Goalkeepers market ? Gerber to Carolina
Jun 20, 2004 9:40:34 GMT -5
Post by mic on Jun 20, 2004 9:40:34 GMT -5
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) - The Carolina Hurricanes continued retooling their goaltending position Friday, acquiring Martin Gerber from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Two days after trading away veteran Arturs Irbe to Columbus, the Hurricanes picked up Gerber for defenseman Tomas Malec and a third-round selection in next week's draft.
www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=88094
Since there were a lot of talks about trading one of our goalkeeper, it's quite interesting to see what starting goalkeepers or backups can be worth on the actual market. Gerber for a youg d-man and a third, Kirpussof for a second, Salo for a decent defence prospect, Burke etc.
I must say that I'm a bit surprised that even unproven goalies still fetch nice returns. I realise that this position is perhaps the most important on a hockey team, but I thought that the market would allow GMs to get goalies cheaper, with so many young and promising goalies.
