MLive’s Ansar Khan posted an article this morning which discusses the respective statuses of each and every one of the Red Wings‘ goaltending prospects, including that of one Jan Bednar, the Wings’ lone netminding pick from the 2020 draft:
[Bednar] currently is practicing with Karlovy in the top Czech league, with whom he played 13 games last season, posting a 4.39 goals-against average and .884 save percentage. He spent the majority of the season with Sokolov in the second division (24 games, 3.26 GAA, .873 save percentage).
“I’m working on my active hands, rebound control,” Bednar said. “Off the ice, I work on my speed and my agility. I’m a big goalie and I need speed, I need agility.
“I think I’m a really calm goalie. I like puck-handling, I’m a little athletic, but not most important thing for me. I need speed.”
As a young Czech goalie, naturally, he was going to be asked about Dominik Hasek.
“When I was young, I loved Dominik Hasek’s saves and then (saw) some highlights,” Bednar said. “I know (former Red Wing) Petr Mrazek. I talked with him two years ago. Great guys. Of course, Steve Yzerman is great guy. I saw some documentaries of year 2002, when Detroit Red Wings won Stanley Cup with Dominik Hasek and Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman and more.”
Continued; I like the fact that Khan’s summary emphasizes the fact that the Red Wings do have goaltending prospects–eight of them, actually–but none of them are close to playing in the NHL.
So who can and who do you think will play in GR. Tough question, short season and I think the Number 1 goalie in GR should be a prospect (as much ice time as possible) and backup a FA who will likely get not much? Geez that is a Long Sentence.
All prospect Goalies can use a ton of Ice Time and see where they are in a couple of years??
This going to be a tough decision but might be answered by Who Can play with GR??