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I'm pretty sure he was the top ranked goalie in his draft year. I think most were expecting he would go somewhere in the late first round.
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I'm pretty sure he was the top ranked goalie in his draft year. I think most were expecting he would go somewhere in the late first round.
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Adam Michaels
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Yes he was. According to NHL Central Scouting, Fucale was the highest ranked goalie followed by Eric Comrie and Tristan Jarry. It's normal Fucale was the highest rated, he had just come off from winning the Memorial Cup with the Halifax Mooseheads.
Meanwhile, DLR was the 7th highest ranked European prospect and Lehkonen was 9th.
All three of these players were selected in the 2nd Round in 2013.
I even looked at mynhldraft.com and looked at the different final rankings according to different scouts (TSN, McKeen's, Future Consideration, etc.) and a number of them had De La Rose going late in the 1st round, some had Lehkonen going in the late 20s, and one or two had Fucale going in the 1st. None of them listed McCarron in their top-30 ranked draft picks.
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Fucale was indeed top ranked goalie in the draft, but Jarry was definitely the one with the increasing stock at the time.
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Only reason he was picked in the 1st round: his 6'6 body. And Habs added super Connor Crisp in the 4th round instead of grabbing Duclair.
I remember either reading or hearing the reason the Habs took McCarron at 25 was because they didn't think he'd be available at their first pick in the second round. Apparently, Anaheim and another team were interested in him. He was ranked in the 30s on the TSN rankings by Bobby Mac. Was he a reach? Yeah, but it is what it is. Looking back there were some better options like Shea Theodore.
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Fucale put up good numbers in the ECHL playoffs, hopefully he can build off that for next year. But he must improve his rebound control and consistency. In the first 7 games of the playoffs he allowed more then 2 goals just once and overall let in just 11 goals in that span. In the next 4 games he let in 4 or more every game but 1, giving up 14 in that span.
Aren't rebound control and consistency the same weak points he has since he was drafted?
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Habs are great at developing players
They have one of the best goalie coach in the NHL. Maybe the kid cannot just make the next step ?
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Does Waite even work closely with the farm goalies?
not sure because they have a goalie coach in the AHL. Vincent Riendeau was a goaltending consultant in Hamilton when they had Tok and Condon but he was promoted to assistant GM but I assume he still works with the AHL goalies. They have Marco Marciano as the assistant goalie coach with the IceCaps, but i don't know about the ECHL goalies.
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
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It means Niemi can't go for tomorrow, not even as a back up. Price is supposed to join the team while they're on the road. Still unsure if he'll play as traveling is a major step in concussion recovery, and they'll see how he'll feel afterwards.
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Really hoping to see Fucale get a start if Price or Niemi can't go for am extended amount of time. There's nothing to lose anymore and it would be rewarding to see him start at least once for the team he grew up cheering for.
Fucale in net is the second best thing for the tank.
The clear best is Bergevin in the GM role. As it looks like he won't be fired in the off season, the tank for the 2019 draft couldn't be off to a better start.
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Fucale would be a great tank lieutenant. Not intentionally of course, it's just that he has the ability to be kind of putrid you can count upon at times like these.
I wouldn't mind seeing him get a start or two. Might as well see if he is worth qualifying or if the Habs should be looking at someone different to help McNiven in Laval next year and be a 3rd stringer for the Habs (I doubt McNiven will be ready for 3rd string duty next year, then again I doubt Fucale is either).
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