PROJECTING NHL ARRIVAL DATES

BY BRIAN COSTELLO

THESE EIGHT YOUNG GOALIES can be found in this year’s Future Watch list of the game’s top 100 prospects. You’ll probably see a couple of them in the NHL next season. The others will need several more years to develop. 37 JESPER WALLSTEDT 22, Minnesota Drafted 20th overall in 2021 Marc-Andre Fleury’s pending retirement opens the door for Wallstedt. He’ll likely be broken in slowly next season, somewhere around 20-25 NHL games. He’s four years younger than Filip Gustavsson, so it will be several years before the Wild have two big-ticket stoppers. 46 TREY AUGUSTINE 20, Detroit Drafted 41st overall in 2023 Augustine and Sebastian Cossa represent Detroit’s future in net. The thinking might be for Augustine to turn pro this spring after a second superb NCAA season, then apprentice a year or two in the AHL. Then he could…

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