We have the Youth in the blue

The Ducks have such a young and great core of future goaltenders. The four goaltenders invited to Training Camp have a bright future. There were a total of six goalies at training camp,given the goalies who were completely expected to be there were former Duck J.S. Giguere and Jonas Hiller  who showed massive support over one another, as they would hit their sticks against the ice, as each one made a save in scrimmages.

The other four goaltenders, were all under the age of 24.


Cousineau, Marco
Levassuer, Jean-Phillipe
Pielmeier, Timo
Pogge, Justin

With the signing of Marco Cousineau to a three year entry level contract; it shows potential in goalies such as him, who see a future with the Ducks. It may take awhile to get to the NHL level, if at all. Considering a goalie, technically has a harder time at cracking a roster than any other player does. Cousineau is a 20 year old French born Canadian and was drafted by the Ducks in the 2008 entry draft. He was born in St. Lazre, Quebec, Canada on Nov 9,1989. The goalie simply known as the one with the red pads in training camp. He had some struggles during the camp but despite the fact. He showed nothing but heart and determination, as he took on some of the more elite shooters on the Ducks roster. For the NHL level; Consineau needs someone who can really help him improve his skills; seek the skills he clearly has His determination and heart is there and there's absolutely not doubt about it.Heart and determination is something which you cannot teach, it comes from the player themselves, not from teaching.

The Ducks don't need to draft any other goalie at the upcoming 2010 entry draft. Sure, you have goalies like Jack Campbell, who has yet to be drafted by an NHL team and has showed massive power in winning Gold  with the USA in the World Juniors the Ducks while they should keep him in mind saying;
' the kid is very good and lets hope he can show this in the NHL but we shouldn't draft him do to the mere fact that he's a goaltender'
The reason the Ducks shouldn't even really consider drafting another goalie at least for the year of 2010 is because the Ducks are already knee deep in young and upcoming goalies,who at least have five years in them, even in the lower leagues if they're kept as Anaheim's property.  There's nothing against goaltenders here. In fact, it would probably benefit a goalie more.The issue with goalies is that there's only two roster spots for them. Cracking a roster is already difficult enough; top loading your in the system roster with goalies would technically be unfair to him. Especially when you already have your supposed chosen 'big guys as a No 3/4 goalie'. The goalie is in the system, yet he has no real chance of coming up; unless the higher up team, sees and brings him in at a older age.Which has been done within the NHL but usually for goalies who come from overseas, and are usually undrafted (example; Jonas Hiller and Jonas Gustvasson. Who came here at, in hockey years, an older age and both were also undrafted. They both came from overseas).

Just look at what the Ducks have at least four goalies who are very much in the running and with a couple of them, have been for awhile now. Who are were invited to training camp, only two out of the four were drafted  by Anaheim. (Levasseur (2005) and Cousineau (2008). The other two were acquired it some type of trade. (Pielmeier (from San Jose) Pogge (from Toronto) )

Igor Babkov (playing in Russia) Mattias Modig  (playing in Sweden) and Sebastian Stefaniszin  (playing in Germany) may not see NHL ice  but that cannot be counted out. If they make the transition over to North America, they're going to have to get a taste of North American style of hockey.

The goalies who were invited [to camp] as said, can give long term goaltending for Anaheim  Justin Pogge was recently awarded American Hockey League (AHL) player of the week of Feb 14, 2010.He stopped 97 out of 100 shots and this is good not only for him and his confidence; it's good for the Ducks. Pogge struggled   with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but hopes for some revival in a not so traditional hockey market. In a way, this may help him with less pressure on his shoulders; considering Pogge is considered a dud up at the NHL level. Pogge won Gold at the 2006 World Junior Championships with Canada and sliver with Canada in the Spengler Cup  of the same year. Then there's Timo Pielmeier who the Ducks acquired from rival San Jose. In training camp and in the pre-season games; Pielmeier showed his athleticism and purely smooth transitions and lateral movement. Pielmeier also has vestiges  of Sharks  Russian born goalie Evgeni Nabokov. Pogge is considered the No 3 goalie when he first came to Anaheim behind former Duck J.S. Giguere and the Swiss-born sensation  Jonas Hiller. Pogge still sits in the No 3 spot at least for the remainder of the season, as the Ducks acquired Vesa Toskala. Toskala is a UFA after this season and is not expected to sign with the Ducks for the 2010-2011 season.

Pielmeier is looked to be  pushing Pogge for the  no 3 goalie but Pogge is one who will most likely be called as a back up to Hiller. Pogge has been called up as an emergency call up for Giguere in the 2009-2001 season; while Giguere was down with a strained groin. Pielmeier in an interview with some media said, he hopes to make it to the NHL and that's definitely on his high list but only one thing is above that on his list and it's to play for his home country of Germany in the Winter Olympics. Pielmeier definitely has a high chance to play on the big stage, some time in his career. Like Hiller; Pielmeier's dream would be absolutely complete to play in both the NHL and the Olympics; the Olympics are more looked up to more important to Europeans than the NHL because the National and Olympic teams is what they get most coverage of and is what they mainly grow up with. North Americans usually grow up with the NHL and North Americans are usually opposite of the Euros; the NHL is put a little higher on their list than the Olympics; the Olympics would be nice and unforgettable to play in; pulling the respective country's jersey on and having it bolstered on the chest would be amazing of course but the NHL is all in North America. Although Woman's hockey is a little different; since there is no female NHL like the WNBA the highest level is their National and Olympic teams for the American and Canadian women.

J.P. Levassuer  for the last couple seasons has been relied upon he has seen some ice at the NHL Level and     contrary to popular belief, he is still looked upon as a running goalie for the Ducks. Marco Cousineau is still looking for some ice time at the NHL level but he's only 20 years old and he most likely will get some time up at the NHL level throughout his hockey career. Goalies take longer to develop than other players do, like a pitcher in baseball, he could dominate and prove the naysayers wrong; despite the swirls of negative media attention.This shows mental toughness from both positions; the pitcher and the goalie. [A catcher could also take some more time to develop though the pitcher takes longer]

The Ducks can definitely go without drafting another goalie for at least one year. We need to see more development in the goalies we already have.Give each of them at least one game of ice time in the NHL; even if it's for just one period; though that won't fully assess a goalie but at least we have a taste of him and how he handles the pressure of the NHL.