The final player to receive a report card this year is Alex Georgiev. Georgiev burst onto the scene last season and earned the backup role. This year he was expected to take on an expanded backup role, with an aging Henrik Lundqvist needing rest. He did just that, starting 30 games and appearing in 33, finishing with a record of 14-13-4 and a 2.91 GAA and .914 SV%. Pretty good considering the state of the defense and overall lack of quality of this past year’s club.
It wasn’t just all solid numbers for Georgiev, though. Georgiev really struggled out of the gate.