#8: Every spring there’s a mad dash to sign undrafted college free agents, and sometimes it works out…Sometimes not. And sometimes it just takes a while. San Jose signed former Union College goalie (and Hobey Baker finalist) Troy Grosenick in the spring of 2012. He’s languished in the AHL ever since, with relatively modest career numbers: 25-16-2 record with a .905 save %. And, as you probably knew, Grosenick, 25, burst onto the scene with a 45 save shutout in his first career NHL game on Sunday. Something to perhaps keep in the back of the mind with the Penguins 2013 Hobey Baker finalist Eric Hartzell unimpressively floating between the ECHL and AHL levels. Goalies: you figure ‘em out. But, the one obvious thing is the more skilled youngsters a team has, the more likely they’ll find one that breaks out or can develop into something that can contribute at the NHL level one day.
