Prospect Info: 2018-2019 General Prospect Discussion Thread

[DANOZ28]

i cant find a game today so the season must be over. i swear when i looked at the schedule early last week i thought they had 3 games this weekend. my bad thurs , fri , sat (not fri-sun). 50G each , not bad at all.

 

[57special]

If Sokolov had played all year with Barrie, he could well have led the league in points, as well as goals. His +\-has sorted itself out , too, since he's been playing with the better team.

He's done about all you can expect, and more, considering where he was drafted. Has shown significant, steady improvement year to year in junior. Hopefully he continues to improve till he makes it to the NHL.

 

[DANOZ28]

luchuk was in his 4th ohl season vs sokolov 3rd (i think). lodnia did alright for his 1st season 22G 37A 62 gms.

 

[Bazeek]

If Sokolov had played all year with Barrie, he could well have led the league in points, as well as goals. His +\-has sorted itself out , too, since he's been playing with the better team.

He's done about all you can expect, and more, considering where he was drafted. Has shown significant, steady improvement year to year in junior. Hopefully he continues to improve till he makes it to the NHL.

I think the big question with him right now is motivation and resilience. Not that he's really done anything in the past season or two to indicate that he's lazy or unmotivated, but I'm curious to see if he can carry that trajectory of steady improvement over to the AHL. It'll be harder to rely on raw offensive talent there, so it should be a good challenge for him.

 

[Bazeek]

luchuk was in his 4th ohl season vs sokolov 3rd (i think). lodnia did alright for his 1st season 22G 37A 62 gms.

I think this is Lodnia's 3rd season with the Otters, but he is a year and a half younger than Sokolov. Great season for him as well, either way.

 

[57special]

I think the big question with him right now is motivation and resilience. Not that he's really done anything in the past season or two to indicate that he's lazy or unmotivated, but I'm curious to see if he can carry that trajectory of steady improvement over to the AHL. It'll be harder to rely on raw offensive talent there, so it should be a good challenge for him.

You could say that of any player, really. Sokolov is to be commended for coming over to a foreign country and having to deal with all the differences, let alone playing major junior hockey, which is tough for local kids to deal with.

Get him signed, Fletcher!

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Didn't he play some games for Iowa last year? Maybe they're able to have him up here and do that again.

 

[Bazeek]

Didn't he play some games for Iowa last year? Maybe they're able to have him up here and do that again.

Seems likely he'll play for Iowa, assuming they're still playing games when Barrie's playoffs end.

 

[57special]

Geez, i forgot that Barrie is likely to go far in the playoffs. Maybe farther than Iowa.

 

[Bazeek]

Geez, i forgot that Barrie is likely to go far in the playoffs. Maybe farther than Iowa.

I think the AHL playoffs run a few weeks later than the CHL playoffs, but it still seems like Barrie's a good bet to be playing later than Iowa. Never know, though.

 

[Minnesota]

Seeing Sokolov's OHL numbers compared with Trocheck's numbers somewhere (Reddit, I think?) has got me somewhat excited.

 

[DANOZ28]

trochek #s Vincent Trocheck hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com sokolov #s Dmitry Sokolov hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

 

[Saga of the Elk]

OHL Coaches Poll awarded Sokolov 'Most Dangerous in Goal Area' by a wide margin for his conference, but he didn't win for any shooting/shot categories (was 3rd in that category and in both Hardest Shot and Best Shot last season).

 

[Bazeek]

OHL Coaches Poll awarded Sokolov 'Most Dangerous in Goal Area' by a wide margin for his conference, but he didn't win for any shooting/shot categories (was 3rd in that category and in both Hardest Shot and Best Shot last season).

How many stick infractions does he take? They may have meant it literally.

 

[DANOZ28]

did he win the oglethorp of the crease award? what does that even mean?

 

[Saga of the Elk]

did he win the oglethorp of the crease award? what does that even mean?

He scores goals. (He also doesn't take many penalties, which used to be seen as a sign of a 'soft' player but actually seems like a good strategy for winning hockey games.)

 

[2Pair]

Greenway will be a center in the NHL.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I have my doubts.

 

[Minnesota]

Greenway will be a center in the NHL.

It's tough to be a net-front presence AND center in the NHL. Hope coaching staff doesn't force Greenway into being a center; I really think his bread and butter will be garbage goals/rebounds/screening the goaltender.

 

[DANOZ28]

sokolov goal in game 2 playoffs also checkout ryan mcleods goal . hes a possible wild 1st pick. size & speed. Mar. 26/18 – GM2 – MISS (3) – BAR (5) – Ontario Hockey League

 

[57special]

It's tough to be a net-front presence AND center in the NHL. Hope coaching staff doesn't force Greenway into being a center; I really think his bread and butter will be garbage goals/rebounds/screening the goaltender.

don't think you have any worries on that score. Ek, Koivu, Staal, and Coyle will be getting C time before Greenway in the medium term...mebbe even Winnik.

 

[Bazeek]

don't think you have any worries on that score. Ek, Koivu, Staal, and Coyle will be getting C time before Greenway in the medium term...mebbe even Winnik.

I'm not sure about Boudreau, but I could see management wanting to see early on whether or not they've got a potential center in Greenway. Still, I'd be shocked to see him play anywhere but the wing this year (assuming no injuries.... knock on wood).

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Wing to close this year, center in the Iowa next year, TBD from there.

 

[57special]

Wing to close this year, center in the Iowa next year, TBD from there.

Wonder if Kunin and Greenway will be getting C time in Iowa, or..?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Wonder if Kunin and Greenway will be getting C time in Iowa, or..?

I'd hope so. I have concerns about Greenway jumping right to the NHL as a winger; I'd have much, much more if they tried to start him at center.

Kunin (assuming no rehab complications), Greenway and Sokolov would give Iowa some pretty high end offensive talent, though my guess is that Greenway is going to have an inside track to the spot that Ennis is going to vacate, either via buyout or pressbox.