Age: 22
Current Team: Binghamton Devils
Current Stats: 2.37 GAA, 0.926% (NHL) in 13 games
All-Time Stats: 2.37 GAA, 0.926% (NHL) in 13 games
MacKenzie Blackwood is the Devils’ third-string goalie, and boy-oh-boy is he good. In 13 NHL games this season, he recorded a 2.37 GAA and 0.926 save percentage. Weirdly, his AHL stats aren’t quite as good — 2.63 GAA and 0.912 save percentage.
The Devils picked Blackwood in the second round of the 2015 NHL Draft. After this season, he has one year left on his entry-level contract. He’s big — 6-foot-4, 225 pounds — and young, so he sometimes makes youthful mistakes.
However, I think he could be the future of the Colorado Avalanche’s goalie woes. Unfortunately, I imagine the Devils intend for him to be their future. They’d want Grubauer and maybe a draft pick or prospect. That’s a little painful.
Hindsight is 20-20. I liked the Nicolas Meloche drafting at the time. However, New Jersey picked Blackwood just two picks later — imagine if we’d had that foresight.