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Jesper Lindgren with a goal in today's game.
Haven't heard that name in awhile..
Jesper Lindgren with a goal in today's game.
Haven't heard that name in awhile..
1.2ppg in your 18yr old season is a pretty firm minimum for me.
1.35 is near the minimum for 19.
but that kind of production doesn't leave much hope for nhl 2nd line production.
Nielsen getting a call post deadline wouldn't be shocking....
Dylan Strome was a raw 16 year old, Brown destroyed it when both McDavid and Burakovsky were at the WJC, and mostly played with an overager in Dane Fox. He wasn't on McDavid's line. You prefer Dzierkals, fine. I think at this point in time Connor Brown was the better prospect. Its not like Dzierkals put up insane numbers on a team that was stacked last year. He has potential, but I don't think at comparable stages he is clearly better than Brown. Granted, about a month ago you were saying Dzierkals was better than Kapanen, so you seem to hold him in higher regard than most analysts and fellow fans. Maybe your right, but I disagree with both assessments.There are quite a few star NHL players that weren't drafted in the 1st round and have similar numbers as 19 year old players in the CHL. Dzierkals, as a talent, is (at worst) on par with Connor Brown. He's a more attractive prospective hockey player than Brown was at any point in the CHL. Connor put up almost two points-per-game as a 19 year old but that is a terribly inflated number. The Erie Otters had Connor McDavid, Dylan Strome and Andre Burakovsky up front, as well as several others NHL draft picks. Dzierkals is on a team with Jeremy Lauzon (D) and a bunch of overage, undrafted players.
If you use points-per-game ratio, you're going to win the debate of Connor Brown or Martins Dzierkals.
If you use facts, player skills and take circumstances into consideration, Dzierkals is a better prospect at 19 than Brown was.
Dzierkals has that Nylander/Marner-like ability to just wind up and take off through the neutral zone like a bullet and offensive zone entry. Whether it translates or not is the question.
wouldn't it be cool if he became the greatest latvian hockey player to ever live! I am cheering for this ladMartins Dzierkals is very Marneresque in the way he moves and handles the puck at high speeds.
wouldn't it be cool if he became the greatest latvian hockey player to ever live! I am cheering for this lad
wouldn't it be cool if he became the greatest latvian hockey player to ever live! I am cheering for this lad
1.2ppg in your 18yr old season is a pretty firm minimum for me.
1.35 is near the minimum for 19.
but that kind of production doesn't leave much hope for nhl 2nd line production.
There are quite a few star NHL players that weren't drafted in the 1st round and have similar numbers as 19 year old players in the CHL. Dzierkals, as a talent, is (at worst) on par with Connor Brown. He's a more attractive prospective hockey player than Brown was at any point in the CHL. Connor put up almost two points-per-game as a 19 year old but that is a terribly inflated number. The Erie Otters had Connor McDavid, Dylan Strome and Andre Burakovsky up front, as well as several others NHL draft picks. Dzierkals is on a team with Jeremy Lauzon (D) and a bunch of overage, undrafted players.
If you use points-per-game ratio, you're going to win the debate of Connor Brown or Martins Dzierkals.
If you use facts, player skills and take circumstances into consideration, Dzierkals is a better prospect at 19 than Brown was.
There are quite a few star NHL players that weren't drafted in the 1st round and have similar numbers as 19 year old players in the CHL.
Dzierkals, as a talent, is (at worst) on par with Connor Brown. He's a more attractive prospective hockey player than Brown was at any point in the CHL. Connor put up almost two points-per-game as a 19 year old but that is a terribly inflated number. The Erie Otters had Connor McDavid, Dylan Strome and Andre Burakovsky up front, as well as several others NHL draft picks. Dzierkals is on a team with Jeremy Lauzon (D) and a bunch of overage, undrafted players.
If you use points-per-game ratio, you're going to win the debate of Connor Brown or Martins Dzierkals.
If you use facts, player skills and take circumstances into consideration, Dzierkals is a better prospect at 19 than Brown was.
Is there a reason for those particular cutoffs?
last year's numbers were likely affected by deployment, that was a good team and if I remember correctly I think they loaded up at the TDL for a run that pushed Dzerkials down the lineup
This year will likely start to paint a more complete picture, but if he ends up at 1.5ppg will that affect your opinion?
I probably wouldn't lay money on him being a 2nd liner, but that's not surprising for a 3rd rounder. The skillset seems to be there, he looks like a Soshnikov clone to me. Looks like he could be very useful even if he's not a top 6 player
eh I don't have a problem with Martin and even then I think we are looking at a Arcobello, Kozun type with Leipsic, I have no idea why I think this but I do and I like martin better on the 4th line in any case
some friends of mine have crunched the numbers pretty thoroughly on this one - if you're not minimum 1.2ppg at 18 you're likely not an nhl producer, barring exceptional circumstances.
if he manages to get up to 1.5 this yeqr then yeah it'll give me hope.
Murphy on the move?
I'll close this week’s Dreger Report with the acknowledgment there is more trade banter occurring around the NHL.
Defencemen are always a hot commodity, which is why we in the media grab hold when a name like Flames’ blueliner Dougie Hamilton surfaces. I don't get the sense from the Flames that Hamilton is truly in play, at least no more than a number of other quality defenceman who can always be made available if the team most interested is willing to overpay.
In saying that, teams are doing due diligence on Hamilton, but this story could be more of a retread from June when the Arizona Coyotes, among others, expressed interest in Hamilton around the draft.
Embedded ImageCarolina's Ryan Murphy is a different story. He doesn't seem to be a fit for Hurricanes head coach Bill Peters. Murphy's name has been used as trade bait for months, but now the Canes are actively shopping him. With a salary of $750,000 this year and $825,000 next season, the 23-year-old, right-shot defenceman will likely be on the move.
The Hurricanes were among the clubs most interested in Anaheim's Cam Fowler before Hampus Lindholm signed his extension, so clearly Carolina is hoping to upgrade its blueline and would include Murphy as part of a deal.
fair enough, but I would at least like to see what Leipsic can do in the NHL. What if we sat Martin for a few games and gave Leipsic a try? If he is a scrub too, then send him back down.