Prospect Info: 2017 NHL Draft / Pick #7 - Lias Andersson (C)

[JimmyG89]

The only reason I can see them not staying is that the team would basically be signing stop-gap players to vital positions. Don't believe for a second that the team won't want the fruit of a year of replacement players (DD, Holland, etc) to show with having Andersson and Chytil on the NHL roster next season.

I do not see them working this as a rebuild that is taking them 3-5 years down the line. The newsflash to fans: This was already year 1 of the rebuild. Moved out Stepan. Moved out Girardi. Didn't replace either in the lineup to begin the season. Trading UFAs and players with 1 year to go to free agency for more picks and prospects.

This rebuild began on draft day 2017. They'll want some fruits of the rebuild on display 18 months after it began, especially if they move out players like Zucc and McDonagh. They for sure will have some vets, but I don't see this team without Chytil and Andersson on the roster in October.

 

[bleedblue94]

Agreed. I think both players have something to learn in the AHL still, both this and next season. They will still be among the youngest players in the league and that is a good environment to learn, unlike overagers in major juniors.

And I don't necessarily disagree with this, but the point I was trying to make is PB wanted them to do both, which isn't possible.

I do think they can both gain from some NHL games down the stretch. Each league will offer something different to them at this point, but both provide benefits.

 

[bleedblue94]

The only reason I can see them not staying is that the team would basically be signing stop-gap players to vital positions. Don't believe for a second that the team won't want the fruit of a year of replacement players (DD, Holland, etc) to show with having Andersson and Chytil on the NHL roster next season.

I do not see them working this as a rebuild that is taking them 3-5 years down the line. The newsflash to fans: This was already year 1 of the rebuild. Moved out Stepan. Moved out Girardi. Didn't replace either in the lineup to begin the season. Trading UFAs and players with 1 year to go to free agency for more picks and prospects.

This rebuild began on draft day 2017. They'll want some fruits of the rebuild on display 18 months after it began, especially if they move out players like Zucc and McDonagh. They for sure will have some vets, but I don't see this team without Chytil and Andersson on the roster in October.

To be fair, they replaced girardi with shattenkirk...

 

[Beacon]

Lias, along with most of the Pack, was invisible tonight. He has good games, but he also has games when he looks like an AHL role player. He is not anywhere near NHL-ready right now.

 

[Beacon]

This rebuild began on draft day 2017.

Arguably, it began with the Brass for Zib trade.

 

[Dijock94]

To be fair, they replaced girardi with shattenkirk...

And Brendan smith

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Lias with a goal and an assist tonight

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Lias with a goal and an assist tonight

8 points in 10 games. Nice start for the kid.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

8 points in 10 games. Nice start for the kid.

His season so far:

SHL: 22GP, 7G, 7A, 14P
CHL: 7GP, 2G, 2A, 4P
WJC: 7GP, 6G, 1A, 7P
JR Internationals: 13GP, 9G, 3A, 12P
AHL: 10GP, 2G, 6A, 8P

 

[Blais to Win]

He had a goal and an assist but was invisible?

Can someone fill in the blanks here?

 

[bleedblue94]

Lias with a goal and an assist tonight

But was it a secondary assist and an empty net goal?? :p

 

[EpicDing]

He had a goal and an assist but was invisible?

Can someone fill in the blanks here?

2 different games. Look at the timestamps.

 

[eco's bones]

He had a goal and an assist but was invisible?

Can someone fill in the blanks here?

I think Beacon was talking about the game the night before when he could have said the entire team (not just Lias with maybe the exception of Halverson) was invisible.

Lias started slow in Hartford. He was slow out of the gate in the SHL this year too. I'd say he was acclimatizing to his team, to the AHL rinks, to the AHL itself and seemingly making very good progress.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

How much different is SHL life from AHL life? I mean taking buses/trains etc not necessarily in your home country vs foreign land

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

 

[will1066]

He had a goal and an assist but was invisible?

Can someone fill in the blanks here?

Desharnais syndrome

 

[Ori]

When are they called up like 10 games left of the NHL season?

 

[Edge]

Can we all just accept that we have two damn good forward prospects in our ranks and that the early returns from the first round of 2017 are very promising?

Don't even respond. Just smile and nod at your monitors/phone/tablets/laptops/magic mirrors.

 

[Inferno]

Can we all just accept that we have two damn good forward prospects in our ranks and that the early returns from the first round of 2017 are very promising?

Don't even respond. Just smile and nod at your monitors/phone/tablets/laptops/magic mirrors.

Mittlestadt is better.

 

[Edge]

Mittlestadt is better.

I need a shoe to throw at you.

 

[The S5]

Still thnk Gabe Villardi should have been the pick. Potential to be a prolific goal scorer. Time will tell.

 

[Edge]

I will admit, part of me does have to laugh.

Mittelstadt posts .82 ppg against college kids and he's an offensive guru who is destined for stardom.

Andersson posts. 80 ppg against men in the AHL and we kind of sit in stunned silence.

At this point, it really is just pretty silly.

 

[Edge]

Still thnk Gabe Villardi should have been the pick. Potential to be a prolific goal scorer. Time will tell.

I like Vilardi and think he has a shot to be a very good player as well. Like Mittelstadt, Andersson and some of the other prospects that I put into a similar grouping, he has his flaws and concerns. But I think he's another one who is an incredibly intelligent player and could play for a very long time, without ever scoring 30 goals or 70 points.

Frankly, I think Andersson and Vilardi play a much more similar game than most people have touched on. I would argue that Andersson's numbers in the OHL would probably be similar to Vilardi's and both project to fill similar roles in the NHL.

 

[alkurtz]

I think if you add up Andersson's totals for the year it comes to 27 goals and 19 assists in 59 games (as per Amazing Kreiderman's stats). Pretty good for a 19 year old who has played for five teams.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Desharnais syndrome

Derek Stepan*