To adjust to NA hockey, Forsberg needs to be playing on a regular basis and that's not going to happen as Bob's backup. It might not even happen if he's in Springfield with someone like Smith or McKenna, since the young players seem to be put in limited roles.
If he struggles, will he even see any ice time? Sedlak started the season with 4 goals, then some veterans returned from injuries and Sedlak struggled a little, and now has been a healthy scratch since 11/25. How is that for developing players?
I know Springfield is winning and that's Brad Larsen's forcus. Forwards are different than goalies and it worked with Johansen to bench him a few games. I worry what is going to happen when players like Forsberg, Zaar, Wennberg or Dano come over and have a couple bad games.
Forsberg hasn't done very well his last two starts, but neither has Modo's other goalie, Linus Ullmark. Defensively, Modo is very good (Samuel PÃ¥hlsson is the captain), so having two 20/21 year old goalies was working until December when they started having issues and both goalies were lit up. Forsberg has a lot of potential, but he's still a young goalie who needs to be developed properly. He's going to have bad games and he needs to make mistakes and learn from them.
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