When opposing teams scout you, the question is: how many different things can you do that they have to plan for? DeNinno does a lot. He’s super calm in the cage, never wasting movement and consistently making clean saves all over. His stick is steady; a compact release gets the ball out fast, creates transition opportunities, and lets him throw it on a rope across the field. Those are obvious prerequisites for a keeper.

The X-factor is DeNinno’s athleticism and competitiveness. He steals saves from all over—flying pipe to pipe after ball movement or racing back to the cage after 10-man rides and stretching out to get his stick on the ball. He’ll pop out of the cage, too, to snag lazy passes behind it, scoop groundballs, and carry the ball beyond the midline on clears. I’ve only seen DeNinno live once this summer, but that will change this fall. A highlight tape can tell you a lot about a goalie, but you never really know until he faces some of the top shooters in the class. That is when you see not only whether he has the skill to make high-level saves, but also how he responds when the ball inevitably goes in a few times.