Not too long ago on Raw Charge, we wrote about whether it was time to part ways with goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis. We made good points about his play and how he’s been used, and concluded that the way he was deployed last season was not ideal for his development. He was shuttled back and forth between Tampa and Syracuse just to sit as backup in Tampa while Andrei Vasilevskiy got starts in Syracuse.
Gudlevskis has also been a consistently inconsistent goalie for most of his professional career. When the stakes are high, he seems to show up huge for his team.