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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
No reason to rush Ignatjew with the plethora of goaltending we have.
He is best served learning the speed and angles of the smaller North American rink. Not an easy transition for a goaltender who has played his entire life overseas.
That said he is an exciting prospect to add to the fold. He had a great prospect tourney and seems like an interesting individual.
Be amazing for the Flames if both he and Wolf become legit NHL goalies.
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Respectfully disagree. The angles aren’t really different, the dots are spaced same as a NHL rink. The dots and notches in the crease are reference points for angles. You don’t really need to move much to stay square to pucks that are outside the dots.
Quite honestly it’s probably harder in theory going the other way, for example when NHL goalie adjusts to international competition, because there’s a chance for guys to be wider out on odd man rushes
As for speed, you could try to argue that the North American game is faster, but I think that’s more something you hear from the skaters, due to having less time and space. That probably favours the goalie as well
The rest of it, I agree. He’s looked really good so far, excited to see what he turns out to be