Cole Caulifield
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FLYLine4LIFE said:WC last year?? He made his name known then..and followed it up with an another amazing SEL year and was the Lundqvist show in the playoffs.
edit-oops, didnt see someone already brought up last years WC.
Like I said besides Swe-Can I really didn't watch any Sweden games. And I certainly didn't concentrate on Lundqvist back then, didn't care much for him, so I just don't remember how he played.
So if I resume, he's flown totally under the radar until he was drafted and then he's had a strong 12-15 months and he's the best goalie prospect over a guy like Lehtonen ? A guy who's been consistently awesome (for his age) for the past 4-5 years ? How much of a sure bet is he to adapt his game to the NHL (schedule, size of ice, etc) compared to a guy like Lehtonen who's already seen a little NHL action and who's played a lot in the AHL already ?
Like I said, I'm just being curious, I really don't know much about him, and one game (actually 2 thirds of a game as I missed the 1st period) certainly ain't enough for me to judge him. I just want to understand what motivates people to put him above Lehtonen. It just seems to me that if people go by his success in Sweden and on the international stage, it's a much smaller sample of success than the one Lehtonen has had so far, no ?