G Jakub Dobes (2020, 136th, MTL)
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34/36 or 35/37 (cant remember rn) vs michigan despite all the powerplay time, Buckeyes have a great pk unit which helps him
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Another big performance today (30 saves in 3-1 W) as they won their best-of-3 series against Penn State.
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Has been pretty on-and-off to start the year, with some great performances followed by some pretty bad ones so far. Dobes is clearly struggling with consistency to start the year in the AHL.
There are some extenuating circumstances to a certain extent though.
Dobes being a rookie goaltender first doesn't help, neither have Laval's defensemen's NUMEROUS mistakes to start the season. Defensive support from forwards hasn't been good also, overall structure has been poor, and turnovers have killed Laval's momentum time and again.
So yeah, Laval has been quite the rough team to start your pro career with as a goaltender this year.
That said, there have been games where goaltending contributed a lot to losses too, and that blame lies squarely on the goalkeepers' shoulders.
I still think Dobes is better than what he's shown so far. He just needs time, practice, opportunities to work on his confidence in-net, and a team that doesn't play CHL-level defense in front of him.
The golden lining in all of this though is that aside from Norlinder's defensive lapses team structure and defensive play have gotten better after a horrible 1-6-1 start, and Dobes has also begun to play better.
Onward and upwards I guess.
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Probably not so great answer upcoming: as of today he is .865 4.42 outplayed by unknown partner .876 3.65 Pretty much same amount of games.
Way too many 1st year pros on that team. Its their best prospects (mailloux, Roy, Farrell, Kidney) but their vets are baaad.
Issue is the following
1- Rockets best players are mostly rookies, Offensively and defensively, learning to play pro hockey
2- Dobes does not have a veteran G with him to help "Shelter" him and help him grow. A guy like Poulin or Lindgren would be tremendously helpful for him but Habs do not have one of those guys to help him find his gam, teach him about the professional side of the game.
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Third time watching Laval this year (twice against Rochester, once against Syracuse) and third time he's been absolutely outstanding for the Rocket. Not just big, but athletic and quick, well positioned... the works. He seems more polished than Primeau at the same age to me. Very under the radar as a possible NHLer IMO.
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I think he eventually makes it to NHL. I really believe in him. Like his devlopmental path. I'm not sure where he fits in the Habs pipeline though.. I feel like they may have a drafted stud arriving in the near future?
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It´s nice to have 464 goalies and 286 3rd-4th liners in NHL, but please for the gods*ckingsake can we(Czechs) finally produce some high scoring forwards and Ds?
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There is a lot of belief in Jakob Fowler, but goalies are hard to predict. I wouldn't count out Dobes, especially since he is older and will most likely get his opportunity first.
Montembault has been playing quite well, but Primeau is struggling mightily. Primeau has demonstrated the ability to play at a high level at various times, but has had no consistency. I think he is nearing the end of his bosses' patience. If Fowler turns pro at the end of the year, they will want to give him a lot of icetime in the AHL, so I expect they will cut Primeau loose to make room for Dobes as the backup in the NHL.
From there, who knows if he couldn't steal the starting spot from Montembault? It's not like Monty is that well established either.
