EP Rinkside’s Sean Shapiro just posted an article which discusses the “long-term outlook in goal” for each and every one of the NHL’s 32 teams, and he ranks the Red Wings in the middle tier out of 5 (i.e. “tier 3”) for their combination of present quality of goaltending and future prospects:
Detroit Red Wings
Projected starter: Cam Talbot
Future watch: Trey Augustine, Sebastian Cossa
The Red Wings are going into training camp with three goalies, and all of them have big question marks. Ville Husso missed almost all of last season with injury, Alex Lyon has yet to prove he’s more than a reliable backup, and Talbot is starting to slow down with age. The good news is that Detroit has perhaps the best tandem of the future with Cossa and Augustine, who I expect to be taking over Detroit’s crease in a couple seasons.
Continued (paywall); there’s no doubt that the Red Wings are hoping that redundancy takes root in terms of the team’s goaltending situation resolving itself over the course of training camp and the exhibition season, but Cossa and Augustine definitely hold much promise down the line.
