Player Discussion Joseph freaking Woll

[Anthrax442]

 

[BTP]

Joesph Wall.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Our goaltending this season:

Joseph Woll:

 

[Anthrax442]

 

[Peace Frog]

Glad to hear that Woll is doing so well. Would be awesome if he ends up being THAT goalie for us.

 

[Apex Predator]

This is awesome how he’s playing. There’s no room for him right now when healthy but he’s going to be the back up next year. Need to see how Murray/Samsonov situation plays out this year.

 

[Wendelstache]

This dude is a doppelgänger of a young Bill Ranford (my favourite 80s goalie).

 

[BigBlu]

He's our #1 next year. Book it. Talent/Cap reasons/Home grown/He's not a kid anymore.

 

[Buds17]

This dude is a doppelgänger of a young Bill Ranford (my favourite 80s goalie).

Can only hope the comparison applies in another way as well!

 

[barilko05]

Does anyone know if his play may be a reflection of work done with Sanford, or is it more that he's just finally put it all together? Because if it's coaching, then it's paying off big time so far, and let's hope it spreads to all our net prospects.

 

[Zonk]

Woll is doing great, but................
Before we get too excited,

Sparks voted top goaltender in AHL for 2017-18

theahl.com

 

[kb]

Fun fact. Woll is only a year and a bit younger than Samsonov.

 

[Anthrax442]

Does anyone know if his play may be a reflection of work done with Sanford, or is it more that he's just finally put it all together? Because if it's coaching, then it's paying off big time so far, and let's hope it spreads to all our net prospects.

he was pretty descent last year

 

[willmma]

Hope he pans out and becomes our #1 in the future. Maybe a Woll Samsonov tandem next year

For now he offers a great third goalie option.

We're in much better shape than we were in October.

 

[banks]

Woll is doing great, but................
Before we get too excited,

Sparks voted top goaltender in AHL for 2017-18

theahl.com

Great point.

I'm hearing a ton of positivity about Woll right now. But I don't put stock into goalies very easily. I pretty much trust NHL results and nothing else. Until a goalie starts playing well in the show, I don't put any hope into them.

One of the few exceptions is a long track record in the KHL, like Askarov.

 

[ULF_55]

Great point.

I'm hearing a ton of positivity about Woll right now. But I don't put stock into goalies very easily. I pretty much trust NHL results and nothing else. Until a goalie starts playing well in the show, I don't put any hope into them.

One of the few exceptions is a long track record in the KHL, like Askarov.

Good strategy, but I'd add don't put any stock into non-NHL performance.

KHL is still 2nd. tier competition.

 

[al secord]

I've been following Joshua Woll since his college days. I always knew he had this in him.

 

[saltming]

Great point.

I'm hearing a ton of positivity about Woll right now. But I don't put stock into goalies very easily. I pretty much trust NHL results and nothing else. Until a goalie starts playing well in the show, I don't put any hope into them.

One of the few exceptions is a long track record in the KHL, like Askarov.

Sparks was a reactionary goalie that relied on his reflexes and athletics to make saves, Woll is more of a positional player which gives him a better chance of becoming an NHL goalie than sparks.
Time will tell.
Askarov will also have to make a jump, but I agree that he has a higher likelihood of being successful

 

[kb]

Great point.

I'm hearing a ton of positivity about Woll right now. But I don't put stock into goalies very easily. I pretty much trust NHL results and nothing else. Until a goalie starts playing well in the show, I don't put any hope into them.

One of the few exceptions is a long track record in the KHL, like Askarov.

How is parts of 16 games over 2 seasons considered "a long track record"?

Woll has put up far better numbers in a league not far off the current KHL.

I've been following Joshua Woll since his college days. I always knew he had this in him.

It's Josiah, fool!!!

 

[banks]

How is parts of 16 games over 2 seasons considered "a long track record"?

Woll has put up far better numbers in a league not far off the current KHL.


It's Josiah, fool!!!

Hard to have more games than that in your teens. My point is he played against men, and not just a couple fluke games one year. That's as good a track record as a prospect can have.

 

[Anthrax442]

He is baaaack...

 

[kb]

Hard to have more games than that in your teens. My point is he played against men, and not just a couple fluke games one year. That's as good a track record as a prospect can have.

And usually you give youngsters the easiest opponents so they have a chance at succeeding.

Until Askarov ahowa anything on this side of the pond, he's behind Woll IMO. Does Askarov have a higher ceiling? Absolutely.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

They should have gone with Woll or Kallgren over Murray.

But then Dubas wouldn't have gotten two picks to take on Ottawa's trash.

 

[Anthrax442]

They should have gone with Woll or Kallgren over Murray.

But then Dubas wouldn't have gotten two picks to take on Ottawa's trash.

Yeah, right. imagine they would enter the year with Kallgren as a backup. Leafs nation would have a conniption.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Yeah, right. imagine they would enter the year with Kallgren as a backup. Leafs nation would have a conniption.

They kinda did actually. After Murray went down his first game and Samsonov got hurt, Kallgren saved the season. He started over ten games.

Guess you forgot about that.