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Originally Posted by JTech780
I am curious to what teams are drafting and developing NHL goalies on a regular basis, serious question. Anaheim jumps to mind and maybe LA, but outside of that is there anyone else? What are teams doing to successfully develop goalies that this team isn't doing.
Guys like MacDonald and Gillies had tons of physical tools, but they just never seemed to be able to develop their games mentally. Both IMO were prone to mental lapses, and that really held their game back.
With Parsons I see a guy who is small so he has to compensate for that with quickness, but sometimes that means he is too busy in the net and moving too much. The struggle for him is to not over commit to the initial shot. I think he is stronger mentally than the other two, it's just refining his game technically.
Wolf has a lot of similarities to Parsons, the test will be how he adjusts to the pro game.
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Washington developed Holtby, Varlamov, Samsonov, Grubauer, Neuvirth off the top of my head.
In fact, pretty much every goalie they've played since 2009 has become at starter in some form. Everyone except Pheonix Copley.