at least the sens got a first round pick in this trade. he isn't looking so good and i doubt he becomes an NHL goalie
Damn. Being a top 10 goalie prospect to not making the NHL is a fairly significant drop off. And yea the 1st Round pick is at least something.
Still keeping my fingers crossed though. As he’s still just 21 there’s plenty of time to turn it around. A lot of goalies don’t seem ready to succeed in the NHL until around 24 or 25.
Quite a few have come over recently in the 21-27 age range and seem to have earlier success. I’d go as far as to say, the foreign goalies that play in one of the European leagues, be it the KHL, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland or other, seem to have better success when they make the jump than those that come up in North America. At least it is seeming that way of late. I’d go as far as saying it might have been better if he’d played across the pond until he’s 22-24 or so and then come over. Not a guarantee it would change his outcome, but think it might take him longer to reach his potential in his current route for whatever reason.
Well, guess time will tell.