Prospect Info: 2018-2019 In The System: Springfield Thunderbirds, CHL, NCAA, Europe, etc.

[TheImpatientPanther]

-ghoste

I'll raise ya the two helpers!

tippett-and-perfetti-are-perfection game recap.

 

[CHGoalie27]

@letsgrowcactus soooo if you want an explanation for any numbers that down play Sammy's ability, watch him get pinned to a clothes line last night for the answer.

 

[letsgrowcactus]

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Damn, that's awful. I wouldn't blame him at all if he gave up on hockey after this. One neck injury is bad enough, but two??

Fingers crossed for the kid.

 

[Haj]

Damn, that's awful. I wouldn't blame him at all if he gave up on hockey after this. One neck injury is bad enough, but two??

Fingers crossed for the kid.

Is he ok?

 

[NewHampshire]

Is he ok?

 

[FinlandPanther]

Man you can’t jsut not root for the kid. He’s been through so much shit. I could’ve sworn that would’ve been his third super serious injury?

 

[NewHampshire]

Great news...

 

[Haj]

Great news....glad he is ok.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Tippett continues to score. 3mins into game 3 he has his 4th goal.
May end up watching this game more than the FLA-MON game.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

@Ghoste

Re-sign Hoffman so he could mentor young Tippett. Imagine both off them on their off wing on the PP sniping top cheddar? Wooooooo weeeeeee yes indeed!

 

[Ghoste]

@Ghoste

Re-sign Hoffman so he could mentor young Tippett. Imagine both off them on their off wing on the PP sniping top cheddar? Wooooooo weeeeeee yes indeed!

Look at you with the Twitter post!

-ghoste

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Another playoff game for Saginaw, another goal for Tippett. 80 seconds in, he nets his 5th goal in 4 games. Saginaw looking for the sweep of Sarnia.
Still early in the 1st

 

[Ghoste]

Another playoff game for Saginaw, another goal for Tippett. 80 seconds in, he nets his 5th goal in 4 games. Saginaw looking for the sweep of Sarnia.
Still early in the 1st

-ghoste

 

[vendetta]

Another playoff game for Saginaw, another goal for Tippett. 80 seconds in, he nets his 5th goal in 4 games. Saginaw looking for the sweep of Sarnia.
Still early in the 1st

Everything about his game is nhl ready. Should be able to crack lineup next year and have decent impact

 

[BabyBennettov]

Everything about his game is nhl ready. Should be able to crack lineup next year and have decent impact

Just hope we don't trade him... This is no Mark Parrish !

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Big Christmas with an assist tonight, has 3 helpers in 4 games. Oshawa up 3-1 in their series

Tippett with his 5th goal tonight, Saginaw came back down 4-2 to tie and win it in OT 5-4 (sweeping Sarnia)

We may have to draft the GWG scorer from Saginaw, his name......Blade Jenkins. No lie. BLADE!!

 

[vendetta]

Big Christmas with an assist tonight, has 3 helpers in 4 games. Oshawa up 3-1 in their series

Tippett with his 5th goal tonight, Saginaw came back down 4-2 to tie and win it in OT 5-4 (sweeping Sarnia)

We may have to draft the GWG scorer from Saginaw, his name......Blade Jenkins. No lie. BLADE!!

Always draft a guy named blade. Always. And it’s not debatable

 

[Sleestak Nation]

Always draft a guy named blade. Always. And it’s not debatable

I believe the Islanders drafted him last year.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

I believe the Islanders drafted him last year.

5th round by NYI. Damn. That's a sharp pick by them...

 

[Drugs Delaney]

Always draft a guy named blade. Always. And it’s not debatable

This had me laughing pretty hard. It should be gospel.

 

[RealHumanBean]

Re-doing the 2018 draft. How would it unfold today? - TheHockeyNews
Denisenko seems to be getting some appreciation

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Re-doing the 2018 draft. How would it unfold today? - TheHockeyNews
Denisenko seems to be getting some appreciation

Curious why Hayton has dropped from 5 to 9?

As much as I love Denny and Big Christmas Noel, still disappointed we didn't take Dobson (could have traded up 3 spots) or Wilde with one of the picks, felt this was a good draft to get some RD with top 4 potential.

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Curious why Hayton has dropped from 5 to 9?

As much as I love Denny and Big Christmas Noel, still disappointed we didn't take Dobson (could have traded up 3 spots) or Wilde with one of the picks, felt this was a good draft to get some RD with top 4 potential.

Hayton was seen as a huge reach by Arizona - most pre-draft rankings had him at 10-15; the highest he was ranked was 7th by Button but one ranking also had him as low as 23rd. So I wouldn't really see it as him dropping - if anything, this validates the pick by Arizona to some degree.

It's awesome to see Denisenko repeatedly ranked this high.

I agree with you in that I wish we could have grabbed a D earlier in the draft because this was a great year for defencemen. That said if both Denisenko and Noel hit their potential, this will be an excellent draft for us.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Hayton was seen as a huge reach by Arizona - most pre-draft rankings had him at 10-15; the highest he was ranked was 7th by Button but one ranking also had him as low as 23rd. So I wouldn't really see it as him dropping - if anything, this validates the pick by Arizona to some degree.

It's awesome to see Denisenko repeatedly ranked this high.

I agree with you in that I wish we could have grabbed a D earlier in the draft because this was a great year for defencemen. That said if both Denisenko and Noel hit their potential, this will be an excellent draft for us.

Now that you say that, do remember the TSN guys talking about Hayton. They tend to go off the board a bit. Denisenko needs more ice time in KHL next year, no more of this bouncing around. Give the kid the chance to show his offensive skills, won't look for him to be a 2 way guy anyhow. We have players that can make up for his defensive faults.

Even more reason I'm on board with trading the 2019 1st for immediate RD help. With guys like Weegar, Brown and Keeper, our bottom pairing is fine. Don't know if either of those 3 can become a legit #3/4.

This draft only has Byram in the top 5 no? Who/How are the D around our assumed spot of 8-13th doing so far?

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Now that you say that, do remember the TSN guys talking about Hayton. They tend to go off the board a bit. Denisenko needs more ice time in KHL next year, no more of this bouncing around. Give the kid the chance to show his offensive skills, won't look for him to be a 2 way guy anyhow. We have players that can make up for his defensive faults.

Even more reason I'm on board with trading the 2019 1st for immediate RD help. With guys like Weegar, Brown and Keeper, our bottom pairing is fine. Don't know if either of those 3 can become a legit #3/4.

This draft only has Byram in the top 5 no? Who/How are the D around our assumed spot of 8-13th doing so far?

Yes, Byram should be an early pick, likely to anywhere go betwen 3-6.
There are other notable names like Seider, Soderstrom, Broberg, Cam York... one or two could go top 10, or they could drop. Heinola also improved a lot in the second half of the season playing in Liiga and had very good playoffs (1st pairing, 4 points in 7 games) - he actually outproduced Heiskanen in his draft year and produced the 4th most points ever in Liiga by an U-18 defenceman (he projects as a "really smart two-way guy").
If you ask me, there probably is a 1st pairing guy not-named Byram in that first round, or at least several n.3 guys. The question is can we find and develop that guy.