COLUMN: Has the goalie market risen like the Raiders hope it will?
Since the CHL banned European goalies after the 2013 CHL Import Draft, the Prince Albert Raiders didn’t see a problem—they saw an opportunity.
They figured since the numbers of the most important position in hockey would decrease, domestic goaltenders would become more valuable.
The Raiders put that theory on full display 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, when they picked Ian Scott ninth overall. That made him the highest goaltender to be draft in the WHL since Carey Price was picked seventh overall in 2002.
The pick shocked the hockey world, not necessarily for how high Scott went, but because he joined an already-crowded crease with Nick McBride and Rylan Parenteau.