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Highlands Ranch’s Brock Gould eyes NHL draft as top-10 North American goalie prospect

Brock Gould is learning what Avalanche goalies Pavel Francouz and Philipp Grubauer are undoubtedly expecting if the NHL returns to action:

A two-month layoff for netminders makes for a slow comeback — even for a young NHL draft-eligible goalie like Gould.

“To get back to normal, I’d say a week to get to 75 percent, and 100 (percent) — almost two weeks, to really get into the game shape and the speed of things,” said Gould, a 6-foot-4 Colorado Springs native and Highlands Ranch resident.

Local rinks are still closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.