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Prospect Info: Which Habs prospect goalie do you feel has the best chance of being our future #1?
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Pompeius Magnus
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The right type of winning attitude and approach is the key factor IMO and Fowler has that in spades. He's my pick, all he's ever done in his career is win games.
Jacob Fowler no doubt. Love the confidence and poise in net, I think he will be our starter for a long time.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Fowler, but I'm honestly far more excited to see Laval play this year than the Habs and apart of that is to see how Dobes develops.
Imo he made big strides last year just from the start to the end of the season.
The team just didn't play well through and through, but Dobes didn't help. By the end he was Laval's best player overall for that season.
Volokhin is obviously very intriguing
Imo he made big strides last year just from the start to the end of the season.
The team just didn't play well through and through, but Dobes didn't help. By the end he was Laval's best player overall for that season.
Volokhin is obviously very intriguing
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Seb
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Chili
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The goaltending position is so volatile across the league. One year Linus Ullmark is winning the Vezina, next year he's traded. Kuemper, Murray, Binnington etc. winning Cups and then taking steps back. Even Vasilevskiy has started to look human.
Goaltenders # of games played has been going down for years, only 10 guys in the NHL played 55 or more games last season. and only one was under age 28 (Skinner).
The key to me is to have depth, was wise to draft three guys in the 2023 draft. Usually takes years before even the best young goaltenders are ready to play in the NHL. So hopefully more than one of those prospects will make it.
Goaltenders # of games played has been going down for years, only 10 guys in the NHL played 55 or more games last season. and only one was under age 28 (Skinner).
The key to me is to have depth, was wise to draft three guys in the 2023 draft. Usually takes years before even the best young goaltenders are ready to play in the NHL. So hopefully more than one of those prospects will make it.
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Fowler
Volokhin
Dobes
Montembeault
Miller
Primeau
Hughes
Vecvanags
Croteau
Vrbetic
Volokhin
Dobes
Montembeault
Miller
Primeau
Hughes
Vecvanags
Croteau
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To be fair, Ullmark got traded because he's a 31 years old who had 1 year left on his deal. Boston preferred the 25 years old RFA who is also very good.
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Chili
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That is the point though, few teams are relying on one guy. Depth is important, that's how Vegas won their Cup.
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You have to load the goalie funnel and see what gets through the bottom. If I were placing a bet my moneys on Jacob Fowler atm.
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Between Fowler, Volokhin and Dobes.
Edge to Fowler, he have everything to reach his full potential!
Edge to Fowler, he have everything to reach his full potential!
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Wow, you have strict guidelines. I can respect that.
I'm the same Kev. At first it was Fowler and Dobes. Then I started reading more about Volokhin. All 3 have great potential. I'm giving the edge to Fowler as well.
I'm fairly certain several prospects we have will play games in the NHL, but it's a long way to be labelled #1. Primeau didn't make it yet for instance and he's going to be 26. They would have to be far more dominant and far more incisive on getting to the NHL to convince me.
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I like your answer. It was quite a difficult question. Goalies are so hard to get a grasp on. Primeau is a great example. The majority of us had high hopes for him. He's had games where he looked like a potential #1. Yet he still hasn't grabbed the top role after all these years.
With all the picks we have in this upcoming draft (2 1st, 2 2nd, 2 3rd) and this draft being a very good one for goalies. I think we’ll get a chance to grab one of them. A couple goalies in this coming draft are highly regarded but none expected to be picked in the 1st round (yet, early projections).
Our second rounders will probably both be early ones (our own and Pittsburgh). We already have a pretty damn good prospect pool. Top 3 no doubt with the addition of Demidov and Hage. I wouldn’t be surprised if we grab 2 skaters with our two first rounders and the top ranked goalie (Ravensbergen or Ivankovic) is sitting there for us to grab early in the second round. Most likely even in the third some of them will still be on the board.
Our second rounders will probably both be early ones (our own and Pittsburgh). We already have a pretty damn good prospect pool. Top 3 no doubt with the addition of Demidov and Hage. I wouldn’t be surprised if we grab 2 skaters with our two first rounders and the top ranked goalie (Ravensbergen or Ivankovic) is sitting there for us to grab early in the second round. Most likely even in the third some of them will still be on the board.
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Primeau was a 7th round pick. Then he played well at Northeastern. But he was still a 7th round pick.
Fowler is the most likely.
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True, but he didn't play like a 7th round pick. I'm saying he was at one time considered our goalie of the future. He's still shown signs in Laval and with the Habs of potentially being one. So I"m not prepared to write him off yet. I just wouldn't bet the house on him ever becoming one.
Out of all our current options. I'm leaning towards Fowler as well.
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