Prospect Info: CHL, NCAA & European Prospects Thread | Part VIII

[thethinglonger]

Andrew Gross said that the roster for Development Camp should be finalized by next week..I'm curious to see who we invite!

 

[Devils Dominion]

Maxim Fortier is still unsigned.

I'd like RS to consider him.

Cbj signed undrafted Salituro

 

[Emperoreddy]

Andrew Gross said that the roster for Development Camp should be finalized by next week..I'm curious to see who we invite!

Hopefully they don't invite Santini. Don't want the kid to kill someone.

 

[JimEIV]

Maxim Fortier is still unsigned.

I'd like RS to consider him.

Cbj signed undrafted Salituro

Fortier is an invite to Montreal's development camp.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifa...-fortier-looks-forward-to-canadiens-camp.html

 

[Zippy316]

Going to start the annual prospects voting on Tuesday. Figured I would wait a bit to let the newness of the 2016 prospects to settle in and wait till after the holiday.

Right now, I was going to start with these players to start the voting:

Pavel Zacha
Mike McLeod
MacKenzie Blackwood
Steven Santini
Joseph Blandisi
Reid Boucher
Scott Wedgewood
John Quenneville
Miles Wood

Personally, I feel like that is easily the consensus top nine right now with guys like Bastian, Speers, Jacobs, Coleman, Mozik, and Pietila just missing that group.

Now the next question is whether or not Boucher should be involved in the voting. I'm leaning towards including him as he has only played 73 NHL games so far. It might create some interesting competition for the 2-5 spots as well. Severson was left off last years poll, but I think circumstances are a bit different.

 

[JimEIV]

Can Boucher be considered a prospect?

Too many NHL games played I think?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Going to start the annual prospects voting on Tuesday. Figured I would wait a bit to let the newness of the 2016 prospects to settle in and wait till after the holiday.

Right now, I was going to start with these players to start the voting:

Pavel Zacha
Mike McLeod
MacKenzie Blackwood
Steven Santini
Joseph Blandisi
Reid Boucher
Scott Wedgewood
John Quenneville
Miles Wood

Personally, I feel like that is easily the consensus top nine right now with guys like Bastian, Speers, Jacobs, Coleman, Mozik, and Pietila just missing that group.

Now the next question is whether or not Boucher should be involved in the voting. I'm leaning towards including him as he has only played 73 NHL games so far. It might create some interesting competition for the 2-5 spots as well. Severson was left off last years poll, but I think circumstances are a bit different.

I wouldn't include Boosh based on his waiver status and amount of games.

I'm not sure if I'd include Wedge either.

 

[JimEIV]

My top 10
Zacha
Santini
Quenneville
Blandisi
McLeod
Wood
Bastian
Anderson
Speers
Coleman


And of course no goalies because they are worthless dime a dozen enigmatic Looney tunes...***except for Martin Brodeur who is a god. Of course.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think I'd put Gignac over Coleman or Anderson.

 

[Zippy316]

Can Boucher be considered a prospect?

Too many NHL games played I think?

I'm not sure. But at the same time I would argue at this point he is still a prospect and not an NHL player just yet.

My top 10
Zacha
Santini
Quenneville
Blandisi
McLeod
Wood
Bastian
Anderson
Speers
Coleman


And of course no goalies because they are worthless dime a dozen enigmatic Looney tunes...***except for Martin Brodeur who is a god. Of course.

I think I'd put Gignac over Coleman or Anderson.

After the nine I posted, it becomes purely personal preference, in my opinion. The voting for the next player will hopefully handle that.

 

[JimEIV]

I think I'd put Gignac over Coleman or Anderson.

My two favorite picks from this draft are Bastian and Anderson.

And I'm very intrigued by Maltsev.

It's hard to keep tabs on KHL guys and I'm never really sure what their production really means(especially young guys) or how it translates but I'm going to follow Maltsev this year as much as I can.

I have a gut feeling he is one of our better prospects from this draft.

 

[Guttersnipe]

If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.

An NCAA player who signs his first contract at or above the age of 22 has three years to meet the above criteria (65/45), while those NCAA players that turn pro under the age of 22 will be subjected to the criteria above.

European players who sign their first NHL contract at or above the age of 22 have three seasons from the time they sign that contract to meet the above criteria. Those European players below the age of 22 that have signed a NHL contract will be subjected to the criteria in section one.

That's Hockey Future's definition of a prospect (link). Boucher has played 71 games so he's technically not a prospect according to this even though he's turning 23 in September. Wedgewood is 23 so he is a prospect.

 

[Darkauron]

And I'm very intrigued by Maltsev.

It's hard to keep tabs on KHL guys and I'm never really sure what their production really means(especially young guys) or how it translates but I'm going to follow Maltsev this year as much as I can.

I have a gut feeling he is one of our better prospects from this draft.

Everything I have read about Maltsev sounds very promising. He had a back injury for all of the 2014-2015, and even into this season did not get much praise except at the U18s. It will be actually nice to finally have a promising Russian forward to follow

 

[Marshal Rochambeau]

Maltsev would have been a second round pick if he wasn't Russian.

 

[Caser]

Yegor Rykov has been called up to the Russia NT B-team for a friendly tournament in Sochi (August 3-rd to 6-th).

 

[devilsblood]

Maltsev would have been a second round pick if he wasn't Russian.

I think injury played as big if not a bigger role then the russian factor.

 

[thethinglonger]

Yegor Rykov has been called up to the Russia NT B-team for a friendly tournament in Sochi (August 3-rd to 6-th).

Thanks for this update! Hopefully I'll be able to find a place to watch it.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Yegor Rykov has been called up to the Russia NT B-team for a friendly tournament in Sochi (August 3-rd to 6-th).

Good for him. Hope he does well with the opportunity.

 

[NJDevils17]

Joey Anderson had an assist today for USA Blue in their game against Finland. Stole the puck away on the forecheck and passed it in the slot to DeBrincat.

Didn't get a chance to watch it so I don't know how he looked overall but the play is certainty encouraging.

 

[Brodeur]

World Junior summer exhibitions are going on right now in Michigan. NHL Network is picking up the games for later this week:

NHL Network will televise the final six games from this week's USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, it was announced today.

The exclusive U.S. television coverage will commence on Wednesday (Aug. 3) with two games, including Canada vs. Finland at 1 p.m. ET and USA vs. Sweden at 4 p.m. NHL Network will also carry games on Friday (Sweden vs. Canada at 1 p.m.; USA vs. Finland at 4 p.m.) and Saturday (Sweden vs. Finland at 4 p.m.; USA vs. Canada at 7 p.m.).

Of our prospects, McLeod/Cormier are on Canada but might not make the cut for the later games. Anderson is there for USA.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

joey Anderson was cut from the USA team.
Evan Cormier stopped all shots in his half of the game. His team won 7 - 4.
Michael McLeod didn't have any points.

 

[Lou is God]

joey Anderson was cut from the USA team.

Is that surprising?

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Is that surprising?

Not really, the USA is pretty deep up front. He had to score to show his worth, he is another Reid Boucher.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Not really, the USA is pretty deep up front. He had to score to show his worth, he is another Reid Boucher.

I don't see a strong comparison as players in general.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

I don't see a strong comparison as players in general.

Joey Anderson is a finisher, he has a good shot and average skaters. Not know for two way play. very similar players.