Prospect Info: Mikhail Yegorov - pick #49 2024 NHL Draft

[Brick City]

I saw this blurb about the trade for the 2nd pick from LeBrun in The Athletic; seems like Marty was high on Yegorov:

"First, the Devils shipped Marino to Utah for a pair of second-round picks. It’s a move that appears to set up the UFA signing of Brett Pesce on Monday, according to league sources.

“We’d like to be aggressive in free agency,” Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald told The Athletic after the trade, not naming any free agent by name, of course. “And to be honest with you, getting a second-round pick for today in that deal was really important for my team — the goalie that we picked. Marty Brodeur was begging to get him a second-round pick. And the only way I could do that was with John Marino.

“John is a great player. He’s going to help Utah. We just feel like, ‘Let’s get in the (UFA) market.’ So that’s where we’re going.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5604428/2024/06/29/nhl-draft-trades-free-agency-rumblings?source=user-shared-article

 

[Xirik]

I saw this blurb about the trade for the 2nd pick from LeBrun in The Athletic; seems like Marty was high on Yegorov:

"First, the Devils shipped Marino to Utah for a pair of second-round picks. It’s a move that appears to set up the UFA signing of Brett Pesce on Monday, according to league sources.

“We’d like to be aggressive in free agency,” Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald told The Athletic after the trade, not naming any free agent by name, of course. “And to be honest with you, getting a second-round pick for today in that deal was really important for my team — the goalie that we picked. Marty Brodeur was begging to get him a second-round pick. And the only way I could do that was with John Marino.

“John is a great player. He’s going to help Utah. We just feel like, ‘Let’s get in the (UFA) market.’ So that’s where we’re going.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5604428/2024/06/29/nhl-draft-trades-free-agency-rumblings?source=user-shared-article

I love it. don't know if many others here will. People really seem down on Brodeur doing anything with or for the team.

 

[Oneiro]

Marty's been on the hockey side, for what, 2-3 years? Takes time to revamp the approach at the draft and possibly development. The team got hit with objectively bad luck with the position and all the injuries to the guys in front of the very average goalies they were forced to pivot to.

Except for maybe having Adin Hill in his top 5, he's always been complimentary of the right guys throughout his career - Rinne, Vasilevsky, etc. So if he's high on Yegorov, I think that's a great sign.

 

[CalamityX23]

I'll trust Marty on this

I hope it pans out!

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I'll trust Marty on this

I hope it pans out!

game recognizes game... let's roll.

 

[ninetyeight]

I believe it was also Marty who wanted Daws, and he seems to be the best of our guys right now. So I'm quite fine with this pick. Goaltending is such an important position and goalie prospects are so hard to predict, so I think it's the right move to pick a lot of them and at all ranges. I just wish our goalie coaching was better.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Well, we will see if Brodeur can scout goalies. His choice in goaltender coaches is clearly lacking.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848451888536060396

 

[evnted]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848451888536060396

ill preface this by saying i havent checked in on yegorov yet (probably should...) but to add some context to these numbers: he only had one SO total last year, and he only ever won b2b games once (3 in a row), which didnt happen until march. of course, so much of that was from omaha being a disaster, but its almost surreal seeing those numbers next to his name lol

at least for now, yegorov is splitting time in net with this kid who just came out of high school, so maybe a little bit more of a manageable load this year. i love the whole never back down attitude, but ill appreciate him not getting shelled night after night again lol

 

[Wierzbowski426]

ill preface this by saying i havent checked in on yegorov yet (probably should...) but to add some context to these numbers: he only had one SO total last year, and he only ever won b2b games once (3 in a row), which didnt happen until march. of course, so much of that was from omaha being a disaster, but its almost surreal seeing those numbers next to his name lol

at least for now, yegorov is splitting time in net with this kid who just came out of high school, so maybe a little bit more of a manageable load this year. i love the whole never back down attitude, but ill appreciate him not getting shelled night after night again lol

Very nice to see, I read on the prospect forum (i think it was there) that he had already lost his starting spot to the high schooler because he was playing so terrible.

 

[evnted]

Very nice to see, I read on the prospect forum (i think it was there) that he had already lost his starting spot to the high schooler because he was playing so terrible.

quite the reaction to a few games into the season lol. i dont think we know the full extent of their rotation yet, but yegorov and hendrickson should be a good tandem, i expect omaha will want them both to get games. fwiw, yegorov got the start (and shutout) against a pretty good dubuque team. little bit more important to me than getting a b2b against someone at the bottom of the conference. sioux falls start this weekend and lincoln start next will be ones to watch, too, those are top teams

 

[HBK27]

Very nice to see, I read on the prospect forum (i think it was there) that he had already lost his starting spot to the high schooler because he was playing so terrible.

Yeah, it was a post from the Prospects forum from October 18th:

Yegorov went out that night and had a 34 save shutout, followed by saving 23 out of 24 shots the following night.

Interestingly enough, Hendrickson did the same thing the prior weekend - shutout and then 1 goal allowed on back-to-back nights.

Regardless, stats favoring Yegorov currently:

Here's how their usage has been thus far this season:
9/19 - Hendrickson (L) 20/26 saves - yanked after 47:45; Yegorov 3/4
9/20 - Yegorov (L) 11/14 - yanked after 23:46; McKenna 13/14
10/4 - Yegorov (L) 19/21
10/5 - Hendrickson (L) 25/28
10/12 - Hendrickson (W) 18/18
10/13 - Hendrickson (W) 21/22
10/18 - Yegorov (W) 34/34
10/19 - Yegorov (W) 23/24

Omaha has 3 games coming up this weekend (Friday/Saturday/Sunday), so it'll be interesting to see how they split the games.