Prospect Info: #131 Adam Werner, G

[Foppa Frossa]

Adam “Easy League” Werner

 

[UncleRisto]

How many games do you think he can play at this level to start? 300?

 

[flyfysher]

Congrats to Werner. Hopefully Werner can consistently duplicate his debut effort. I had to look it up since so many of our posters decry our scouting department's post 1st round draft picks but Werner was selected in 2016 in the 5th round at pick 131. Not bad guys. Not bad at all.

 

[Avs9296]

He was very very impressive last night. Showed great poise and great rebound control. Pucks were either being kicked right into the corner or he smothered them completely. Also flashed his glove a few times. Doesn't hurt he has a huge frame for a goalie. He could be one to keep an eye on.

 

[LTC Pain]

Congrats Adam on achieving a shutout in your NHL debut. I've got a ton of respect (and fan satisfaction) for a guy who goes beyond "standing on his head" for his teammates in a situation like that! Well done young man!

 

[yzerman]

Followed him since his early days in sweden and Always liked him and i Think you guys have a really good one here and feels Little special since his hometown is very close (50km) to where i live

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

 

[klozge]

Okay. I admit I had no idea he was actually good. Great game.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I had been following Werner closely this year because of his great season last year so I am extremely happy about his first game with the Avs.

Well deserved. Congrats!!

 

[Chiarelli]

The overage European goalie blind dart throw finally sticks

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Maybe he'll be our Binnington

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Hepple is gonna use this as justification to draft two overage Euros each draft now

 

[Foppa2118]

Outstanding performance from him last night. I didn't think he looked great in camp so I was starting to write him off in the back of my mind.

Sucks for Franky to get hurt, but good for Werner to have the opportunity to redeem himself. Looking forward to seeing if he can pass the consistency test now.

Having both him and Annunen showing signs of promise would be huge for this team. Can't remember when they had that kind of depth. At most it seems like there's been one guy with promise, and a lot of the time there's been none.

 

[avsfan09]

The overage European goalie blind dart throw finally sticks

Annunen and Shamkov(?) both seem to be doing well also. Gives some hope atleast.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Annunen and Shamkov(?) both seem to be doing well also. Gives some hope atleast.

Annunen wasn't a shot in the dark like the others. He was a highly ranked and highly regarded goalie that we took basically at the very beginning of the 3rd round.

But ya all of our goalies are actually having decent seasons right now. Miner has put together a few good games in a row now after a sluggish start as well.

 

[McMetal]

Yeah, it's really only Kvaca who's looking like a clear miss at this point. I guess he's finally established himself in the top Czech league now and is posting reasonable numbers, but I feel like his timeline is moving too slowly for there to be any real chance at a North American career.

 

[Lemonlimey]

More later

What a lot more it was, very much later! 40 save shutout debut in relief!

 

[El Travo]

Adam “Easy League” Werner

We got EJ, now we got EZ. Short for GG EZ.

 

[El Travo]

So two things that I can see that Werner needs to work on if he wants to have an NHL career: rebound control, and getting quicker with his lateral movements. There were a couple times where he'd have been beat pretty easily on the one-timer had the Jets player aimed short side. He's a big guy so the speed may not be as big of an issue but he'd go from a journeyman goalie to a starter if he got quicker. Rinne is a guy who comes to mind when you get a big body who can also move quick laterally.

 

[21]

Didn't really expect this but I really like big goalies if they are mobile and athletic. Tons of rebounds is a rather common issue for European goalies in the NHL, not sure why.

In general players developed in Färjestad are good, getting a good hockey education, a great club in a small city. Håkan Loob had various manager positions for years but now working for Calgary I think (european scouting), I respect Håkan so much, similar attitude as Forsberg (winning is everything).

Fun

 

[Spirits]

So two things that I can see that Werner needs to work on if he wants to have an NHL career: rebound control, and getting quicker with his lateral movements. There were a couple times where he'd have been beat pretty easily on the one-timer had the Jets player aimed short side. He's a big guy so the speed may not be as big of an issue but he'd go from a journeyman goalie to a starter if he got quicker. Rinne is a guy who comes to mind when you get a big body who can also move quick laterally.

It is common for young goalies to struggle with rebound control. He will get it sorted out. He had robbed a nice wrap around attempt, its nice having a Gigantor Goalie for once.

 

[ETTHAKING67]

Can't wait to see how he plays tonight. See if it was all luck on Tuesday or he's good !

 

[El Travo]

It is common for young goalies to struggle with rebound control. He will get it sorted out. He had robbed a nice wrap around attempt, its nice having a Gigantor Goalie for once.

Oh yeah, no doubt. It was just an observation.

 

[benzino]

Didn't really expect this but I really like big goalies if they are mobile and athletic. Tons of rebounds is a rather common issue for European goalies in the NHL, not sure why.

In general players developed in Färjestad are are good, getting a good hockey education, a great club in a small city. Håkan Loob had various manager positions for years but now working for Calgary I think (european scouting), I respect Håkan so much, similar attitude as Forsberg (winning is everything).

Fun

Goalies in Europe play a blocker get the puck away at all cost style and in Europe rebounds are not as costly for a goalie as in NA on a small rink. In Finland they got smaller rinks too hence the Finnish goalies usually being better prepared for NHL.