Tanner Pitts was excited when he heard his name called on draft night to join the Raptors in Colorado. The young goalie from Tampere, Finland had been practicing his English all week so that he could speak to his teammates after the draft without any issues. When he first walked into the dressing room after a long draft night, he was welcomed to excited teammates all rushing to show him around the facilities. The following day was a whirlwind of meeting the staff and preparing for practice. Even after just joining the team in Colorado, Pitts went straight to the gym and met with the team trainers and nutritionists to prepare a weekly plan to maximize his abilities. The last thing on his list was to speak personally with his team rival, the starting goalie. When he asked to speak with the teams veteran goaltender to get tips on how to improve his game, he was informed that there was actually no veteran goalie in the organization at all. Actually, there was no other goalie whatsoever and Tanner Pitts would be leading the Raptors out on to the ice for their first games.

We will see how that goes..