G Thomas Milic - Manitoba Moose, AHL (2023, 151st, WPG)

[Thechozen1]

Wouldn’t mind the Jets using a mid round selection on Milic. With Lambert there, they would have had plenty of opportunities to do their homework on him.

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic in the series against Kelowna 4-0, 1.00 GAA and a .958 SV%. Lights out.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Milic in the series against Kelowna 4-0, 1.00 GAA and a .958 SV%. Lights out.

Love this kid's drive.

 

[superdeluxe]

Named goal tender of the week

 

[viper0220]

The Calgary Flames need to grab this guy.

 

[superdeluxe]

The Calgary Flames need to grab this guy.

You guys already have Wolf. Lets spread around the talent lol

 

[Kevin Musto]

The Calgary Flames need to grab this guy.

If any team should grab him, it's Seattle.

Same goes for Sawchyn, Myatovic, and Ratzlaff.

There's talent right there in the city to draft, and it would be really cool for Kraken fans to have "local" guys to root for.

 

[viper0220]

You guys already have Wolf. Lets spread around the talent lol

You can never have enough lol.

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic with another W. 5-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .958 SAV%

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic just killed a 2 minute 5-3. He got a standing O and the barn chanting his name

 

[Peasy]

8-0, 1.13 GAA, .953sv% through the first 2 rounds. Really curious to see where he gets drafted.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Seattle hasn't lost in the Playoffs. They are dialed in and playing out of their minds right now. If Kamloops wins tonight, it'll be two teams that are 8-0 in the Playoffs going at it. Kamloops is also the Memorial Cup host so they are playing with house money.

 

[superdeluxe]

Man this will be a titantic match up against two teams stacked and rolling. As an Athlete you live for moments like this. I hope Lambert and Co are up to the challenge.

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic another stellar performance, Seattle wins 5-1, Milic is now 9-0 with a 1.11 GAA.

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic is now 10-0 with a 1.29 GAA after a heroic performance last night, stopped 2 rushes as Loops were short handed in OT. Was the CHL number one star.

 

[nergish]

Hard to tell if this guy is more of a Levi/Wolf type, or a Mikey DiPietro...
Either way, wouldn't mind if my Canucks took a chance on this guy.

Definitely impressed me at the WJC, and again in these WHL playoffs.

 

[superdeluxe]

Not a shock, but Milic is your goalie of the month

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic is the goalie of the year

 

[Bubbles]

How apt that Wolf congratulated him, they are very much the same in terms of projection (and size).

He is the next "Wolf".

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic goalie of the week

 

[CowbellConray]

Where does he get selected? top 3 rounds? I believe he has one more year of eligibility correct?

 

[WarriorofTime]

Where does he get selected? top 3 rounds? I believe he has one more year of eligibility correct?

This is his last year to get drafted, correct.

Interesting question - does anyone know of any comparable as far as a goaltender that got passed up two times (thus is two years older than the first time eligible players) but has basically every accolade you could want out of a goaltender his age now? Frankly, if a team thinks he has all the makings of what a 19 year old future NHL starting goaltender looks like, no real reason to wait just to wait.

But... it looks like NHL Central Scouting put him a lowly 28th on their final rankings of North American Goaltender (published April 18, 2023) https://cms.nhl.bamgrid.com/images/assets/binary/343616178/binary-file/file.pdf... so despite the Junior accolades, at least from Central Scouting's perspective, there must be something they're not seeing as far as how he projects at the pro level. Notably, there's another '03 birth that played in the WHL (and basically the same size) that they have ranked 9th, and even an '02 in the USHL that they have ranked 20th, so it's not strictly an age thing.

I don't know goaltender scouting well enough to know that reasoning could be.

 

[Czechboy]

This is his last year to get drafted, correct.

Interesting question - does anyone know of any comparable as far as a goaltender that got passed up two times (thus is two years older than the first time eligible players) but has basically every accolade you could want out of a goaltender his age now? Frankly, if a team thinks he has all the makings of what a 19 year old future NHL starting goaltender looks like, no real reason to wait just to wait.

But... it looks like NHL Central Scouting put him a lowly 28th on their final rankings of North American Goaltender (published April 18, 2023) https://cms.nhl.bamgrid.com/images/assets/binary/343616178/binary-file/file.pdf... so despite the Junior accolades, at least from Central Scouting's perspective, there must be something they're not seeing as far as how he projects at the pro level. Notably, there's another '03 birth that played in the WHL (and basically the same size) that they have ranked 9th, and even an '02 in the USHL that they have ranked 20th, so it's not strictly an age thing.

I don't know goaltender scouting well enough to know that reasoning could be.

IIHF (of all places) had a great article during the Jrs. It was showing that a lot of all star goalies from the tourney don't pan out at all. The theory they gave was that some goalies peak at 19... eg. they are physically developed and are in their peak size, weight and form. The goalies that go on to be starts later on are not fully developed at this age (eg. might be tall, a bit awkward and still filling out). Not saying that is Milic but it was an interesting read.

 

[superdeluxe]

Milic saves our butts last night

 

[EddieTheEagle]

I can see the Hawks taking a swing at this kid in the later rounds, given their exposure to him with Korchinski, NA, and Colton Dach all being on Milic's TBirds. Either that or they hate what they see...