Maxime Clermont - The New Jersey Devils Sixth Round Pick in 2010 NHL Draft
by John Fischer on Jun 26, 2010 4:52 PM EDT
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For the first time since the 1997 draft, the New Jersey Devils drafted two goaltenders in the 2010 NHL Draft. They selected Gatineau Olympiques netminder Maxime Clermont
Maxime Clermont - G - 6'0" 190 lbs. - CSS Rank: 18 (N.A. Goalies) - Born in: Montreal, PQ (Source: NHL.com)
2009-10 Team: Gatineau Olympiques - 58 GP - 2.81 GAA - 89.7 Sv% - 4 SO
Like Scott Wedgewood, Clermont was ranked higher at midterms but fell quite a bit since then. I'm not quite sure why? Unlike Wedgewood, Clermont has played the majority of Gatineau's games and was even invited to play in the CHL Top Prospects Game. Interestingly, Clermont started playing the QMJHL early as noted in this NHL.com article about the goaltender. Here's how Clermont describes himself:
The 6-foot, 189-pounder describes himself as a "big butterfly goaltender."
"I like the styles of Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Carey Price," Clermont said. "They play the same blocking style as me, trying to block as much of the net as they can."
Incidentally, Central Scouting's Chris Bordeleau had some nice things to say but given that CSS dropped his rank 8 spots since midterm, I can't help but think CSS didn't necessarily agree with Bordeleau. Hockey's Future does have a different take and offers some insight as to why he fell so far:
A solid goaltender, Clermont plays the angles well and shows a willingness to aggressively challenge opposing shooters. Controlling rebounds well and having a good glove, Clermont's game will benefit as he gets quicker in the crease. Possessing good size, he has struggled at times tracking the puck, especially through traffic, another thing that he'll need to improve upon.
I want to say he can improve on this with more development time, and perhaps he will. However, he'll be seeing QMJHL talent for a fourth season. Surely, he'll be the starter; but how much more can he improve at that level?
On it's own, I don't mind this pick except that the Devils selected Wedgewood much earlier in the draft. Why select a second one? OK, he's not so devoid of talent; why else would he get invited to the CHL Top Prospects game? Still, why not pick him earlier? Or a different goaltender? With that in mind, I admittedly don't understand the pick.
Did I leave anything out? Have you seen Clermont play? Let me know, as well as leave your thoughts on the pick in the comments. UPDATE: The Devils official website has a video interview with Clermont; I've added it after the jump.
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I wonder how this will fit in with Caron’s and Terrieri’s goaltending teachings. Little confused too. Maybe the Devils don’t sign Wedgewood and stick with Clermont who seems like the better goalie.
Piece by piece we are slowly turning into the 2000 Devils team, anyone up for the A-Line: The Sequel?
by RolliePollieKovy on Jun 26, 2010 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
There was a picture of Clermont available, so I added one.
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@ RolliePollie
- What are you talking about? Sign this, sign that? Wedgewood and Clermont are both will not hinder eacother for another 5 years and remember we have a very good young goalie already in Jeff Frazee with a big upside. There is nothing to sign and why is Clermont better by the way? Tell me what you have seen? Please do not give me GAA and SV %. The OHL and Q offer very different perspectives.
I can tell you this much, Wedgewood might already have an upper hand because Clermont’s “cookie cutter butterfly” style will surely be changed or in the least tweaked many ways by Chris Terreri and whomever if Caron speaks to the kid and Marty down the road. One of the main reasons Frazee is so highly regarded is becuase he is stand up style and so is Wedgewood for the most part.
Bottom line is we drafted two goales and we’ll see hwo they develop. I’m not worried, we got Frazee..why worry? I can assure you of this, at their age and level right now..both are nowhere near where Frazee was at his age. Geez, Fraz has one bad college year and people think that’s it..it’s over.
There is not a doubt in my mind that the two best draft choices are Merrill and Faust. Can’t wait to see the Swiss kid.
However as far as goalies go…nice to see the kids in the fold. Clermont better develop or have a better glove than Price and “The Theft” JSG.
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by VivaSaintMartin30 on Jun 27, 2010 8:50 AM EDT reply actions
I am not worried either. But why take him in the 2nd round when Clermont was the better goalie in the 6th round? They could have gotten a better player too. But maybe they can be the Halak-Price 2.0 duo in the future!
Piece by piece we are slowly turning into the 2000 Devils team, anyone up for the A-Line: The Sequel?
by RolliePollieKovy on Jun 27, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Merrill was taken in the second round.
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by John Fischer on Jun 27, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know how you know which goalie is better. Either way we have 2 more goalies in the system which means we have a higher percentage of having an NHL caliber one.
by C.J. Richey on Jun 27, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Clermont was ranked 18th by CS, Wedgewood 19th. See here. Being 7 1/2 months older probably means he may be closer to NHL levels…
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Well obviously the CSS ranking weren’t very accurate because guys like Visentin, Brittain, Grubauer, Mrazek went ahead of players ranked ahead of them. And 9th ranked Lanigan didn’t even get selected. The Devils see something in Wedgewood and just because he was ranked lower doesn’t mean anything.
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