Goaltender Carter Hart isn't exactly tearing up the AHL with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the Flyers' top minor-league affiliate, and the whispers have started.
What if he isn't going to be the elite goalie the Flyers have been trying to find for decades?
Carey Price had an .896 save percentage with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs before he was called up for good by the Montreal Canadiens in 2008-09. And, yeah, he's turned out all right.
Pekka Rinne, a longtime star in Nashville, had a 2.82 goals-against average and pedestrian .904 save percentage in his first AHL season with Milwaukee in 2005-06.