He's having a breakout year in St. Johns. He's a solid player, worth a watch.
for sure, going to be interesting to see what happens with him next year.
Well in fact my opinion is mostly based on training camps and statwatching lol. I infortunately (or fortunately
) don't have much occasion to watch our farm team but Grégoire is more of a "crush" from when he was playing for le Drakkar, always hoped he would become a really capable 4th liner with leadership for us. Bozon well for obvious reasons has been set back a bit but maybe patience will pay.
Btw don't know much about the new guys, Lessio and Friberg... what are your thoughts? I know you follow the Ice Caps and generally have very good inputs on the subject. I don't know anything about them and I missed the game when Lessio played with the Habs...
I also liked what I saw from Grégoire while playing for le Drakkar, that's why I've been so disappointed as I thought he would show a lot more then he has. Hopefully he can use this as a learning experience and work that much harder this off-season. Bozon has shown some flashes so if he can make the AHL roster next year then hopefully he starts to put it together as we know he has some decent hands/shot.
Lessio wasn't too impressive other then how damn fast he is for a bigger guy. He has some offensive skill but the problem looks like he's not skilled enough for a top 6 role and he needs to improve his defensive and physical game if he's going to make it in a bottom 6 role. Friberg is the opposite, he's been good on the PK and plays a safe sound game but doesn't look to have that much skill, although I still need to see more of him. He works hard and while not a big guy he's got a compact frame. He might be able to be a depth guy that fills in on the bottom lines, unless his offensive game picks up and he finds his way onto the 3rd line but I would think that would likely happen on a non playoff team.
He flies under the radar for a simple reason: he sucks. He's yet another David Desharnais, but with less vision and skill. I can guarantee you he will be the next scapegoat on these boards in the future.
Did Hudon suck last year when on a bad Hamilton team he was at one point among the top scorers in the entire AHL? He has nothing to do with DD, although I do agree he will be a scapegoat at some point in the future as I've never seen a Hab that fans didn't turn on at some point. We had the best player in the NHL last season but their was a time when fans here were pissed he wasn't the one traded and he was even booed in a preseason game. This is likely the best and worst market in hockey to play for. The fans and media are totally nuts, bi-polar, whatever you want to call it. They live and die with this team so much so that when things are good they are happy but when things go bad they turn faster and harder then any other group of fans I've ever seen.
Ellis must be having good year. But I don't know, don't follow AHL
He's got more goals this year then he did in 3 years in Hamilton combined. Only 1 defensemen in the AHL has more goals then Ellis, TJ Brennan and he plays for the highest scoring team in the AHL and has been named the best defensemen in the AHL in the past 2 years.
What about Nygren guys? I know that he'll probably never play for us but he's still one of our best prospect IMO. In front of Ellis for sure.
Hudon
McCarron
Lehkonen
Juulsen
Nygren
Scherbak
Reway
For me they are all pretty close to each other... so take it with a grain of salt.
Imo Nygren is still one of our top 10 prospects if you discount what has happened with him in Hamilton. In terms of skill he's clearly up there as he's one of the best defensemen in the SHL.
For me I still have Scherbak at the top and here's how I see our 4 best prospects,
Scherbak
McCarron
Hudon
Juulsen
