greasysnapper
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- Apr 6, 2018
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Never really understood the hype about Sogaard. I mean, he's big so that's why he went so early in the draft but I don't think he has the speed to really be an impact at the NHL level against stars who're getting quicker and quicker. I mean, he wasn't even the sole starter for the Medicine Hat Tigers last season.
I know it's hard to judge the pay he played during the WJC because he is on a very weak team, but against young stars around the world he struggled because of their foot speed and the quickness of their shots.
I think he had a .616 GAA to pair with a .802 save %.
Goalies like Luca Hollenstein (Switzerland- 5GP 2.43 GAA .917 save %) , Demid Yeremeyev (Kazakhstan - 5GP 4.73GAA .897 save %) were much better than him despite both being shorter goalies (6'1 and 5'10) and on bad teams.
If you check out the Mads Sogaard thread you'll see I am not a big fan of his and speak on his flaws. I still think he was the best whl goalie last year though. That being said I personally didn't have him being the 3rd goalie off the board last year and wouldn't have picked him where he went. But lets keep the topic on Askarov.