Memorial Cup champion Alexander Bilecki ranks No. 6 in THN’s Toronto Maple Leafs prospect ranking.
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Who will have the most success with their new club?
You- club.
You got Freddie Andersen in Edmonton, Jacob Markstrom in Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky in Toronto.
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Mike Augello.
Well, I think the, the, the easiest landing spot is Markstrom in Florida.
I think Florida will bounce back.
You know, they’re getting Barkov back now Brady Tkachuk is added.
They were a good defensive team, and we know that Paul Maurice will have them playing solid in front of their, in front of their goaltending.
My big but with, with him is the playoffs, is he’s never been a good playoff performer, and that’s where Bobrovsky sort of separated himself.
You know, he had good playoffs in Columbus, but then he really came to the forefront in Florida.
And I don’t know whether Markstrom can do that.
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But I think, you know, during the regular season at least, he’s gonna have the easiest of the three goaltenders.
Michael Traikos, who do you think rises to the occasion as a savvy vet?
Yeah, I think Bobrovsky’s actually in a good spot.
Like, not only is he going to a Toronto team that, you know, I thought had a fabulous off-season with getting Darren Raddysh and obviously winning the number one overall pick, but, you know, he’s getting reunited with Anthony Stolarz, who, you know, that, that was the first year that, you know, Florida won the Stanley Cup.
And, you know, that tandem, it, it means that Bob doesn’t have to be, you know, a 60 to 65, game goalie.
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You know, and it also means that Stolarz, you know, if he gets hurt again, which he probably will you don’t have to depl- depend on him so much.
But, you know, I remember talking with, or not remember, I talked to, Martin Brodeur, who, you know, is still involved with the Devils as, an exec about, you know, losing Markstrom, and he actually thinks that Markstrom’s gonna have a fantastic year in Florida.
And, you know, he thought that, you know, he didn’t have a great year, and we all saw it.
But he’s kind of one of those goalies, Ryan, like, you know, we always talk about, like, Craig Anderson was like this.
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It’s kind of like the every other year kind of goalie.
Yeah.
And I think, you know, last year was awful for Markstrom, so you’re like, “Oh, geez, this is the year he’s gonna be a Vezina finalist, isn’t it?”
