PROSPECT PROFILES: YAROSLAV ASKAROV

Yaroslav Askarov
SKA-Neva St.Petersburg
VHL
6'3"/ 176 lb
G

Size/Frame                 Excellent
Net Coverage            Excellent
Quickness                  Excellent
Rebound Control    Great
Tracking               Excellent
Poise/Consistency     Excellent
Hockey Sense            Excellent
Competitiveness        Excellent

Strengths

1. Big Goalie with great poise, atleticism and a quick glove
2. Remarkable power, quickness and precision on lateral movement
3. Tremendous size, hockey sense and agressiveness to steal a match

Cause for Concern

1. Subpar World Junior Performance by his standard
2. The position he plays may cause him to fall in the draft, as we saw in Andrei Vasilevskiy

Skill:

Franchise Changing goalie, with all the tools to be the best goalie in the league

Scouting Report:

The 17 year Yaroslav Askarov already is an intimidating presence in net with great poise, athleticism and a quick glove.
Askarov is a technically sound goaltender with good instincts capable of reading the game well.
He moves well laterally with quickness and precision, rarely over-sliding in his crease; he is strong mentally, rarely seeming rattled in the net.
Askarov has elite reflexes, snagging pucks out of the air with regularity.
The 6-foot-3 Russian has been billed as the second coming of Carey Price;
there is a possiblity the goaltender is taken in the top 10, or even the top five of the draft cause the sky could be the limit for this guy

NHL Potential:
Franchise Goalie, that can one day become the best goalie in the league

Style Comparison: Carey Price

Stats: 

SKA-Varyagi im. Morozaova      MHL                     31GP        2.37 GAA    .921 SV%       
Russia U-18                    International-Jr                    6GP        2.31 GAA    .916 SV%

SKA-Neva St.Petersburg        VHL                        18GP      2.45 GAA    .920 SV%
Russia U-20                   International-Jr                   5GP      2.71 GAA    .877 SV%