Youngblood]

Voted Salak and agree with dmvincent about taking a non-2011 goaltender.

The Gibson's are far from sure things of becoming starters

[pmorrow]

Yup, it's Hackett for me too.

[bondon]

Yeah I agree with dmvincent about taking one of Salak or Hackett. I think I might take Salak here. He's 3 years ahead of the game and has a good shot to be Crawfords backup next year on a really good Chicago team. Crawfords contract is for 3 more years and is relatively inexpensive which gives the Hawks a bit of versatility.

Mind you whichever one of the two you pick they're gonna be a sick goalie one day.

Thats just my two cents for whatever its worth lol.

[greznick]

Thanks keep them coming

[greznick]

Wow interesting 6 for salak i thought the gibson would get at least one vote

[dyzfunctioned]

Salak is by far my favorite of these.

[AtlantaSportsFan]

Same here. Give me Salak over them all.

[greznick]

I am just worried about Crawford he is an amazing goalie and is ahead of Salak do you guys think that Salk will be able to replace Crawford in a few years as the starter or do you think he will just be a good backup

[dip97]

definitely salak, i think florida made a huge mistake letting him go. while crawford had a great rookie year i believe salak is more talented then him and should retake the starter duties within 1-3 years for chicago.

btw, i would also choose hackett over the gibsons

[TK12555]

Going with the rest here, Salak is the way to go.

[greznick]

Thanks for everyone input this really helps, I was not expecting such a lopsided vote but this truly shows me who I should pick, so Salak all the way, thanks and hopefully he will be as good as u guys are explaining