1st Round pick help

[jhonny]

League in sig, and goalies always make up the entire first round and half of the second except when there's a McDavid-like NHL draft that Summer prior.

I pick 7th overall and I don't have a 2nd round pick (ugh). I can't afford to screw up my first goalie selection and I am requesting help because I am terrible with goalies (not sure why - I had Price when Halak was killing him, Had Rask when TT stole the show, kept Allen and took Schneider and Anderson in draft last year... I made a drastic maneuver to try and secure a very good keeper in Holtby, and I'm already getting nervous with the loss of some blueliners in Washington). So that's where I'm at. Here's how I rank the top available goalies given my league settings (I have also included a review of the Same Night Tool for B2Bs and playoff schedule strength):

Rask
Bishop
Vasilevskiy
Lundqvist
Gibson
Allen
Smith
Rinne
Lehner
Schneider
Anderson
Darling
Fleury
Elliott
Raanta
Greiss
Mason
Reimer
Varlamov

Sorry for the long post, but I'm hoping you can add another set of eyes on my ranking to be sure I'm not missing something. I'm not against having Smith on Calgary should the picks go as I have them, but I really hope to land one of the top 6 on this list.

Any thoughts appreciated... I will need to snag a 3rd goalie mid to late in the draft that I hope GMs will forget about (someone like Varly, Raanta, Mason or Elliott. Has anyone drafted yet and if so, what goalies are being left as "scraps"?

Thanks all!

[4T2]

First of all... trade Holtby (I own him and I don't need your bad luck screwing that up )

But in all seriousness, your rankings are pretty close. There is very little that separates the middle tier guys right now so you really have to look situationally at the strength of their teams and who is pushing them. I would probably swap Rask and Bishop at the top. I would also drop Lundy and Smith down a few spots myself.

If you are thinking that you will get the 7th guy in your rankings, I think you should be able to land someone like Lundy, Schneider, Lehner, Rinne or Smith

[The Bottlenecker]

If you are aiming at the guys you expect to be available around the 7th pick, I look to take Anderson, Smith whose Flames are better than the Yotes, Lehner and the improved Sabres and Allen.

The forgotten scraps you mentioned should include Elliott, a solid if not flashy netminder, and Varlamov who has nobody behind him pushing for his spot anymore.

[finnys_fanatsy]

there are alot of fwds that will be on teh market, so id expect to see some really good tendys available at 7th, maybe even Rask or Bishop / Vas. too bad you dont have a 2nd round pick, thats where i'd be taking a G-man.

in any regard, id take the BGA, as you have them ranked, although Lundy maybe down a notch or two ahead of Smith and behind Allen

[Magicstew]

Grab your goalie first - just have to see who is left whenb it is your pick - can't go wrong Rask, Bishop, Vasilevskiy, Lundqvist, Gibson, Allen, Smith with any of these guys and secure your goalltending.

[jhonny]

there are alot of fwds that will be on teh market, so id expect to see some really good tendys available at 7th, maybe even Rask or Bishop / Vas. too bad you dont have a 2nd round pick, thats where i'd be taking a G-man.

in any regard, id take the BGA, as you have them ranked, although Lundy maybe down a notch or two ahead of Smith and behind Allen

Good stuff!

I bumped the King up once I saw who his back up was... I also knock Allen because during my playoffs he has some B2Bs I don't want to deal with.

Thank you!