flickyoursedin Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Solid rebound game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, flickyoursedin said: Solid rebound game! Yep. It's the kind of trait all the great netminders have. Bad game? Throw him back in for the next start and he'll get you the win. Short memory. Shakes off the loss and gets back to winning. Or as I said in the earlier post: "pro chops." This kid has 'em. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 DiPietro saves 34/38 to collect his 9th win. Now 9-4-1 on season. 2.23 GAA and 0.930 Sv%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Dipietro and Demko, the double Ds having a goalie controversy in 4 years just like Lu and Cory Schneider. I can't believe we were at one time blessed with that kind of goaltending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 15 hours ago, filthycanuck said: Dipietro and Demko, the double Ds having a goalie controversy in 4 years just like Lu and Cory Schneider. I can't believe we were at one time blessed with that kind of goaltending Nothing against Dipietro but he is NOT an elite 'tender prospect just due to his style and his size. He is a throwback who will suffer with the smaller equipment in the NHL and the faster pace. Doesn't say he cannot improve and he is a gamer but he is a smurf in compare to someone like Demko and today's top goalies are all becoming giants. Demko is the real deal - Dipietro MAY play pro. That is a big gap and doubt you can compare them to Lu (HOF possible) and Schneider (who compares nicely with Demko). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Rob_Zepp said: Nothing against Dipietro but he is NOT an elite 'tender prospect just due to his style and his size. He is a throwback who will suffer with the smaller equipment in the NHL and the faster pace. Doesn't say he cannot improve and he is a gamer but he is a smurf in compare to someone like Demko and today's top goalies are all becoming giants. Demko is the real deal - Dipietro MAY play pro. That is a big gap and doubt you can compare them to Lu (HOF possible) and Schneider (who compares nicely with Demko). DiPietros size is not what will hold him back. He's almost the same size as Quick and plays a similar style (albeit much more unrefined at this point) The knock on him was always that he needed proper coaching to refine his game. Until he gets that it's a little premature to judge him. One thing that is at a high level already is his work ethic and battle level. That has gotten a lot of average goalies to a level critics never expected them to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Rob_Zepp said: Nothing against Dipietro but he is NOT an elite 'tender prospect just due to his style and his size. He is a throwback who will suffer with the smaller equipment in the NHL and the faster pace. Doesn't say he cannot improve and he is a gamer but he is a smurf in compare to someone like Demko and today's top goalies are all becoming giants. Demko is the real deal - Dipietro MAY play pro. That is a big gap and doubt you can compare them to Lu (HOF possible) and Schneider (who compares nicely with Demko). I share the same concerns regarding DiPietro's scrambling style and smaller size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO_Scorvat Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Is DiPietro AHL eligible next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, BO_Scorvat said: Is DiPietro AHL eligible next year? Nope he’s back in the OHL next year as well. Which i don’t think is the biggest deal. Goalies are the last kind of position I’d want to fast track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO_Scorvat Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 9 hours ago, flickyoursedin said: Nope he’s back in the OHL next year as well. Which i don’t think is the biggest deal. Goalies are the last kind of position I’d want to fast track. True, just would be cool for him to be in Utica if Demko is the backup next year in Vancouver, DiPietro has to still work on how aggressive he is in his crease anyways. When you watch highlights he's almost always a few inches out and if he does that in the NHL he's gonna get lit up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 51 minutes ago, BO_Scorvat said: True, just would be cool for him to be in Utica if Demko is the backup next year in Vancouver, DiPietro has to still work on how aggressive he is in his crease anyways. When you watch highlights he's almost always a few inches out and if he does that in the NHL he's gonna get lit up I highly doubt Demko is backup next year short of a goalie injury. Year after, sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO_Scorvat Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 5 minutes ago, aGENT said: I highly doubt Demko is backup next year short of a goalie injury. Year after, sure. Really? I think Demko is backup next year if he has a good camp, and is coming up for goalie injuries this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Just now, BO_Scorvat said: Really? I think Demko is backup next year if he has a good camp, and is coming up for goalie injuries this year Doubtful. Both Marky and Nilsson are under contract next year. Far more likely he sees time with injuries (like this year) and when we move Nilssson at the TDL, he'll get the call then with some spot duty to ease him in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Just now, BO_Scorvat said: Really? I think Demko is backup next year if he has a good camp, and is coming up for goalie injuries this year Agreed. Murray was 21, same age as Demko is now when he started in the NHL. Gibson 22. If Demko keeps his pace up the whole season I don't see how you keep him down there next year. Leagues getting younger at all positions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Michael DiPietro with a win today. He is now 10-4-1 with 0.932 SV%, 2.15 GAA, 1 Shutout. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 DiPietro also named 2nd star tonight. Saved 27/28 in a 4-1 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Found this article. Canucks prospect Michael DiPietro sizes up his path to the NHL The Windsor Spitfires hosted and won the 2017 Memorial Cup, a tournament which determines the champions of the Canadian Hockey League. They graduated a number of their top players to professional hockey over the summer, including Tampa Bay defenseman Mikhail Sergachev. Add in a key injury to Kings’ top prospect Gabriel Vilardi, and many junior hockey pundits understandably predicted the Spitfires would be starting over. “We have never once considered this a rebuilding year,” Spitfires goaltender and Vancouver Canucks draft pick Michael DiPietro confidently asserted. Instead, they own a 10-5-1 record and rank fifth out of the 21 teams in the Ontario Hockey League by points per game. DiPietro, one of the few active holdovers from the Memorial Cup team, is the biggest reason why. He has posted a .932 save percentage and has been named the first star in five of Windsor’s nine wins, plus two second stars. So far DiPietro is facing nearly four shots more per game than he did last season, but he expected that the younger roster would force more responsibility onto him. “I kind of prepared myself this summer to face a little bit more rubber,” DiPietro told Sporting News. “Whether I need to stop 30 shots, 40 shots, or 20 shots, I need to be prepared for whatever comes my way and do my part to hopefully give the team the best chance to win every night.” Like most athletes, DiPietro is highly competitive and wants to win. However, he acknowledges that a tougher workload could benefit his development going forward. “It’s definitely helping my development (to face more shots). I want to get to (Vancouver) sooner rather than later,” DiPietro said. “Having the opportunity to face more shots this year — different angles, different quality, variations of a shot, releases, game situation types — sometimes we’re underdogs and I need to steal one.” Drafted by the Canucks in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft, DiPietro is used to brushing off doubters. At the draft combine, he barely measured 6-feet tall. This has been a constant point of anxiety among the many scouts who obsess over big goaltenders who fill the net with their frame. However, size is losing its emphasis in the goaltending world. “Size still helps. But the position has advanced so much in the last decade that a giant with poor technique is going to be picked to pieces by today’s shooters, compared to a technically sound goalie a couple inches shorter,” said Paul Campbell, a goaltending specialist who writes for In Goal Magazine. (Editor's note: Campbell is also a Sporting News contributor.) “When you don’t have the height advantage, you have to rely on your feet and your actual skillset to stop the puck,” he said. "The NHL wants to bring smaller equipment to the game, and in my opinion I think it will expose the goalies who rely on size to make saves.” DiPietro's reaction time and flexibility set him apart. The hardest shots for goaltenders to stop come on plays where the puck moves across the slot. DiPietro has a powerful core and timely reflexes, allowing him to quickly push across the crease and extend his limbs like Inspector Gadget to make tough saves. Big goaltenders have the luxury of dropping into the butterfly and still covering much of the net. For shorter goalies, it’s pertinent that they stay on their blade edges as long as possible before a shot comes. This enables them to cover the top of the net, and also puts them in position to move across and get set should there be a pass or rebound. DiPietro, who has a tendency to drop into the butterfly and shuffle across on his knees, admitted this is something he is working to perfect. “That was something I really worked on (this past summer). I’ve been watching a lot of video on staying on your edge even when the shot is being released in the air, and then realizing if you have to commit to it in a butterfly, or if you can stay on your feet to make the save,” he said. “Not only reading the release, but reading the possible threat off the rush, even the guy who doesn’t have the puck. Knowing the depth perception and where you have to be to make a save while staying on your edge.” Another trap goaltenders like DiPietro can fall into is what he called “happy feet.” According to one NHL goaltending coach, what stands out about goaltenders when they first make the jump to the pros is that there is too much movement in their game. Pro hockey players have the patience and vision to wait an extra moment and take advantage of a goaltender who is now out of position. “When I went to Vancouver for development camp earlier in the summer, calming down my game and on the second save to not go into desperation mode right away was something we were really working on,” DiPietro said. “(Canucks AHL goalie coach) Curtis Sanford told me, ‘(my athleticism) will always be there, just work on holding the other skills that can help you mature in the crease and be more of a calming influence back there.’” http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/news/nhl-top-prospects-michael-dipietro-vancouver-canucks-windsor-spitfires/1x36iq8xyzen916e4ry8siivpp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Another win for DiPietro. Stops 29/32. Now 11-4-1, 0.930 Sv%, 2.20 GAA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 DiPietro picks up his 12th win of the season in 6-5 OT victory. Saved 32/37. He's now 12-5-1, 0.922 Sv%, 2.44 GAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Anyone know if DiPietro is taking part in the next Canada-Russia game? What about Gadjovich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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