G Aleksandar Georgiev (2014 undrafted; UFA signed by NYR)

[MaxV]

He wouldn't be eligible to represent Bulgaria even if he wanted to, he never played there.

Only Russia or Finland.

 

[tcat84]

He wouldn't be eligible to represent Bulgaria even if he wanted to, he never played there.

Only Russia or Finland.

Wouldn't he be stuck with Russia now? I thought you were allowed to only switch nations with the IIHF once in your career. I know that Nigel Dawes probably would have been a lock to represent Canada @ the Olympics except he moved to Kazakhstan, got residency there and represented Kazakhstan at the WHC.

 

[MaxV]

Yeah, after WJC he can only play for Russia.

 

[Caser]

Bulgaria is a country where he was born and lived the first half of year of his life, so it wasn't an option to play for Bulgaria by IIHF rules anyway, unless he wanted to play hockey for couple of years there. And obviously it isn't an option now after he had played for Russia at the WJC, unless he goes into Kasparaitis mode at the end of his career, of course.

 

[Lays]

Earned his third start in a row. will be playing tomorrow against the Blues. Starting 3 games in a row is pretty big, especially with Lundqvist fully healthy. (purely speculation) there does seem to be some beef between AV and Lundqvist

 

[stl76]

Got to see Georgiev against the pens and Blues and what impressed me most about the kid was his confidence and patience to stay on his feet.

Had a really nice save on a Tarasenko wrister that was labeled for top shelf glove side. It probably would have scored if he had gone down, but Georgiev stayed on his blades and calmly made a really nice save. I’ve noticed him making similar plays a couple times now (staying up on his skates when many/most goalies would have dropped early), very impressive couple games!

 

[Caser]

 

[stl76]

^^^incredible patience there. Georgiev made that look easy, but 9/10 goalies would have gone down early on that shot and gotten beat high glove.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Geo is so calm. Covers all the angles, doesn't let in many bad goals. Not the biggest or most athletic, but he should have a good NHL career, whether its as a starter or back up.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Excellent positioning and, if he can improve on his rebound controls, that'd be great.

 

[Caser]

 

[pckstpr31]

mentions in the interview posted above he went to a foreign language school when he was 10. Pretty impressed with his English. With Pavelec a UFA this year, is there a chance he wins the backup position for next year?

 

[haveandare]

mentions in the interview posted above he went to a foreign language school when he was 10. Pretty impressed with his English. With Pavelec a UFA this year, is there a chance he wins the backup position for next year?

Yeah I was surprised how good his English is the first time I heard him on an interview. He has a sort of odd rhythm to his sentences but in terms of content he speaks very well imo.

I'd think there's a good chance he'll be backup next year. I'm sure he'll get a shot to earn it out of camp and I think he's as good as Pavelec already if not better. Only possible hurdle, sort of ironically, is that he's still young and promising enough that it may be better to play regularly in the A. Hard to say though, if he keeps this up I'm not sure what more he can learn down there.

 

[Irishguy42]

mentions in the interview posted above he went to a foreign language school when he was 10. Pretty impressed with his English. With Pavelec a UFA this year, is there a chance he wins the backup position for next year?

I imagine it's looking favorable, but there are no guarantees. They will probably bring on a vet in camp to give him competition and push himself.

 

[cg98]

Yeah I was surprised how good his English is the first time I heard him on an interview. He has a sort of odd rhythm to his sentences but in terms of content he speaks very well imo.

I'd think there's a good chance he'll be backup next year. I'm sure he'll get a shot to earn it out of camp and I think he's as good as Pavelec already if not better. Only possible hurdle, sort of ironically, is that he's still young and promising enough that it may be better to play regularly in the A. Hard to say though, if he keeps this up I'm not sure what more he can learn down there.

Trust me hes better than Pavelec already, coming from a Jets fan.

 

[haveandare]

Trust me hes better than Pavelec already, coming from a Jets fan.

Pavelec started like crap here but had a few really good games before getting hurt.

 

[Caser]

 

[Lays]

43 saves on 44 shots tonight for Georgiev

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

43 saves on 44 shots tonight for Georgiev

He's been way too good.

Gotta get Pavelec in there with Hank backing him up. Geo has hurt the tank.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He should be at the World Championships. It would be pretty cool to see Georgiyev and Shestyorkin on the same World Championship team.

 

[lakai17]

Throwing the team on his back like his Hartford days. Astonishing. Great performance.

 

[ImNeverWrong]

when he can officially take over the no.1 spot ?

 

[bl02]

One thing for sure this team won't have to worry about in the future is goaltending.

 

[PG Canuck]

Dude is a beast.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

when he can officially take over the no.1 spot ?

Probably won't happen with the Rangers, but I could see him being a nice trade chip in a few years, maybe as soon as after next season.