Spotlighted on NHL.com today is an article about young Sergei Bobrovsky. The 22 year old is 7-2-0 this season with a GAA of 2.23. Bobrovsky may have put in his bid for the starting job even when Michael Leighton is healthy.
Here's a piece from that article:
"I didn't know who he was in camp, but he spent the last two years in KHL (with Metallurg Novokuznetsk), so it wasn't like he was coming into the League as a kid only seeing junior hockey players shoot," Flyers defenseman Sean O'Donnell said. "He's played against men in the KHL. He's played against (Alexei) Yashin and (Jaromir) Jagr. He's a hard worker and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. I'm always a little surprised when someone comes in out of nowhere, but look at the time he's put in the last couple of years and where he's come from … it's not like he's an unknown coming from junior and standing on his head. He's a 22-year-old young man who put his time in and has seen good results."
-Sean O'Donnell on Bobs
The full article can be found on NHL.com entitled Hard work has Bobrovsky no longer an unknown by Mike G. Morreale.
Bobrovsky is currently tied for 2nd in the league with wins, with 7. His 2.23 GAA lands him at tenth, but he is 7th among starting goalies. The .921 save percentage he's posted through 9 games ranks him 12th in the league, 7th among starters.
In his short career the youngster has already out-dueled Hendrick Lundqvist, Marc-Andre Fleury, Craig Anderson, and Ryan Miller. Not a bad line at all for a 22 year old playing in his 1st year of North American Hockey.
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