Best Sleeper Goalie for 2020?

[nofrillscorp]

Hey there,

Full rebuild season for me this year and I've traded a lot of assets. My league allows me to keep one goalie. I am looking to purge the waiver-wire for guys who have a decent chance of being starters in 2020 to carry-over into next year. So far I have Georgiev and Shesterkin. Most likely going to grab Merzlikins as well. Anybody I'm missing? Thanks!

[Dr.Brad]

Nedeljkovic.

I say this cuz I’m guessing some others (Samsonov) may be rostered, and some others (Demko, Campbell, others) may not have as good an opportunity, or as good a defense in front of him.

[Eskimo Brother]

How deep is the league, and how many goalies are rostered per team? (Need to have a sense of who might is available)

[nofrillscorp]

16 teams. Most teams roster 3 goalies. Waiver wire is really only low-end back-ups and AHLers. Samsonov is indeed rostered.

[Eskimo Brother]

Nedeljkovic is definitely a good name then. Kahkonen, Shestyorkin, Sorokin, etc.
That being said, with only 16 goalie keepers, if you have offseason trading, then I don't see why you couldn't find a team that has two keepable goalies, and give up a late pick to trade for a guy they were getting rid of anyways.

[nofrillscorp]

Thanks for the input! Unfortunately we don’t have any off-season movement so I’m gonna need to roster a guy and stick with him.

[stevegamer]

Thanks for the input! Unfortunately we don’t have any off-season movement so I’m gonna need to roster a guy and stick with him.

Or make the move in-season, possibly. If you could get Lehner, he'd be a choice target.

I'd look to see who is on a team with an unsettled goalie situation, pick a couple of those teams, and track those goalies. Detroit, Minnesota, NJ, Ottawa, Chicago fit the bill.

[Pengwin7]

Malcolm Subban is probably owned right now... but once Fleury comes back, he may be dropped to the waiver wire.
He's arb-RFA in 2020... and I'm curious how that pans out with Vegas since Fleury is still playing very young and signed thru 2023.
Small part of me thinks a team like NJ (where PK is) could explore acquiring Subban.
That might be great confidence for Malcolm, having brother on same team... and a shot at #1 spot.
NJ desperately needs to find a goalie. GMs will explore bringing in a goalie - ARI did with Raanta, EDM did with Talbot.
Blackwood will probably sign as RFA (age 22)... but they need somebody older.
They are done with Schneider.

Malcolm Subban, somehow finding his way to NJ, would be a good outside rostering.
(You will, likely, have to wait for him to get returned to wire later in year though... he's been good lately.)

Another arb-RFA in 2020 is Kasimir Kaskisuo with TOR.
He's 26... Leafs really aren't seriously exploring an option to make him #1... seem entrenched with Freddie.
He's a guy I could see NJ taking a chance on, if they can get him cheap.

[Dennis]

Another team to keep an eye on going into next season is LA. They recently re-signed both Campbell and Petersen through 21-22 with Quick already signed 1 year beyond that. Petersen will have to clear waivers next season though so something has to give.

Easiest solution would probably be to move Campbell but Quick doesn't have a no-movement clause so if push came to shove he could be sent to the AHL like Schneider was and LA could start the season with Campbell as the starter and Petersen the backup, hoping Petersen gains experience to become the starter himself going forward.