G Linards Feldbergs - Sherbrooke Phoenix, QMJHL (2023 undrafted)

[Vikz]

If you want to go to bat for a one hit wonder goalie, be my guest. He is too small, and not good enough for the NHL. If he makes the NHL, go ahead and laugh all you want. But I think you people are hilarious going to bat for a player that is SOOOOO CLEARLY never going to sniff the show. You do you…. I guess.

Fellow Latvian Vecvanags - drafted 2024 5th round because Latvia made it to the U18 quarters;
Kazakh Vladimir Nikitin - drafted 2023 7th round because Kazakhstan won D1A.

Yeah, Feldbergs is an overager. And those two guys obviously suck. Still none of them have anything on Feldbergs, and it just shows, how little teams value those late picks.

Feldbergs is 4th in svs% after 3 games. My bet is they rest him for Finland game. Then he plays the quarters and whatever powerhouse Latvia faces. If the score is somewhat respectable for Latvia, even a USA type game with 5 allowed but with 40+ shots, someone's taking a shot on him.

 

[blink]

Will he be drafted? Probably.

Will he amount to anything in the NHL? Probably not. It's such a small sample size this tourney. Benjamin Conz, Denis Godla, Tobias Stephan WJC names of the past, none solidified themselves in the NHL. Stephan played 11 games.

I'm cheering for the guy though...hopefully he can make the NHL one day.

 

[LeProspector]

Not a single person here is “going to bat” for him.


They’re calling out your idea that you MUST be at least 6’4 to be an NHL goalie. Which is just hilariously false.

He’s not talented enough to make it at his size. With his talent level, he needs to be 6’6”+ to be taken seriously. He’s not a Shesterkin, a Saros, a Wolf, an Augustine, or a Nabokov where he’s talented enough/has produced impressive enough numbers to supplement his lack of size.

He’s got the talent level of a Vladimir Nikitin without his size, and HE barley got drafted. So he is not a goalie that is even worth discussing.

I’m done replying in this thread, I have adequately established my point and I have nothing else to say.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Not bad tournament for a kid. Only way up I hope.

 

[Mr. Met]

The next Arturs Irbe

 

[shaner8989]

Getting drafted forusre

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

May or may not be drafted but a pretty impressive tournament. Game today would have been a blowout if not for is effort. Gave Latvia a chance despite a dominating game from Sweden.

 

[KILLger]

He’s not talented enough to make it at his size. With his talent level, he needs to be 6’6”+ to be taken seriously. He’s not a Shesterkin, a Saros, a Wolf, an Augustine, or a Nabokov where he’s talented enough/has produced impressive enough numbers to supplement his lack of size.

He’s got the talent level of a Vladimir Nikitin without his size, and HE barley got drafted. So he is not a goalie that is even worth discussing.

I’m done replying in this thread, I have adequately established my point and I have nothing else to say.

Had nothing to say... to begin with.

Nice showing from this young guy. Doubt he amounts to anything, but putting him down in the fashion you did makes you look bad.

 

[LeProspector]

Had nothing to say... to begin with.

Nice showing from this young guy. Doubt he amounts to anything, but putting him down in the fashion you did makes you look bad.

No, people don’t like to hear the reality of things, especially if they’re negative.

The world isn’t sunshine and rainbows buddy.

 

[PanniniClaus]

I will be following his second half in the Q.

 

[KILLger]

No, people don’t like to hear the reality of things, especially if they’re negative.

The world isn’t sunshine and rainbows buddy.

You should forget your password.

 

[RedHawkDown]

No, people don’t like to hear the reality of things, especially if they’re negative.

The world isn’t sunshine and rainbows buddy.

It’s laughable to call the future of a 19 year old hockey player “the reality of things” as if you have a crystal ball. Sure he’s very unlikely to ever make the NHL. To act like it’s impossible when he just stoned a bunch of future NHL players for 50+ shots is pure arrogance and stupidity.

 

[Namejs]

I'm no goalie coach, but I do understand numbers.

Feldbergs has played a very low amount of games for his age.

He missed the entire 22/23 season.
Before that he played for a small town team in the Latvian 2nd division and junior league. They don't count the shots or do SVS%.

In early 23/24 he played for a U18 NTDP team against grown men in the Latvian semi-pro league as the 1st goalie over Vecvanags, who got drafted in 2024 in the 5th round based on his showing at the U18 Worlds.

At the tail end of the season he moved to a semi-pro team HK Mogo and posted a 0.950 SVS% in 12 games both in the regular season and play-offs combined. He became the starting goalie of a team that ultimately won the Latvian championship play-offs.

He has only played 21 game in the Q this season. That is nothing. His save percentage is 0.899.

In statistical analysis, this implies a margin of error amounting to 2.4%. The sample size is too small to make any inferences about how good he is based on his numbers in the Q so far.

If you claim otherwise, you're either a pro goalie who has seen hours of footage of Feldbergs or you're likely a role-playing prick who talks out of his ass.

No one knows if Feldbergs will amount to anything. Most prospects don't amount to anything at the NHL level. Some do.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

I'm no goalie coach, but I do understand numbers.

Feldbergs has played a very low amount of games for his age.

He missed the entire 22/23 season.
Before that he played for a small town team in the Latvian 2nd division and junior league. They don't count the shots or do SVS%.

In early 23/24 he played for a U18 NTDP team against grown men in the Latvian semi-pro league as the 1st goalie over Vecvanags, who got drafted in 2024 in the 5th round based on his showing at the U18 Worlds.

At the tail end of the season he moved to a semi-pro team HK Mogo and posted a 0.950 SVS% in 12 games both in the regular season and play-offs combined. He became the starting goalie of a team that ultimately won the Latvian championship play-offs.

He has only played 21 game in the Q this season. That is nothing. His save percentage is 0.899.

In statistical analysis, this implies a margin of error amounting to 2.4%. The sample size is too small to make any inferences about how good he is based on his numbers in the Q so far.

If you claim otherwise, you're either a pro goalie who has seen hours of footage of Feldbergs or you're likely a role-playing prick who talks out of his ass.

No one knows if Feldbergs will amount to anything. Most prospects don't amount to anything at the NHL level. Some do.

Would also indicate that he is fairly early in his development curve and has significant potential to improve.

It’s laughable to call the future of a 19 year old hockey player “the reality of things” as if you have a crystal ball. Sure he’s very unlikely to ever make the NHL. To act like it’s impossible when he just stoned a bunch of future NHL players for 50+ shots is pure arrogance and stupidity.

Too arrogant for me. First time I've used the "ignore" feature in a while.

Look forward to hearing differing opinions. But that guy/girl just wants to bash teenagers.

 

[Namejs]

I'm no goalie coach, but I do understand numbers.

Feldbergs has played a very low amount of games for his age.

He missed the entire 22/23 season.
Before that he played for a small town team in the Latvian 2nd division and junior league. They don't count the shots or do SVS%.

In early 23/24 he played for a U18 NTDP team against grown men in the Latvian semi-pro league as the 1st goalie over Vecvanags, who got drafted in 2024 in the 5th round based on his showing at the U18 Worlds.

At the tail end of the season he moved to a semi-pro team HK Mogo and posted a 0.950 SVS% in 12 games both in the regular season and play-offs combined. He became the starting goalie of a team that ultimately won the Latvian championship play-offs.

He has only played 21 game in the Q this season. That is nothing. His save percentage is 0.899.

In statistical analysis, this implies a margin of error amounting to 2.4%. The sample size is too small to make any inferences about how good he is based on his numbers in the Q so far.

If you claim otherwise, you're either a pro goalie who has seen hours of footage of Feldbergs or you're likely a role-playing prick who talks out of his ass.

No one knows if Feldbergs will amount to anything. Most prospects don't amount to anything at the NHL level. Some do.

Revisiting this after 2 months.

Feldbergs SVS% this year after the WJC is 0.919, up 2%.

Over the course of the season it is up from 0.896 (0.899 before the WJC) to 0.909.

A good example of people making inferences from a small sample size. Even after these 15 extra games since January, there's still a lot of variance.