Yeah very high athletics goalie, quick movement, great puck tracking, makes highlight reel saves.
Prospect Info: 2023 NHL Draft - 5th Round - 151st Overall - Thomas Milic G
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Yeah very high athletics goalie, quick movement, great puck tracking, makes highlight reel saves.
I just hope they don't want him to "pay his dues" at lower levels. If the kid looks like he can play on the Jets next year, play him, if he looks like he should be the starter on the Moose do it. Don't just give it to someone because they have been there longer or you are hoping they are "the guy". Just let the kid cook and if he takes a job, give it to him.
Due to age, doesn't he have to be either on the Moose or the ECHL, which doesn't seem bad as a next step? I'm guessing he is no where near ready for the NHL.
Fair point but it seems the Jets really haven't operated like that with top goalie prospects. Helle got the Moose gig immediately and then quickly progressed to the NHL. Comrie got the starting Moose gig right away. Berdin had to wait on Comrie a bit but still got the starting gig and had it for years. I don't see any history if management not giving goalies legit opportunities.
I think you jump the gun big time with thinking he's NHL ready. That's throwing him to the wolves especially if we go a bit younger next year.
puck stoppa
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Really like this pick! He’s a good goalie but I’m biased as I really like athletic goalies that are 6’0 as I feel NHL teams write them off way to early and should give them more of a look! Good pick up, will play pro and keep developing.
Edit: I’ll give a more in depth analysis on him when I have a minute.
Edit: I’ll give a more in depth analysis on him when I have a minute.
I'm not saying he's NHL ready but I'm not saying he can't be, At 20 soon to be 21 he would be a very young goalie to jump into the NHL for sure and likely will have some growing pains if he did but I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility either. I think it's more likely he just starts with the Moose and I hope they don't hold him back in favour of anyone else simply due to age.
It hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it can't. We haven't exactly had much of a roadblock for goalies coming into this org ever. But we have seen this happen to forwards and D.
Mud Turtle
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I’ll say it again. I’m shocked that he hadn’t been drafted before this year and equally shocked he was still available in the 5th round this year after the season and WJC he had.
puck stoppa
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He’s 6 feet and the old boys club of GMs can be dinosaurs. Same reason Perreault slipped in round one, cause you know Vegas was big this year.
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It’ll be interesting how Flaherty develops him. Pavelec (from what I remember was more reactive aka athletic) was totally different then the positional player in Helle. Milic body of work the last year has been impressive.
Big goalies are less risky than smaller ones. They tend to have to rely on athleticism less so they aren't as much of wildcards. Magic Milic has both athleticism and positioning but even then there will be some exploitable parts of his game. Saros is one of the few guys defying the odds right now. Its always an uphill battle for sub 6'2 goalies. But if anyone has the potential its Milic.
Channelcat
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Rogie was replaced by a very big Dryden.
For my money, the best money goalie ever.
Add me to the list of shocked that he was not only there for the Jets pick at #151, but that we also saw his backup in Seattle, Scott Ratzlaff, go 10 picks ahead of him at #141.
Granted, he had some very good showings for Seattle and will likely have a chance to show his stuff for Canada down the road.
But Milic has essentially been there done that already. I love seeing the highlights of the US/Canada game where he was so so huge, especially in the first period. The Americans were coming in waves and he stood tall giving his team a chance when the ice was completely tilted.
The kid is such a gamer.
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Now that Holm didn’t get a qualifying offer, looks like Milic will be on the Moose for 23-24.
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Atoyot
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Reminder that Dustin Wolf, who has now been named goalie of the year for 4 years in a row (2 in WHL 2 in AHL) was drafted in the 7th round despite putting up absurd numbers everywhere he played. I'll give you one guess as to why.
Or Delia will be Brossoit's back up after we trade Helle.
superdeluxe
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That last save against the rockets was int he playoffs and could have definitely started our playoffs on the wrong foot. Milic saved our ass.
Milic killing a 5-3 by Prince George in the playoffs. The barn was rocking when we finally killed the whole thing.
puck stoppa
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Moves so efficiently, great video.
Dinosaur GMs don’t like 6’0 goalies, what else is new. Wolf is a stud.
Man he was a polarizing player.
When I was a little kid during our brief time in Canada all the street hockey Mike Palmateers could come out of their nets to play centre. I swear he was scored on while roaming the hashmarks more than any other goalie in history.
What a .... character.
