Prospect Info: 71st Overall Leevi Merilainen G, Fin, Karpat Jr

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Reminds me a lottttt of Filip Gustavsson. Great positionally but a lot of chaotic rebounds and sometimes he won't save it cleanly.

However, has a lot of poise and effecient movements. We can't give up on him the way we did Gustavsson or even Dreidger.

 

[PlayersLtd]

He gives the team a better chance to win than Forsberg, simple as that. Should get the starters workload until Ullmark comes back. Obviously Forsberg will get games, and don't expect Leevi to start back to back.

Has a cool confident look about him in net. Makes the saves you expect, slows the play down when needed.

He *appears* to give is the best chance to win. Push to hard and find out the hard way that that isn't quite the case in the long run.

I want to run with him as much as anyone but the reality is that's not how you develop a goalie. I hope to be proven wrong because he looks like an NHLer but we don't know, 22 is very young. You also can't just throw Forsberg out, you need to keep him sharp because you know he will be leaned upon when we load manage Ullmark upon his return.