well, he was the top ranked goalie prospect from North America in that draft class, second overall behind only Ilya Samsonov who was taken by the Caps in the 1st round. he was always seen as an athletic freak... won OHL goalie of the year his first year as our prospect... had a good year in his first pro year with Albany... then had a bad year last year on a dumpster fire Binghamton team... and this year had been pretty good for them. even if the numbers aren't incredible, I think it is worth noting that the AHL is a more helter skelter type of league where numbers are generally not going to be as good... for instance his .911 SV PCT in the AHL is good enough for 11th best, whereas that same number would be tied for 24th best in the NHL. so, as much as we trash the defense here, they're obviously far more structured here than whatever we have going on in Bing. as you mentioned, he was well protected today for sure. I think the biggest thing about him is that he's just so technically sound... he's really had exceptional positioning and his reflexes are just ridiculous. he's also been pretty great with rebound control, frequently sticking pucks up out of the crowd that someone like Kinkaid would probably just boot directly to another opposing forward.
he's not going to be lights out forever but this has been great to watch. super encouraging, and he's only 22.