Prospects Who Have Drastically Improved From Last Season (So Far)

[Dominance]

Truth be told, I mainly made this thread because I couldn’t find Logan Stanley’s thread to mention his improvement in.

Winnipeg has to be happy with how much better he looks than last year. He’s gotten a ton of hate on here, and for good reason. This year, though, it appears that he has worked on all of his weaknesses. He’s up to 8 points (3 goals) in 6 games played and from my limited viewings has drastically improved his foot speed, decision making, and puck skills. Make no mistake, he’ll never be an offensive weapon, but he may validate his draft position. Last year, his performance led to many saying that he’d never make it to the big leagues. Now, he looks set to be at least a highly defensively capable third-pairing defender who won’t handicap his team in terms of transition.

What other prospects have been surprising early on this year, in a positive way?

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[The Noot]

This is now a Jesper Bratt thread.

Resistance is futile.

 

[bennitez7]

Jesper Bratt

 

[RememberTheName]

Bratt again

 

[Hockeyisl1fe]

Eeli Tolvanen

 

[Hale The Villain]

Formenton went from playing on the 4th line of an OHL team to the 4th line of an NHL team in 5 months.

I don't think he's ready to play full-time just yet, but it's promising to see how well his game has translated.

 

[LeafChief]

Jesper Bratt FTW!

 

[LeafChief]

Formenton went from playing on the 4th line of an OHL team to the 4th line of an NHL team in 5 months.

I don't think he's ready to play full-time just yet, but it's promising to see how well his game has translated.

This guy should get sent back ASAP.

He's not good enough to be up right now and this won't be good for his development.

 

[Blender]

/thread

 

[A4T1L6]

lol I made the first Logan Stanley thread

 

[Emperoreddy]

/thread

On a list of things you don't expect to see in the first week of a season, this is high on the list.

 

[Blender]

On a list of things you don't expect to see in the first week of a season, this is high on the list.

They don't even have a picture for him.

 

[Tube Skates]

Well he's never gonna be a household name but Arnaud Durandeau took a lot of heat in his thread last year. This year he stayed in the Islanders camp longer than I had thought he would and now back with Halifax has been a really good complimentary player along side of Filip Zadina. He's faster and playing a smarter game plus looks to be very irritating to play against. I think the coaching change has been a positive as well. Hope he keeps it up.

 

[Go Wings]

Martin Frk was waived twice last year. In 2 games he has 2 goals and 3 points for Detroit.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

One person from Dallas who made huge leaps since he was drafted in 2016 is Nicolas Caamano. Scored at a PPG pace last year in the OHL and nearly made the NHL this year. Pretty good for a 5th rounder.

 

[Martinez]

Dennis Cholowski 7 points in 5 games for Prince George. Only had 12 all last season at St. Cloud State

 

[JTmillerForA1stLOL]

Virtanen for Vancouver.

While he hasn't necessarily "drastically" improved, we went from wanting him on the first bus out of town to agreeing to let him stay in a motel 6 for a few months.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Nice thread. It's great seeing a few kids surprise, or show why they went so high int he draft.

Another I'd mention for Ottawa is Logan Brown. Kid had a disastrous D+1 year, but has shown so far this season why the team picked him. He still needs some development time, but he is back on track.

 

[alko]

Nobody can beat Bratt.

From Slovakia point of view, Adam Ruzicka is having a great start to OHL season. He has 7 goals and 12 points in 7 games. Flames property.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

This is now a Jesper Bratt thread.

Resistance is futile.

Came here to post this.

For Tampa I would say Alex Volkov, Oleg Sosunov, and Erik Cernak fit the bill. But not on the level of Bratt.

 

[tony d]

Yeah, Jesper Bratt is a big surprise thus far this year, don't think he'll keep it up but you never know.

 

[Blender]

Yeah, Jesper Bratt is a big surprise thus far this year, don't think he'll keep it up but you never know.

I also don't think he will score 205 points this season.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Yeah I could see 40+ points out of Bratt which is insane for a 6th in his +2.

 

[Bluesnatic27]

One year ago, Samuel Blais was just a 6th rounder that nobody believed in. Now, he's a top AHL player that almost every Blues fan will say deserves to be in the Blues' top-9. The guy just keeps steadily improving. While he isn't the most skilled guy, his hockey IQ is arguably the highest in the prospect pool, and maybe even on the team itself.

Honestly, he deserves an NHL spot more than Thompson from what I saw of preseason.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Yeah I could see 40+ points out of Bratt which is insane for a 6th in his +2.

Late July birth. He's young af for his draft year