From creating his own highlight reels to being named top goaltender at the world juniors in a matter of months,...
Last spring, Adam Gajan knew where he wanted to play: in the United States. The problem? Nobody there knew who he was.
Suddenly, he was starting the home opener against the Johnstown Tomahawks on Sept. 14, 2022. There were a couple hundred fans, and a handful of scouts, in attendance. The online stream went out a couple times. In his first start with his new team in his new home, Gajan outdueled Swedish keeper Alec Rajalin-Scharp to win 6-1, stopping 26 shots.His early season success was good, and it earned him consideration to the NHL’s initial Central Scouting watch list.
Gajan’s whole world junior tournament performance was eye-opening. But his start against Canada was what got scouts excited about his potential. It didn’t feel like your average one-game superstar performance from an overmatched nation. Scouts noticed a lot more than a guy who can handle a heavy workload – there are plenty of translatable skills, too.
But goalies are such a wild card every year, and there’s no true top goaltender this year. But after polling a group of scouts about who they think will be the best goaltender out of this crop, two names stood out:“The biggest thing here is not evaluating where he is now based on a hot few months, but where he’ll be,” a scout said about the young Slovakian. “And I’m not sure anyone knows. It has a ‘sky’s the limit’ feeling here.”“Sometimes, we miss things,” the same scout said.
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