He's done alright so far in my opinion. I think some of the bobbles and squeakers are common for a guy stepping up a level in competition. It's not that they're necessarily a weakness of his, but it's often just keeping up with a faster pace, harder shots, and maybe a few nerves for a goalie to do that at a new level. Right now he's going through a learning process first seeing NHL work since starting with Malarchuk. With goalies a lot of times tweaking things in their game takes a bit of time until it all just clicks. It really is too early to tell what kind of career he might have. Many top goalies struggle a bit with things the way he kinda has so far, but not everyone with his skill set can work out the kinks and become a good NHL starter.
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