At the beginning of the 2019-20 season, Joonas Korpisalo had some big Russian shoes to fill. Fairly untested after the departure of Sergei Bobrovsky, but a little more tested than Elvis Merzlikins and Matiss Kivlenieks behind him, Korpi started out the season in net for the Blue Jackets. No surprise there.
He did just fine - nothing to sneeze at, nothing to write home about. The Jackets as a whole really took a minute to hit their stride this past season, and Korpi fell right into that narrative.