Future Forward: Goaltender
The 2004 NHL Entry Draft is just a week away, so we close out our review section of the Rangers prospect pool with a look at the netminders in the system.
Goaltending
Perhaps the most promising goaltender in the Rangers system is technically no longer a prospect. Having injured his shoulder last summer while working out, Dan Blackburn missed the entire 2003-04 season and only started to regain some of his strength in the shoulder when doctors removed scar tissue back in March of this year. Behind Blackburn, there are just a handful of prospects in net, partly a testament to the Rangers faith in Blackburn and to a lesser extent the difficult NHL teams have in keeping prospective goaltenders employed.