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Post by montreal on Jun 22, 2003 12:51:05 GMT -5
Taken 271st. A slovak goalie. 5'11 165
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Post by The Edge on Jun 22, 2003 12:56:10 GMT -5
2 goalies in this draft makes me think that in a few years were not going to have Theo and Garon together. It will be one or the other and this next season will definetly be a deciding factor as to which one goes. Who's the last euro goalie to play for us? Was it Vokoun?
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Post by Thomas on Jun 22, 2003 13:14:03 GMT -5
"Jaroslav Halak, G, Bratislava (Slovak Jr.) -- His stock soared in April after backstopping Slovakia to a silver medal at the World Under-18's in Russia with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage). A poised, hybrid goalie with excellent flexibility and a very active glove hand, Halak is so calm that he often looks like he's waiting for a bus. He plays an economical style, always staying square to the shooter and is never out of position for rebounds."
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Don't have a link for the quote, found it on another board, but he seems to be a great 9th round pick. We got two goalies with high potential who may turn into a decent NHL goaltender, not bad.
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Post by Thomas on Jun 22, 2003 15:37:28 GMT -5
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Post by MPLABBE on Jun 22, 2003 16:16:18 GMT -5
2 goalies in this draft makes me think that in a few years were not going to have Theo and Garon together. It will be one or the other and this next season will definetly be a deciding factor as to which one goes. Who's the last euro goalie to play for us? Was it Vokoun? not exactly...could be that the Habs thought this guy was the BPA at this point and decided to scoop him up. |
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Post by BillPickles on Jun 22, 2003 17:57:10 GMT -5
Halak is said to be rated MUCH higher than a 9th round pick, something like 5th.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jun 22, 2003 18:03:42 GMT -5
Halak is said to be rated MUCH higher than a 9th round pick, something like 5th. well, I am glad we got him in the 9th round This year's Korneev?  |
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Post by BillPickles on Jun 22, 2003 18:34:18 GMT -5
We just might have a lot of steals in this draft...Locke, O'Byrne, KASTSITSYN(!!)
And Halak was rated in the top 100 by many, according to a HF poster.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jun 22, 2003 19:06:22 GMT -5
Yup he was rated as the 4th Euro goalie according to CSB
even higher than the Swedish goalie we took
from dr chimera over at hockeysfuture:
You guys will be happy to know that the Habs just might have pulled off the steal of the draft by picking Halak.
This guy can really stop the puck and dominated at various international tournaments.
He made several respected top 100 lists. It's incredible he fell so low.
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Post by seventeen on Jun 22, 2003 20:21:08 GMT -5
Bear in mind we passed on him a few times ourselves.
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Post by Montrealer on Jun 22, 2003 21:47:00 GMT -5
You should always pick at least one goalie in a draft, you can never have enough of them. Why would they pose any sort of threat on Theo or Garon, anyway? Goalies are almost always four to five years away.
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Post by MPLABBE on Jun 23, 2003 8:07:54 GMT -5
once again from the Gazoo:
Jaroslav Halak (9th round, 271st overall) is a 5-foot-11, 165-pound goaltender from the Bratislava junior team in Slovakia.
"We had him ranked in our top 90 players," Timmins said. "He was named the top goaltender in the world under-18 championships."
so why the hell did we wait until the 9th round to pick him if we liked him so much?! odd..
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 23, 2003 10:45:27 GMT -5
"We had him ranked in our top 90 players," Timmins said. "He was named the top goaltender in the world under-18 championships."so why the hell did we wait until the 9th round to pick him if we liked him so much?! odd.. I agree, that is pretty gutsy on the part of the Habs. If other teams also had him in their top 100, they also passed up on this guy. It sure sounds like a steal at #271. |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jun 23, 2003 18:37:50 GMT -5
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jun 25, 2003 13:26:47 GMT -5
Halak had a very tough year. He started the season in Slovan Bratislava`s junior team, but the coach preferred older goalie Jozef Ondrejka. The management decided to loan him to Ruzinov, the second hockey team in Bratislava. Halak had no problem with it, because he grew up there. Ruzinov was the new team in Division 1 and they had big problems in the first part of the season. The team was extremely weak and lost most of the games with high score difference. Having Halak in the net and several junior players from Slovan, the team started became the equal opponent for all other teams. Halak was facing around 50 shots every game and it helped him very much. He was the best player of the team, but Ruzinov wasn`t able to jump in the standings and stayed in last. The team was eliminated into Division 2 and Halak was very unhappy, but his season wasn`t still finished. For the whole season Halak was the starting goalie in Slovak U18 team. He started U18 WC as No. 1 goalie and he was so good that his backup goalie Roznik didn`t play at all at the tournament. He won silver medals and was named the best goaltender of the tournament. Halak is static goalie and stays in the crease in most cases. He also needs to improve his stickhandling and passing, because sometimes he is too fearful to make a pass. He is able to face many shots in one game. Halak will need many years to make NHL, but he has that potential. - www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=6091&mode=threaded&order=0 |
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