March 2020 – Last June, Moncton traded a 2019 second-round pick, a 2020 first-round pick and a conditional 2021 second-round pick to acquire Rodrigue. Dobber Hockey‘s Jameson Ewasiuk provided this detailed report a week or so before things wound down: He delivered on that bet, at least until the hockey world came crashing down just before the playoffs. The Drummondville question was never answered as he was moved to Moncton in a trade for multiple draft picks. The answer was “no” to that final question, unless you count travelling to the tournament as the #3 netminder but not playing in any games as “making the team”. His east/west movement is lightning fast due to his ability to quickly grab an edge and push back in the opposite direction.” Rodrigue’s other great strength is his sublime edgework while down in the butterfly. His hand discipline is very consistent, which is why you just don’t see him get beaten on clean shots all that often. He’s in the category of elite puck-trackers who are able to cut pucks off before they have a chance to rise over his shoulder. “At 6-foot-1, Rodrigue isn’t the most imposing figure between the pipes. InGoal Magazine meanwhile had him as the #2 ranked netminder overall in 2018, with scout Greg Balloch reporting in part: He had been highly ranked, in fact the #1 North American netminder as per Central Scouting and the top draft-eligible goalie prospect period according to International Scouting Services. The Oilers were anxious enough to land the promising stopper that they traded up from #71 to #62, adding a fifth round pick to balance the equation. Rodrigue is himself a second-round draft, having been taken with the very last pick in that round in 2018. We have already published profiles of prospect #26 Dylan Wells (#123 in 2016), #17 Ilya Konovalov (#85 in 2019), and #12 Stuart Skinner (#78 in 2017). But within the Oilers system resides another quartet of current netminding hopefuls, drafted in consecutive years from 2016-19. Fair to say that guys like Olivier Roy (2009), Samu Perhonen and Frans Tuohimaa (both 2011) and Keven Bouchard (2014) can be written off as NHL candidates at this point. I’d say “call it the Decade of Darkness” except that moniker is taken.īut it’s likely fair that we cut off our list of known commodities right there. Sadly, that represents the pinnacle of success among the 12 goalies drafted by Edmonton between 2005-15. 750 save percentage with a 9.00 goals against average. So far, only Tyler Bunz managed to make the show - and in his case, for just 20 minutes of action with unfortunate results. Since the beginning of the cap era in 2005, Edmonton has selected a dozen stoppers via the draft. Article contentīad as the long-term history has been, the more recent past has been even more fraught with failure. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.