Alexandar Georgiyev

[Gretzky99Orr4]

How early would you draft this guy? We have deep teams but guys like Frost, Bathereon, Steenburgen are available, as well as of course all the new NHL picks. I have a few picks in the top 2 rounds and thinking of taking Georgiyev fairly early. Any help is appreciated. thanks.

[ericdaoust]

Leave Georgiev for later. Guys like Frost and Batherson are much better.

[Axeman33]

Unless you already have Lundqvist, I am not sure I'd even bother with Georgiev from the sounds of it. I would also grab Frost and/or Batherson before Georgiev.

[Gretzky99Orr4]

Thanks guys.

[lucafen4]

I wouldn't...like at all.
owning back up goalies seems to be a bit of a fad.
I'm in one pool that starts 1G dynasty and teams hoard prospect goalies, 15 prospects and they sit with 5 or 6 (we're not talking elite prospects either - Hutchinson).

There's gotta be better prospect goalies out there? NYR won't be a playoff team this year, which reduces his value even more.

How large is your prospect roster? I have a soft rule, where I try to limit my goalies to 20% of my prospects - in a 20minors - 4. it's a soft rule because if I can land elite G prospects - quality trumps the rule. In one pool, we have 30 prospect systems, Georgiyev is on the wire there as well - go quality vs. position.

You also have Jarry and Saros in your sig, so you really don't need another G prospect by the looks of the size of your roster.

[finnys_fanatsy]

I wouldn't...like at all.
owning back up goalies seems to be a bit of a fad.
I'm in one pool that starts 1G dynasty and teams hoard prospect goalies, 15 prospects and they sit with 5 or 6 (we're not talking elite prospects either - Hutchinson).

There's gotta be better prospect goalies out there? NYR won't be a playoff team this year, which reduces his value even more.

How large is your prospect roster? I have a soft rule, where I try to limit my goalies to 20% of my prospects - in a 20minors - 4. it's a soft rule because if I can land elite G prospects - quality trumps the rule. In one pool, we have 30 prospect systems, Georgiyev is on the wire there as well - go quality vs. position.

You also have Jarry and Saros in your sig, so you really don't need another G prospect by the looks of the size of your roster.

agreed, you have 2 G prospects already..thats PLENTY!

[Gretzky99Orr4]

The roster is 75 (36 on the main team ) and the rest on the farm. So you would have more than 2 but I also have Skinner, Parsons, Husso and Adin Hill.
I just traded Khodobin so was thinking of George as sort of a back up for Talbot and Andersen.

[ericdaoust]

There's a spot for this player on your farm I'm sure, just don't reach for him. He's not that valuable an asset.

[lucafen4]

with a farm that big... I can see wanting to grab him.. but yeah, don't reach. If you miss out - no big deal (I'd prefer Kahkonen anyway - wouldn't be surprised if he was available)

[Gretzky99Orr4]

with a farm that big... I can see wanting to grab him.. but yeah, don't reach. If you miss out - no big deal (I'd prefer Kahkonen anyway - wouldn't be surprised if he was available)

Thanks I did check but Kahkonen is gone.

[stevegamer]

I'd aim for him in whatever the middle rounds of your prospect draft are, but don't be afraid to grab him late in round 2 if you have a huge gap in picks after round 2. It may be tricky, but I think he's worth having. He's got value, simply from being a 21 year old who has performed well as a NHL goalie. That puts him ahead of lots of prospects who will wash out before the NHL level.

He reminded me of someone, so I wanted to see how many other rookie NHL goalies played 10 or more games with a save percentage of .910 or higher since 2000. That yielded exactly 2 results, so I expanded the save percentage down to .905, and dropped games played to 7 or more.

That added one name, and the list is:
Sergei Bobrovsky - 54 GP
Alexandar Georgiev - 10 GP
Curtis Sanford - 8 GP

The problem is Bobrovsky is not really a great comp with number of games played, which I knew was sizeable, although I thought it was only in the 40's. I think Georgiev seems like a pretty safe bet to be at least a backup level NHL goaltender talent, with a reasonable chance at starting caliber.

(Yes, I'm still mad about the Flyers trading Bob)