Prospect Info: Hurricanes Prospect Info and Discussion - Part VI

[Cardiac Jerks]

Surely there's gotta be three better canadian goalies eligible to go.

Yikes.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The big question of the offseason was “who will Be our 3rd line center?” I personally had Skinner pencilled in lol.

Have a problem with Jeremy Welsh or something?

 

[CandyCanes]

Necas scores his first of the year

 

[Jorma Heart]

I didn’t rank him in our top 15 and people were confused as to how our top 2nd round pick this year could go unranked. Well...because this guy has no upside whatsoever that I can see.

Seen him play a lot? He has only 3 points in 16 gp in Liiga (3 pts in 6 CHL gp too) but KalPa is dumpster fire right now and every player is struggling. Compared to other 2nd rounders in Liiga he is doing just fine.

 

[MinJaBen]

Kuokkanen has been assigned to Charlotte. About time.

 

[GoldiFox]

Necas scores his first of the year

A forward driving the middle of the ice and taking a shot from the slot? I thought the whole point of keeping him up was to instruct that rubbish out of his game...

 

[Joe McGrath]

Seen him play a lot? He has only 3 points in 16 gp in Liiga (3 pts in 6 CHL gp too) but KalPa is dumpster fire right now and every player is struggling. Compared to other 2nd rounders in Liiga he is doing just fine.

You’ve seen him play a lot apparently, does he have a lot of upside?

 

[Jorma Heart]

You’ve seen him play a lot apparently, does he have a lot of upside?

He's upside could be something like middle-6 C. All-around solid player and he does have more offence than his stats are currently showing. He's been centering 2nd line all season and it's been our most consistent line.

edit: Luostarinen is playing U20 tournament in Russia. Should be strong candidate for the WJC team.

 

[Joe McGrath]

He's upside could be something like middle-6 C. All-around solid player and he does have more offence than his stats are currently showing. He's been centering 2nd line all season and it's been our most consistent line.

edit: Luostarinen is playing U20 tournament in Russia. Should be strong candidate for the WJC team.

I don’t think we are far off in terms of upside assessment. My assumption on him was that his ceiling was as a 3C. No top 6 upside. The Canes have a few similar prospects at center that have a higher upside but will be competing for a similar role (Wallmark, Roy, Elynuk, etc.). Granted I haven’t seen him play, just going on what I’ve read, and I prefer the guys that have that top 6 upside. I don’t doubt that he would be a top15 or higher prospect for me in another organization.

 

[The Stranger]

I don’t think we are far off in terms of upside assessment. My assumption on him was that his ceiling was as a 3C. No top 6 upside. The Canes have a few similar prospects at center that have a higher upside but will be competing for a similar role (Wallmark, Roy, Elynuk, etc.). Granted I haven’t seen him play, just going on what I’ve read, and I prefer the guys that have that top 6 upside. I don’t doubt that he would be a top15 or higher prospect for me in another organization.

You never answered the question above...have you seen him play a lot? What is the basis of your negative opinion?

Edit: Thanks to Cardiac_Canes for pointing out my lack of reading comprehension. I see that you did in fact already acknowledge you've never seen Eetu.L play.

 

[Joe McGrath]

You never answered the question above...have you seen him play a lot? What is the basis of your negative opinion?

No I haven’t seen him play at all. Why would I? My assumption that he doesnt have top 6 upside based on his statistics only was more or less confirmed by someone who apparently watches him plenty. Typically players who aren’t even close to PPG players in J.R.-B leagues in Finland don’t wind up being top 6 centers in the NHL. Or do I need to study the tape of every asshole drafted to state an opinion on a message board?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

You never answered the question above...have you seen him play a lot? What is the basis of your negative opinion?

Actually, he said right in the response that you quoted that he hasn’t seen him play....

 

[geehaad]

Using stats to draw conclusions about a prospect doesn't fly around here, for very good reason.

 

[JCLA]

Pronman with good words on Necas in the athletic:

Martin Necas, C, Carolina: Necas excelled in his first game in the Czech Extraliga for Brno since being assigned by Carolina. He played more than 16 minutes, scored a goal and was dangerous all game. His skill and speed stand out versus pros, and once he gets bulk onto his frame, he has the potential to be an impact player. That he was the first center over the boards for the 3-on-3 overtime shows what his coach thinks of him.

 

[JCLA]

oh boy necas, please stop getting my hopes up

 

[lamini]

Nečas 1+1 in 3-2 OT win

Edit: also named Kometa best player of the game

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Imagine how good Necas would be doing if we didn't slow his development and kill his confidence by keeping him here so long, only to send him back.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Imagine how good Necas would be doing if we didn't slow his development and kill his confidence by keeping him here so long, only to send him back.

He’s be Kometa’s player of the week!

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

He’s be Kometa’s player of the week!

But how much have you actually seen him play?

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Damn, we could really need his goalscoring here. Call him back asap.

 

[HisIceness]

Roland McKeown is making his NHL debut tomorrow night. Knock em dead kid.

 

[Unsustainable]

Necas with some size will be great.

 

[Unsustainable]

Wallmark has 13pts in 10 games.

 

[Unsustainable]

http://gocheckers.com/game-recaps/zykov-s-late-heroics-lift-checkers-over-senators

Zykov wins it for the Checkers on the road

 

[CandyCanes]

http://gocheckers.com/game-recaps/zykov-s-late-heroics-lift-checkers-over-senators

Zykov wins it for the Checkers on the road

Call his ass up. Along with Wallmark.