Demko

[bbfl1987]

Is Demko the real deal?

[als_revenge]

That depends on your definition of "real deal"...

[bbfl1987]

Is he going to be Vancouver’s number one after Markstrom or does Dipietro get in the way?

[DocMcPuffin]

Hard to say but I believe he has the skills to be a legit number in the future.

[als_revenge]

Is he going to be Vancouver’s number one after Markstrom or does Dipietro get in the way?

I'm not at all concerned about DePietro being a roadblock. Markstrom is a much bigger concern, being in the last year of his contract. I wouldn't be shocked if Vancouver tried to re-sign Markstrom on a short-term deal (2 or 3 years). I think Demko can be a number one goalie, but I think it's 50 percent at best that this happens by next year.

[Axeman33]

Is he going to be Vancouver’s number one after Markstrom or does Dipietro get in the way?

I am confident he will get the opportunity to become Vancouvers #1 at some point. Whether he is successful or not is TBD. He's the real deal as far as a quality prospect goalie but thats the only thing he's the real deal in so far.