I am very, very torn. I originally had Zherenko next, but he is really close to Lindstein. They are the last 2 in my 3rd tier. Its a floor versus ceiling debate. I normally go with ceilings, but goalies are so hard to judge.
Lindstein projects to be a solid 2nd pair option who will provide strong defense and decent transition. He is good at a lot of things, but doesn't really excel anywhere that I can see. I've read that he can at times play an overly physical and aggressive game,. He gets away with it at lower levels, but not against men, and less so as he plays against better men. I've not seen this in my viewings too much, but it is based on multiple scouting reports. Regardless, he needs to get stronger and more explosive in his skating to continue to play that style, or any style. In his favor, he does fit a huge area of need, which is leading me to want to change my original ranking.
Zherenko on the other hand does not lack explosiveness. He is one of the most athletic goalies I have seen and his side to side movement looks like he was shot out of a cannon. He is a good size for a goalie with height and bulk while still maintaining A+ mobility. He came over from Russia last year, which causes a lot of goalies to struggle with their angles. He didn't very much at all. He had a .913 save percentage in the AHL in his first year in America. If he can work on his technique, angles and puck handling a bit more, he has the size and athleticism to be elite, I mean really elite. His explosiveness and recovery ability remind me of Hasek (not saying he'll get there or close but he has high-end athletic ability in explosivness, flexibility and recovery). The issue is it is not as much a position of need as we do have Hofer. Hofer plays a calmer more steady game (Brodeur vs Hasek, again, not saying either gets close to that, just based on style), so we may never give Zherenko the chance he needs to show what he can do.
I'm going to go with.......Lind...no Zheren...no Lindst....uggh....Ok Lindstein. That's it, That's who I'm going with.
I vote Zherenko.