f Erne falls to our 1st round pick, there's no reason he shouldn't be the guy.
I've heard very good reports on Guindon, from the mouth of his goaltending coach, who happens to have played a game for the Habs in his career. I'll let you guys connect the dots He said the guy works very hard during the practices. He started out the year as the clear 2nd but finally surpassed Graham, he improved a lot along the way.
Saw Roy play tonight and I was disappointed, I definitely have Poirier ahead of him now. I'm not even sure I look at Marc-Olivier in the 3rd round.
Erne? If he falls below 20th, he'S a possible choice. NO WAY I'd pick him behind Frederick Gauthier.
I pretty much have him on par with Mantha. The later is the better player now, but there are some things I dislike about him... not to mention that he's basically a 2012 draft eligible.
Oh! Who's his goalie coach? Patrick Labrecque?
Poirier is... a bit hard to read. If that guy always gave it all defensively, he'd be a high 2nd rounder. But he doesn't, which is a shame, because he's otherwise a very good PK'er. Not to mention that his skating made leaps and bounds since last season. His offensive skills projects into a low-end 2nd liner (... potential, actually, not an actual "assessment"), but he really has a great shot, and has decent size : he should end up being a 6'015, 200 pounds with proper training.
The thing is -- if he doesn't commit more to his defensive play, I don't see him as having much of a shot at an NHL career.
Erne? If he falls below 20th, he'S a possible choice. NO WAY I'd pick him behind Frederick Gauthier.
I pretty much have him on par with Mantha. The later is the better player now, but there are some things I dislike about him... not to mention that he's basically a 2012 draft eligible.
Oh! Who's his goalie coach? Patrick Labrecque?
Poirier is... a bit hard to read. If that guy always gave it all defensively, he'd be a high 2nd rounder. But he doesn't, which is a shame, because he's otherwise a very good PK'er. Not to mention that his skating made leaps and bounds since last season. His offensive skills projects into a low-end 2nd liner (... potential, actually, not an actual "assessment"), but he really has a great shot, and has decent size : he should end up being a 6'015, 200 pounds with proper training.
The thing is -- if he doesn't commit more to his defensive play, I don't see him as having much of a shot at an NHL career.
It's a good question, Erne or Gauthier?
It's a good question, Erne or Gauthier?
Erne without thinking twice. Gauthier has been horrible everytime I see him.
I meant, no way I'd pick him AHEAD of Gauthier.
Erne without thinking twice. Gauthier has been horrible everytime I see him.
Don't look now, but Nashville is 10th in the West. And they are basically 11th since LA is 1 point back with 3 games in hand.
If we could get that pick in the 40-42 range, that would be superb.
Erne without thinking twice. Gauthier has been horrible everytime I see him.
Nashville and Calgary (and I guess Dallas, to a lesser extent) doing badly is definitely good for us. Two picks early in the 2nd would be great for us.
Badluck -- that's it.
I've seen him thrice, and he was the best forward of Rimouski for all those games.
It's a good question, Erne or Gauthier?
Nashville and Calgary (and I guess Dallas, to a lesser extent) doing badly is definitely good for us. Two picks early in the 2nd would be great for us.
Watched the Rimouski/Moncton game I had on my PVR from Friday.
And man what a game Gauthier had... defensively. He gave a hard time to Jaskin, consistently checking with his stick or checking him into the boards, he saved a few goals too. He plays like a Pro already, and does the simple play all the time, I've seen him try to deke once through a defender but it didn't work. He was playing with Beauvilier for most of the game, but in the third he was playing with Oke and Loiseau which didn't help him.
Beauvilier can keep up with Gauthier, but whenever the puck ended on Oke's tape, the play was dieing. Reminds me of a certain San Jose Sharks prospect that played with Team USA at the WJC.
Seriously, I can see why Gauthier has slowed production wise lately. Oke is an offensive vacuum, he's slow and is far from creative with the puck. While Loiseau works his tail off, he's not the most gifted player. Anyway, Gauthier's primary job was to shut down the Cats and he did pretty good on that night.
I still have my concerns for him offensively, but there's no doubt in my mind he'll be a pro, and a tough player to play against. He was giving fits to arguably the best player in the 'Q this year. Imagine when he fills out and improves his skating. One area where he seems to need to improve was the faceoff circle, but Moncton had pretty good ones in Saulnier and Danault, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since he's still pretty raw physically.
Other players in that game I liked were Kostalek, and Mackinnon, Ryan this one. Mackinnon is a pretty good skater and a good puck mover. He was adamant at escaping the forecheck and he plays with a chip on his shoulder, the little garland was often at the receiving hand.
Kostalek was good also. I certainly take a look at him with one of our two 3rd rounders. He's pretty complete. He's physical, he's safe defensively and has a pretty hard one-timer. He was used on the 2nd PP wave, but that's because Rimouski has one of the best offensive D's in the league in Gagné and they play with 4 forwards.
Morin injured himself early in the game and I couldn't really evaluate him.
I watched it too... He had a better game than the last 4 ones I've watched of him... But best in the Q ? .... He's poor offensively, he gives poor effort from time to time, he's slow, doesnt have the best shot.... I just don't see it.
He seems to have a good hockey IQ and good size though... But for me he's a nono unless we're 25+