To start, Sam Montembeault is still only 23-years-old and an unproven netminder at the NHL level. After a solid training camp, the Florida Panthers decided to retain “Monty” as the primary backup to Sergei Bobrovsky entering the 2019-20 season.
However, Montembeault has only received occasional starts, typically on back-to-back games for the Cats. By playing roughly 3-4 NHL games per month, the Cats aren’t allowing Montembeault to properly develop into a stout NHL caliber goaltender.
Therefore, by starting on a week by week basis, the young goalie has unsurprisingly struggled to produce when called upon.