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

[Icelevel]

Leevi was a god send... He should have been #1 in Belleville and our 1st callup. Sogaard was nothing but shakey.

Leevi plays the position with such poise and he makes tough saves look easy

He’s pretty much the opposite of Sogaard.
Don’t know what it means for sogaards future but am happy to stick with leevi

 

[OD99]

He should have been #1 in the AHL and our 1st call up last year.

It's hard to project goalies, but his poise at the NHL level is hard to ignore. Obviously he can't keep this pace up, but make the expected save isn't something we are used to, so even if he only does that we are way ahead!

3 shutouts and a 0-0 draw into OT in 13 games...it's incredible what he has done.

 

[thinkwild]

This string of success is like the Hamburgular run. If Ullmark struggles once he returns, at what point do you make Leevi the starter? I know in 2015 it burned us when we elected to go with Hammond against the Habs in the playoffs. By the time Andy saw the net, the series was basically over.

It’s funny that I was thinking im still a little scarred by the deception of the hamburglar run which is keeping me a little leery of anointing Leevi as ready before he has faced adversity and come out of it. Like Forsberg has recently.

Although all through that hamburglar run for posterity, I was thinking, this guy isn’t that good, he is riding some amazing heater or something. I guess kinda like many feel about Forsberg now. But I don’t get that feel at all with Leevi. He has been remarkable. And my overconfidence worries me lol.

Having the three goalies can be a real luxury for the stretch especially since we are still not certain about Ullmark. If we could trade Forsy for a 2nd then we likely have to do it. But if all that’s offered is a 4th, is that worth more than the luxury of depth for the rest of the season? Although we do seem to have done pretty good with 4th rounders lately.

 

[aragorn]

Merilainen with another great game & another shutout, he is definitely our best prospect. Why can't he keep this up & replace Forsberg on the roster next season?