A number of NHL general managers continued to navigate an uncertain goalie market on Friday with free agency set to open next week.
“A couple years ago it was flipped,” Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald said. “There wasn’t enough teams for all the goalies that were available.“With goaltenders, there’s probably only a few sure things out there. And that’s what makes this position hard to play because of the ups and downs and trying to stay even-keel, but you have to have depth.”“It’s an exciting and anxious time,” Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said.
“Where it’s going and who’s available, what the cost is going to be in trade,” he said. “Now we’ll work through our own situation with Jack, and then if it gets to that point, we’ll work through the situation with the remaining free agents. That’s where we’re at now. We like the options that we have available.The dealing continued as Friday rolled a long, and not just with goalies.
The host Montreal Canadiens took Slovak winger Juraj Slafkovsky with the first pick to open Thursday’s electric first round in their home rink on a night that saw Shane Wright — long thought to be the presumptive top selection — fall to the Seattle Kraken at No. 4.The Canadiens kicked off Friday’s second round by selecting Owen Beck, a centre from the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads.
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