While last year's draft was headlined by Juraj Slafkovsky, Simon Nemec, and Logan Cooley, the 2023 class has more talent and is a deeper group throughout.
Even though there have been some specific examples recently of non-superstar goalies leading their clubs to the Stanley Cup finals, most teams that want to go all the way need a stud goalie as their leader. With that in mind, here are the 2 best and worst goalies of the first round of this year’s NHL playoffs.
The NHL All-Star break gives us a chance to look at the stats leaders to this point of the season and there has been plenty of great performances to go around.