For those of us limited to knowing that Roy was great & “Red Light” Racicot wasn’t….what can you tell us about our depth & do we have a “keeper” lol. I’ve read Fowler & Dobes look good.
I'm not a believe in Montembeault as anything more than a transition goalie or someone who could maybe be a 1B to someone else to get you through in case of injury or just a rust situation (think kind of like Alex Lyons, Matt Murray in those runs).
I was a bit surprised by Dichow not being signed but I think they didn't love his concentration and that those bad goals were continuing. He was often beat by goals that were just a lapse in concentration or just not reading the play/shot at a high enough level.
I really don't have much to give you on Miller or Volokhin, I did just check some footage on Volokhin and linked an article. He's athletic, Russia is a goalie factory, and there's certainly something to work with there.
I do think that we have our answer in Fowler, but that comes with a caveat, goalies of his size have to prove it at every level. Devon Levi was someone I was cautious on because he was smaller and you don't know what the skating looks like as the pace goes up and shooters are better. If Fowler's skating continues to play at his size, then the demeanor, the puck tracking, the athleticism, and his positioning all scream at minimum, a John Gibson level goalie (before injuries played a part).
Dobes is also someone I have a lot of time for, it just comes down to whether he can control his aggressiveness in the net as better shooters with more patience and deception will pick that apart. He needs to be aggressive when its the right time and not always be aggressive. But his puck tracking, his size and his battle at that size are all promising. He was on a terrible team and he does look to me to be a goalie who does better with more action/shots. Most of his bad nights were when he faced fewer shots so that concentration piece will need to grow.
In summation, I think the solution is there but its TBD
