Prospect Info: 2017-18 Prospects Thread (CHL, NCAA, Junior A, Europe)

[Pokecheque]

Adam Werner Signed.
Allsvenska målvakten får NHL-kontrakt

I love Google Translate

Colorado dragged the 196 centimeter long goalkeeper in the fifth round of 2016. He describes the relationship with the NHL club as good.

 

[henchman21]

So the tandem next year will be Martin/Werner... guess we will see what he is made of.

Scratch that... seems he will stay in Sweden for a year.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Adam Werner Signed, or I aguess will sign, hard to tell with the poor google translate.
Allsvenska målvakten får NHL-kontrakt

Looks like he's going to play in the Swedish Elite League next season.

 

[S3rkie]

Looks like he's going to play in the Swedish Elite League next season.

Are there benefits to signing his ELC, if the plan is for him to stay in the SEL? I would assume they're gonna try and get him to to come to the American League right?

 

[UncleRisto]

Looks like he's going to play in the Swedish Elite League next season.

About time.

 

[Pokecheque]

I assume the contract slides if he stays in Sweden...?

 

[henchman21]

Yep. 5'11.25 at the combine. He was only 18 then as well, I definitely think he's grown roughly an inch or so since then.

Pictures are hard to judge because of the angles they're taken, stances of players, etc. But there's that picture of him and Fabbro standing next to each other at the WJC where they look basically the same height and I believe Fabbro measured in at 6'0.5 at his combine.


The NHL always seems to add 1-2 inches to a players height as well once they make the league I think he'll end up being listed as either 6'0, or 6'1.

I'll throw this out here... I was chatting with a buddy who is an NCAA assistant coach and he offered this on Makar's height. Chau is on the left and 5'9" and Foo is on the right and is 6'1".

FTR this coach believes Makar is NHL ready.

 

[Barklez]

I'll throw this out here... I was chatting with a buddy who is an NCAA assistant coach and he offered this on Makar's height. Chau is on the left and 5'9" and Foo is on the right and is 6'1".

FTR this coach believes Makar is NHL ready.

Time to play “Who’s in Skates Anyways?”

 

[henchman21]

Time to play “Who’s in Skates Anyways?”

Obviously Chau is in skates, Makar is barefoot, and Foo is on stilts.

Best quote of the conversation "The kid is Ghost on steroids"

 

[CobraAcesS]

I'll throw this out here... I was chatting with a buddy who is an NCAA assistant coach and he offered this on Makar's height. Chau is on the left and 5'9" and Foo is on the right and is 6'1".

FTR this coach believes Makar is NHL ready.

From left to right.. flip flops, tennis shoes, and work boots.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Obviously Chau is in skates, Makar is barefoot, and Foo is on stilts.

Best quote of the conversation "The kid is Ghost on steroids"

It took me a minute to figure out what that meant lol. Ghost is be here, got it.

 

[Barklez]

Obviously Chau is in skates, Makar is barefoot, and Foo is on stilts.

Best quote of the conversation "The kid is Ghost on steroids"

 

[Byzantium]

Adam Werner Signed, or I aguess will sign, hard to tell with the poor google translate.
Allsvenska målvakten får NHL-kontrakt

Article says Werner intends on signing this spring and that he's had good conversations with the avs scouts and goalie coach during the season. He will play in SHL next season. Other than that he's just talking about how his season has been and where his head is at.

 

[S E P H]

So a ELC signed and then loaned back to the SHL?

 

[McMetal]

Is there a way that the Werner ELC is a move to try to force him into the SHL from the Allsvenkan? Like there was some kind of way that could get him into a higher level league in preparation for putting him in the AHL? I'm just trying to figure out what the end goal is for the ELC if the plan is to put him in the SHL on loan.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Is there a way that the Werner ELC is a move to try to force him into the SHL from the Allsvenkan? Like there was some kind of way that could get him into a higher level league in preparation for putting him in the AHL? I'm just trying to figure out what the end goal is for the ELC if the plan is to put him in the SHL on loan.

It's possible that he has more control over it because the Avs would be loaning him. I'm not sure why the Avs would burn a contract year to do it but I guess they could call him back to NA if they want/need him to.

Also keep in mind, contracts only slide if the player is 18 or 19. It's an underage thing, not a not in the league thing.

 

[McMetal]

It's possible that he has more control over it because the Avs would be loaning him. I'm not sure why the Avs would burn a contract year to do it but I guess they could call him back to NA if they want/need him to.

Also keep in mind, contracts only slide if the player is 18 or 19. It's an underage thing, not a not in the league thing.

Yeah, it can't slide. I'm just a little confused, and the SHL angle was my only thought as to why they would burn a year of an ELC if the plan was to have him outside North America.

 

[Byzantium]

Werner is currently under contract for Färjestad(SHL) but is loaned to Björklöven(Allsvenskan) so he expects to go to Färjestad as they have expiring goalie contracts there. He said in the article: "Let's see what Färjestad thinks and what Colorado thinks". There is a chance Colorado wants him in NA I suppose.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

So a ELC signed and then loaned back to the SHL?

That's what I'm hoping for if indeed he is signed this year. Give him another year to prepare for the AHL and he doesn't have to do so in the ECHL while being rewarded for upping his game this year. Still gives the Avs flexibility in the AHL as well. Can go with Martin/NCAA UFA or traded prospect next year then if Martin still hasn't figured it out you can let him go and you still have a goalie with AHL experience along with Werner.

The New York Islanders are currently doing this with Linus Soderstrom.

 

[Goulet17]

A post from "MaMiNe" on the prospects board:

It looks like Makar is thinking about whether to join the Avalanche at the beginning of next season. According to a report in the Province newspaper Sakic spoke to Cale and his dad and it will be up to Cale to decide what he wants to do, but Joe Sakic feels he will be ready.

Has anyone read this article? Can anyone possibly provide a link? I have not been able to locate it.

 

[Iceberg]

Trade Barrie!

 

[Avs_19]

Has anyone read this article? Can anyone possibly provide a link? I have not been able to locate it.

While GM Joe Sakic said he reached out to defenceman Cale Makar after his season ended with University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the earliest he expects the fourth-overall pick in 2017 to be in the NHL would be next season.

That is, unless the 19-year-old decides to return for a sophomore year of college.

“I’ve had conversations with Cale and his dad and now we’ll wait to see what happens,” Sakic said of Makar, who turned down an invitation to represent Canada at the Olympics after winning gold at the world juniors.

“There’s no rush. Not for this year. He’s a guy that can wait to come up. He’s going to decide if he feels he’s ready or not. I believe he’s ready to come up, but he’s got to make the decision that he feels is best for him and his development.”

Move over, Vegas: Panthers making late-season case for NHL story of year

 

[McMetal]

Pronman's mailbag at the Athletic mentioned that EV had very nice things to say about Meloche. He didn't think too highly of our prospect pool as a whole, particularly at forward, and it didn't sound like he had personally watched him, but nice to hear that the coach is heaping praise on Nic.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Prospect Quarterly: Playoff Preview - Burgundy Rainbow

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

What a crazy finish! Cam Morrison missed the breakaway, but screened the Mich Tech goalie on the ensuing game winner.