Goalie Development - Changing of the old school

[CornKicker]

The tradition goalie development has always been to let them develop in the lesser leagues to get playing time and hone their craft. this strategy has been around for decades and has proven to work. In the last few years we have seen guys like vaselevsky and hart come in at a young age and become starters within 2-3 years. Is there more value in having a 19-20 year old goalie as a back up to play 20ish games and practice with the elite shooters and coaches at the nhl level? the argument against it is you need the a back up that you know can give your team chance to compete and win every night. One thing that can delay a goalies development is the adjustment to the speed and angles of nhl level shooters when they make that transition. Is there better upside to using the NFL QB model ie aaron rodgers where the top prospect at that position has a chance to play under an established starter to develop at the top level available?

In the oilers position you would need a stronger starter than Koskinen but if the oilers do take askarov would it benefit them long term to have him as the back up as soon as 2021-22 season and have him ready to take over 2023-24 or potentially sooner?

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[joestevens29]

Depends on the goalie I guess. At least with Askarov you have the ability to throw him in the AHL if he does struggle at the NHL level.

Askarov playing at the pro level this year also will benefit him. I'm just not sure there are a lot of other goalies that you'd want to throw into the NHL one year after being drafted.