TSN’s Travis Yost has been ranking NHL teams’ depth at various positions for the last couple of weeks, and today, he wraps up his series of articles with an examination of each and every team’s goaltending. According to Yost, the Red Wings are in the second tier in terms of goaltending depth, the “outperforming” category:
Detroit: The Red Wings went after Ville Husso and signed him to a three-year, $14-million dollar contract to shore up their goaltending position ahead of Alex Nedeljkovic. Husso was outstanding for St. Louis last year – in fact, only three goaltenders in the entire league (Igor Shesterkin, Ilya Sorokin [Fredrik] and Andersen) erased more goals versus expected on a per-game basis. It’s very promising, but it’s also true we have just 57 games of data on Husso as a player. Much like [Vitek] Vanecek in New Jersey, the range of outcomes here is quite high.
Continued; I’m not writing off Nedeljkovic yet, but it’s strange how most pundits have already decided that one mediocre season equals that he’s not a good NHL goaltender.
