Picking goalies in the NHL draft and projecting them to be NHL starters is an inexact science, akin to closing your eyes and throwing at a dart board. It’s only a shade less so when selecting kid goaltenders for Canada’s team at the World Junior Championship, which starts Boxing Day.
For every Carey Price, the No. 5 pick of Montreal Canadiens in the 2005, we bring you Mark Visentin, the No. 27 choice of Arizona in 2010. Both first-rounders. Price is the best goalie in the planet. Visentin has played one NHL game.
Both were Canadian junior team starters.