Has Kent Hughes finally acquired his number one goaltender for the coming years?
From his arrival as general manager, Kent Hughes began a rebuilding process to allow the organization to experience success for many seasons to come.
Moreover, we are slowly starting to see interesting results as the defensive brigade is filled with young prospects with high potential. Furthermore, the acquisitions of Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, and Juraj Slafkovsky could turn out to be real steals, thereby enabling the Tricolore to have a much more dangerous offense in a few years.
However, a crucial issue still hangs in the balance, namely the situation of the goaltenders. The Bleu-Blanc-Rouge must absolutely find a goaltender of the future if the team wishes to be able to compete with the best formations of the NHL.
However, it is still too early to label the young man impressive in his beginnings in the college ranks. Indeed, the third-round pick in the last draft immediately took over the starting goaltender role with Boston College.
He notably won his first two games of the season, including one against the reigning champions, Quinnipiac University. After two matches, the American goaltender has exceptional statistics with a goals-against average of 1.45 and a save percentage of 0.929. He also won the title of goaltender of the week in the NCAA last week, thanks to a sparkling performance of 29 saves (30 shots received).
One thing is certain, it will be very interesting to follow his development over the coming seasons, but everything suggests that the Canadiens has possibly found a goaltender capable of playing a major role in the team's success in the coming years.
| POLL | ||
Do you believe that Jacob Fowler will become a dominant goaltender in the NHL? | ||
| Yes | 72 | 84.7 % |
| No, but a good number 2 goalie | 12 | 14.1 % |
| No | 1 | 1.2 % |
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