They have one of the best goalie coach in the NHL. Maybe the kid cannot just make the next step ?
Does Waite even work closely with the farm goalies?
He doesn't, except at camps.
At the AHL level you have:
Vincent Riendeau
Assistant General Manager/Goaltending Consultant
Goaltending coaching experience
2001-2002 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs Goaltending Consultant
2004-2008 QMJHL Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Goaltending coach
2005-2007 DEL Adler Mannheim Goaltending coach
2008-2009 DEL Kassel Huskies Goaltending coach
2009-2010 DEL Adler Mannheim Goaltending coach
2010-2014 DEL Hamburg Freezers Goaltending coach
2012-2015 AHL Hamilton Bulldogs Goaltending coach
2015-present AHL St. John's IceCaps Goaltending coach
He also owns a goaltending school with summer camps in several Quebec areas, and runs a week of goaltending hockey school at the North American Hockey Academy, in Vermont.
Marco Marciano
Video Coach/Assistant Goalie Coach
Goaltending coaching experience
2000-2003 QMAAA Laval Régents Goaltending Coach
2003-2005 QMJHL Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Assistant Goaltending Coach
2004-2005 NSMMHL Cape Breton Tradesmen Goaltending Coach
2006-2008 QMHJL Drummondville Voltigeurs Goaltending Coach
2006-2007 QMAAA Collège Antoine-Girouard Gaulois Goaltending Coach
2008-2010 Various international competition (Men and Women hockey)
2010-2011 QMJHL Montreal Juniors Goaltending Coach
2011-2013 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Goaltending Coach
2015-present AHL St. John's IceCaps Assistant Goaltending coach
At the ECHL level it's:
Bujar Amidovski
Goaltending Coach
16 years experience as a goaltending instructor
???-??? OJPHL Streetsville Derbys and Vaughn Vipers Goalie coach
???-present ECHL Brampton Beast Goalie coach