A remarkable story - Malcolm Subban

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His parents both immigrated to Ontario from the Caribbean in the 1970's.  Dad Karl is a big Canadiens fan, club of his older brother P.K. who won the Norris Trophy this year. Younger brother Jordan got picked by the Vancouver Canucks in this years draft. You know who I'm talking about ... Malcolm Subban.

The 19-year old can already look back at a remarkable start of his career, not playing goalie until he was 12.
Back in 2009 he got drafted as 218th overall in the 11th round of the OHL Priority Selection by the Belleville Bulls, former club of his brother P.K. and later of his younger brother Jordan.
In his first season with Belleville in 2010-11 he surprised everyone by earning the starting job.
Subban's first playoff experience in the OHL ended after 3 games with a noticeable 2.02 GAA and a .933 SV%, resulting in a nomination for the OHL First All-Rookie Team.
Malcolm continued to improve his play in the following season, when his GAA dropped from above 3.00 to 2.50 and his SV% went up to .923. Subban's playoff-run with the Bulls ended after 6 games, but he made an impression on the NHL scouts who classified him as best available goalie in the 2012 draft.
Peter Chiarelli and the Bruins ended up picking him at #24 with their 1st pick, a milestone in Malcolm's young career who made it from a 11th round pick in the OHL to a 1st round pick in the NHL in just 3 seasons.
Last season, Subban led the OHL with a 2.14 GAA and .934 save percentage in 46 games, when he got voted into the Third All-Star Team.
In 17 playoff games he posted a 2.00 GAA and .933 save percentage sending the Bulls to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in recent years.
After a rough start at the World Juniors, allowing 6 goals in 2 games against Germany and Slovakia, he battled back and only got beaten twice against top opponents Russia and USA.
In Canada's 1-5 semifinal loss against Team USA he was pulled in favour of Jordan Binnington after allowing 4 goals on 16 shots, though Subban wasn't the only player to blame for this devastating loss he didn't start in the Bronze Medal game.
His back-up Jordan Binnington took the start and was pulled after allowing 3 Russian goals in 8 minutes. Malcolm played on for the rest of the game but couldn't win the Bronze Medal with Team Canada when they lost 5-6 in OT.

Asked about the fact who made the biggest leap since last year's dev camp prospect expert Kirk Ludeke said:

"My focus right now is to develope to be at the AHL level and to be at the next level in general. I don't feel like I'm there yet. I feel I have a big summer coming up ahead, coming from the OHL to the AHL or NHL is a huge step." Subban said yesterday at the Bruins' development camp.
Alongside 22-year old Adam Morrison the B's plan him to play for Providence in the AHL next season.

"For a goalie Subban has great skating ability and can handle the puck really well out of the net. Looks and plays big in net and is highly aggressive. I dont realistically see him playing in the NHL for another 2-3 years. Needs to develop his glove side a bit more. Got beat out there quite a few times but overall looked good." said one of the visitors at Ristuccia Arena about the young goaltender.

Asked about Tuukka Rask and the Stanley Cup Final Malcolm Subban carried on "He played so well and he deserved a bit more, maybe the Conn Smythe or something. A Stanley Cup ring, obviously. But it's tough. Stuff happens like that, and, you know, a couple bad breaks and just like that it's over. So, you know, I don't think there's much else he could've done. It was just some bad luck if you watch the last few minutes. I thought he played really well; I thought the whole team played well."

Yet the future of Bruins goaltending looks bright and we're far away from any goalie controversy.
Subban is still 2-3 years away from beeing NHL ready and there's no reason to rush him with an NHL back-up like AHL Goalie of the Year Niklas Svedberg (if he plays as Tuukka's back-up over the next years).
One thing is for sure, that Malcolm Subban is a dedicated young goaltender who can already be proud of what he achieved at young age ... and he's not finished yet

Has to compete with: 

Niklas Svedberg, 23, 6-foot-2, 176 lbs, undrafted, .925 SV% with P-Bruins + AHL Goalie of the Year
Adam Morrison, 22, 6-foot-3, 170 lbs, PHI 3 R pick 2009, .890 save percentage in the ECHL 12/13

Chad Johnson, 27, 6-foot-2, 174 lbs, PIT 5 R pick 2006, .903 SV% in the AHL