Prospect Info: Round 2, 51st overall: Carson Bjarnason, G, Brandon (WHL) (signed 9/26/23)

[GKJ]

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[Danko]

The last thing philly needs is another carson.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

lol wut?

 

[Curufinwe]

Another Car goalie in the 2nd round.

 

[BillDineen]

But why?

 

[sa cyred]

People must really like something in him... 7th most games in WHL up below average stats overall. But they kept putting him out there. Same with WJC-18

 

[ponder719]

That happened.

 

[Curufinwe]

Looks like the 4th goalie taken

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[MayonnaiseOreo]

Seems like a waste of a pick. The hell?

 

[LastWordArmy]

On a struggling Wheat Kings’ team, Bjarnason often was the lone bright light for the WHL team. Despite posting a measly .900 save percentage and 3.08 GAA over the 47 games played, the poor stats are hard to blame the Canadian netminder for. The Wheat Kings were a significantly better team with him in the net. Without Bjarnason, they only managed to win five games during the season. Their seasonal record was 26-33-9, yet Bjarnason managed to have a 0.500% when he was in the net. In many ways, Bjarnason is the perfect example of not judging a goalie on save percentage or GAA. It’s often team-based stats and doesn’t always reflect the ability of the netminder.

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[Kermit the Prog]

Zzzzzzzz

 

[gertbfrobe16]

What did they trade?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm way behind but what

 

[usahockey22flyers]

I don't love taking a goalie here. Gonna be honest.

I like the idea of leveraging the flexibility of the extra Jay O'Brien pick, but just feel like we would have been better off with a skater given our depth in net.

 

[wankstifier]

What did they trade?

Their compensatory 2024 2nd?

 

[CutOnDime97]

What did they trade?

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Top-ranked goalie by Central Scouting. Seems like a pretty good pick at this spot.

 

[mr4tno]

Loved the trades to get the 22 and 51 picks. Followed by a massive amount of shitting the bed....

And we still haf TK and SL on a team that is rebuilding and their first 2 picks are 3-5 years away

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

Interesting. Very interesting.

I mean I'm not even concerned about where he was ranked, but the fact that they traded a 2nd rounder next to get a 2nd this year for a goalie... I can't imagine that this will ease those who don't want this team to trade Hart.

 

[iceman42]

Pick right around where he was slotted, maybe even a little later, 24th - 60th.
You can never have too many goalies.

 

[WiredInFlya]

Might be a canary that Hart is indeed being dealt once cleared? Sandstrom stock falling? Definitely a need/infatuation-based pick.

 

[Rebels57]

This is incredibly stupid, and further confirmation that Flahr and all of the scouts need to go.

Might be a canary that Hart is indeed being dealt once cleared? Sandstrom stock falling? Definitely a need/infatuation-based pick.

He's certainly not their only goalie prospect though and Ersson is still young.

 

[GKJ]

Might be a canary that Hart is indeed being dealt once cleared? Sandstrom stock falling? Definitely a need/infatuation-based pick.

Sandstrom is way aged out as a future asset

 

[GKJ]