2022 NHL Draft Goaltending Prospects - Analysis + Notes

Topias Leinonen - JYP (Liiga)

  • Big goalie - 6’5’’, 216 Ibs

  • Has professional experience

  • Played a brief part of the 2021-22 season in the Liiga

  • Played most of the season in the second-tier Finnish pro league

  • Athletic and quick 

  • Not that smooth due to massive frame

  • Plays the puck well

  • Projection: Early Third Round Pick



Tyler Brennan - Prince George (WHL)


  • Big Goalie - 6’4’’ 184 Ibs

  • Catches: L

  • Calm

  • Big upside

  • Quick, Athletic, Smart 

  • Didn’t have big numbers in WHL Regular Season (.899%, 3.58 GAA)

  • Great WHL Playoffs (0-3, 95%)

  • Will need time to develop

  • Projection: Third-Round Pick




Ivan Zhigalov - Sherbrooke (QMJHL)


  • Will need time to develop

  • Catches: R

  • 6’3’’, 167 Lbs

  • Quick, Solid movements

  • Plays deep in the net (positional sound)

  • 2nd Year of NHL Draft Eligibility 

  • Projection: Sixth Round Pick



Dylan Silverstein - USA Hockey National Development Team


  • 6’0’’, 179 Ibs

  • Played against USHL competition

  • Quick, Athletic

  • Great balance and strength (not as positional)

  • Committed to Boston College

  • Will need time to develop

  • Projection: Seventh Round Pick