Story on Phillips in the paper today. It was actually a general article about how good the Jets have been drafting goalies.
One name brought up was was Jason Kasdorf who some on here felt like he was going nowhere post Buffalo trade.
Well Kasdorf and Phillips are both up for the Mike Richter Award for best collegiate goalie.
From Ed Tait...
While we’re at it: the list of the 26 nominees for the new Mike Richter Award — given annually to the top goalie in the NCAA and first won by Connor Hellebuyck two years ago — includes two Jets draft picks — Jason Kasdorf of Rensselaer, who was part of last year’s blockbuster trade and is now Buffalo Sabres property, and Michigan Tech’s Jamie Phillips. A seventh-round pick in 2012, Phillips is 21-7-5 this year with a 2.00 goals-against average and .921 save percentage. Hellebuyck, you may recall, was a fifth-round pick in that same draft. Whoever is scouting puck-stoppers for the Jets might be banging on Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff’s office bucking for a few more dollars.