Prospect Info: Jakub Malek (100th Overall)
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They have to bring him over and let him get ahl time next season, right?
That would be the most intelligent thing for the Devs to do. However, it does bring to question what they do with the sudden overload.
Poulter is outshining Daws on a s**t Comets team.
Daws is going to a one way contract next season, but unless he has an epitome, I don't see him shining in NJ and as a backup he won't get much play.
Malek belongs over here. Would he possibly outshine the other 2 in training camp and be the the backup or would NJ send him to Utica for seasoning first and keep him there for as long as Daws can hold his own?
That's all assuming that Poulter doesn't do as he has been doing and improving year to year. He then impresses big time in training camp? Then what?
What if Fitz is not confident that any of the 3 can step in immediately and he goes after another proven backup like he did with Allen?
Speaking of Allen, what if he takes advantage of the time Marky is out and does a real good job. Might he get another year of Backup while the others percolate? Problem! You can't percolate 3 keepers in NJ and none of them deserve to be in Adirondack where there is another NJ selection already in Tyler Brennan
(unimpressive so far).
Could one of Poulter or Daws be used in a deal?
Does Yegorov impress the hell out of people and sign at the end of next year's NCAA season and put his stock in the mix?
Some might say the closet is full. I am skeptical of that.
I don't trust Daws.
Poulter was not drafted.
Brennan appears to be a bust.
Yegorov is way too young to warrant a place now. (Dryden came out of Cornell in 1969 with a huge list of awards. The following season (1969-70) he played exclusively with the Canadian National team. The next year (1970-71) he signed with the Canadians and played for the AHL Montreal Voyagers. He was called up to Montreal late that season, played 6 games, won the starting job for the playoffs, and led the Canadians to the Stanley Cup with only 6 games of NHL experience.
Tom Barrasso played for the Buffalo Sabres right out of high school and he would play 18 years in the AHL with only 5 games in the AHL with Rochester in his 2nd season, 3-1-1/1.35/.936.
Many other youngsters have made it to the NHLK with little preparation elsewhere. Yegorov and Malek could follow that track, but could also bust.
The Devils have promising keepers in their pipeline, but most would assume they will require development first as Daws and Poulter have been doing. Malek and Yegorov could pass them by if the talent is there. Since Brodeur the Devils have had a parade of keepers and not one has settled in to be a very good keeper with longevity. We'llhave to see if that can happen after marky and Allen are done. It starts next season. Who will back up Marky and will he be good enough to step in immediately the following season? Is that guy even in their system to date?
This may be the biggest task Fitz will have to manage in his career as the Devils GM.
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