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FanIn80 · 08-29-2023, 09:40 PM

I dunno what you guys are on about right meow, buuuuut... I'm now starting to wonder if another year in the AHL would actually be detremental to him.

Here's last year's goalie stats: https://theahl.com/stats/player-stat...fied=qualified

It's crazy how far ahead of everyone else he is. Is a third season there really going to challenge him at all? Is there not a concern that his development will stagnate or that he'll get too used to a lower quality of hockey?

Like the goal in developing a player shouldn't be to have them "hone their game at a lower level." It should be to contiuously challenge them to become better and better. Shots and harder, faster and more accurate in the NHL. Cross-crease plays are snappier and are much less bobbled. Breakaways are faster with quicker and more creative moves.

Like think about who plays in the AHL... players who aren't good enough to play in the NHL. There are players on every team in the NHL who haven't never played a single game in the AHL. I just feel like goalies are much more reflexive and muscle memory oriented than players are, and if he's down there for a third year of his reflexes and muscle memory tuned around players who aren't good enough to play in the NHL, what's gonna happen when he plays in the NHL?

Edit: Also, I didn't mean this to sound as panicky as it does. It's just conversation (but also a bit of "ruh roh", if that makes any sense).

08-29-2023, 09:40 PM	#225
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	I dunno what you guys are on about right meow, buuuuut... I'm now starting to wonder if another year in the AHL would actually be detremental to him. Here's last year's goalie stats: https://theahl.com/stats/player-stat...fied=qualified It's crazy how far ahead of everyone else he is. Is a third season there really going to challenge him at all? Is there not a concern that his development will stagnate or that he'll get too used to a lower quality of hockey? Like the goal in developing a player shouldn't be to have them "hone their game at a lower level." It should be to contiuously challenge them to become better and better. Shots and harder, faster and more accurate in the NHL. Cross-crease plays are snappier and are much less bobbled. Breakaways are faster with quicker and more creative moves. Like think about who plays in the AHL... players who aren't good enough to play in the NHL. There are players on every team in the NHL who haven't never played a single game in the AHL. I just feel like goalies are much more reflexive and muscle memory oriented than players are, and if he's down there for a third year of his reflexes and muscle memory tuned around players who aren't good enough to play in the NHL, what's gonna happen when he plays in the NHL? Edit: Also, I didn't mean this to sound as panicky as it does. It's just conversation (but also a bit of "ruh roh", if that makes any sense).