Former Stanley Cup champion Alexander Georgiev will be a free agent and could be a target for a Red Wings team hungry for help in net.

The Red Wings goalie room could use some retooling. 

After finishing bottom 12 in goals against average as a team last year, it's no surprise that one of the focuses for Steve Yzerman and company is goaltending help, according to Daily Faceoff's Jeff Marek. 

We've seen how quickly some teams can turn around their goalie rooms like the Colorado Avalanche this past season. They brought in Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood to restore stability in goal, trading away former All-Star and Stanley Cup champion Alexandar Georgiev, who was sent to San Jose for Blackwood in an early December deal.

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The Avalanche went from the third-worst goals against average in the league at 3.55 to fifth-best in the NHL and this left Georgiev on the outside looking in.

The 29-year-old Russian netminder had his numbers further trampled on when starting games for one of the league's worst defences in San Jose. Georgiev is seemingly not returning to the Sharks next season and will be available as an unrestricted free agent on July 1st. 

He finished with a brutal .875 save percentage and a 3.88 goals against average through 31 appearances with San Jose, marking last season as his career-worst.

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This is a netminder that had a 40-16-6 record with a 2.53 goals against average just three seasons ago and can still be a difference making goaltender in the right system. 

New Detroit bench boss Todd McLellan has a history of inserting solid defensive structures in wherever he goes and could make the Red Wings taking a low-cost flyer on Georgiev a good idea. 

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Before this past season, Georgiev led all NHL goalies with 78 wins over the previous three years, posting a 2.77 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage during that span.

Some believe he was only successful due to Colorado's system and that the numbers are inflated but McLellan may be able to create a structure that works for him, if he was to sign in Detroit. 

McLellan’s defensive schemes played a key role in the LA Kings finishing with a top-nine defence during his five-year tenure, much like his seven seasons with the San Jose Sharks, where his ranked top six in defence. 

It's an option that the Red Wings will surely take into consideration as Georgiev is still relatively young at 29 and could work as a perfect spacer for the team as they wait for high end prospect Sebastian Cossa to develop. Until then, Georgiev would have the highest upside potential of any goalie in Detroit's current group.

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London Knights goaltender Austin Elliott is reportedly not joining the Toronto Maple Leafs for training camp after all.

After a 31-save showing in the Memorial Cup Final against the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Ontario Hockey League posted to X that the 21-year-old had earned an invite to Maple Leafs training camp in the fall.

"London Knights goaltender Austin Elliott has been a key difference maker this season," the OHL wrote, "and he earned a free-agent invite to the Maple Leafs training camp this off-season!"

However, that's actually not the case.

According to The Athletic's Joshua Kloke, Elliott has said he has not been invited to Toronto's training camp, adding he will attend Dallas Stars development camp this summer. "No plans right now to attend Leafs camp and no idea how the Leafs rumour started either," Kloke posted to X.

It wasn't a rumor, but a post on social media from the OHL which ignited the fire.

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Elliott finished this year with a 52-3 record, his best season ever in junior hockey. He joined the Knights following parts of four seasons with the WHL's Saskatoon Blades, where he struggled to keep his save percentage above .900.

Each of Elliott's three losses came at different points of the year: one in the regular season, one during the OHL playoffs, and one at the Memorial Cup.

After joining London in October, Elliott found his footing behind a strong Knights team and finished the season with a .924 save percentage, the best among OHL goaltenders. His save percentage dropped in the OHL playoffs, but climbed back up during the Memorial Cup, concluding the tournament with a .943 save percentage through five games.

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The University of Massachusetts Lowell commit was an all-star at the tournament. He was also awarded top goaltender honors after stopping 31 of 32 shots in the Knights' Memorial Cup win over Medicine Hat.

Only two players from London's championship-winning team will now be at Toronto's training camp in September: 2023 first-round (28th overall) pick Easton Cowan, who dominated the OHL this year, and forward Landon Sim, who has a one-year AHL deal with the Toronto Marlies.

Elliott, however, has a history with Toronto; the goaltender participated in Maple Leafs development camp in the summer of 2023. Also at that camp were Toronto goaltending prospects Artur Akhtyamov and Vyacheslav Peksa, plus invites Rastislav Elias, Luke Cavallin, and Samuel St-Hilaire.

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It appears Elliott will only have training, plus the Stars' development camp this summer, before starting his college hockey career in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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The NHL announced on Thursday that Anaheim Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier was named to the 2024-25 All-Rookie Team, voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Other Ducks to receive the honor include Paul Kariya in 1994-95, Bobby Ryan in 2008-09, and Trevor Zegras in 2021-22.

Gauthier got off to a slow start to his rookie campaign after making his NHL debut in the final game of the 2023-24 season, where he notched his first assist. He failed to find the scoresheet in his first five games of the 2024-25 season and was unable to find the back of the net in his first 15 games.

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During the first half of the season, he received inconsistent deployment throughout the lineup at 5v5 and was slowly demoted down the power play depth chart. As the season progressed, the NHL game slowed down for him as he began to grasp and comprehend how to leverage his attributes so they’d translate to the NHL style, following a remarkably successful two seasons playing for Boston College in the NCAA.

Gauthier has a unique blend of size, speed, and world-class release, skills that have a high likelihood of affording him a long, successful career in the NHL. His scanning skills improved as the season wore on, and he was more proactive when on the forecheck as well as when seeking out soft ice when his team had possession, both on the rush and cycle.

Following the NHL 4 Nations break, Gauthier finished the season with 22 points in his final 28 games and a total of 44 points (20-24=44) while playing in all 82 regular season games in his rookie year. He finished the season fifth among rookies in points, third in goals, and sixth in assists.

Joining Gauthier on the All-Rookie team are San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, Philadelphia Flyers winger Matvei Michkov, Montreal Canadiens defenseman and Calder Trophy winner Lane Hutson, Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Denton Mateychuk, and Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf.

Hutson ran away with the Calder Trophy as Gauthier finished fifth in voting with six fourth-place votes and 74 fifth-place votes.

Following the conclusion of his 2024-25 season, Gauthier joined the United States national team at the 2025 IIHF World Championship alongside Ducks teammate Jackson LaCombe. Gauthier scored nine points (5-4=9) in ten games, helping the US win their first gold medal at the tournament in 92 years.

Gauthier is one of six young, potential core pieces on the Ducks roster (LaCombe, Zegras, Leo Carlsson, Pavel Mintyukov, Olen Zellweger) who will become restricted free agents after the 2025-26 season and who will be eligible to sign contract extensions on July 1, 2025.

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