You're sleeping on Mandolese. He was goalie of the year in the QMJHL and as a 20 year old has a .919 save percentage in his first pro games, behind an atrocious AHL defence.
I was going to say that. I was always more impressed with Mandolese in my viewings (including 2018 rookie camp) but I gotta say Gustavsson did pretty well last night. Sens played good defensively (home game) but still looked much better than when I saw him play in NA. Great news, maybe back to legit prospect status.
Sogaard, Daccord, Mandolese, Gustavsson, Merilainen... we have a great goalie pipeline.
No idea how long Murray is going to be there but a 26 y/o goalie that already had a lot of success in the AHL and NHL can't be a bad thing as a stop gap. I'm sure he'll be fine when we fix our defensive game on the road (hopefully by next season)
Still, Sens can afford to expose Murray to the Seattle expansion. His salary should get him unclaimed. There's going to be a lot of goalie options for them anyway
If he doesn't get claimed :
2021-22 : Murray/Daccord with Mandolese, Gustavsson "pushing" in the AHL and Sogaard, Merilainen still developping
If he gets claimed, do we go Daccord/Gustavsson?