Prospect Info: 2018-2019 Senators prospect watch

[Ouroboros]

So after this our prospect pool at the top end basically looks like...

LW: Tkachuk, Formenton, Balcers
C: Brown, Chlapik, Norris
RW: White, Batherson, Gagne
D: Wolanin, Jaros, Lajoie, JBD, Tychonick, Englund
G: Gustavsson, Hogberg, Hollett

Hopefully they become good players, but not so good that they price themselves off the team.

 

[LDN]

Hopefully they become good players, but not so good that they price themselves off the team.

I dont think that you will have this crappy management for a long time

 

[BondraTime]

I dont think that you will have this crappy management for a long time

Dorion signed a 3 year extension in February

 

[NyQuil]

So after this our prospect pool at the top end basically looks like...

LW: Tkachuk, Formenton, Balcers
C: Brown, Chlapik, Norris
RW: White, Batherson, Gagne
D: Wolanin, Jaros, Lajoie, JBD, Tychonick, Englund
G: Gustavsson, Hogberg, Hollett

I like how the most valuable asset in franchise history gets us guys who are behind other guys in our prospect pool.

 

[armani]

Dorion signed a 3 year extension in February

Don't worry, President Alfie will Niedermayer the puck at Dorion's knee and then throw him out like Sundin threw his stick in the stands. Hopefully by next summer.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

This is kinda cool

 

[Samboni]

This is kinda cool

Sounds like he is a finisher but not so much a heavy lifter.

 

[scallionjj11]

Not sure, I just heard he wasn't happy this summer, I brought it up a month or so ago

Crazy to think how well Perron played in the Q, i really had high hopes for him.

 

[aragorn]

At the moment the prospects are all that is exciting & interesting with this team.

 

[XXIV97]

Could someone provide me with a top prospect list for Ottawa?

 

[bdp]

Bowers vs Norris, better prospect?

 

[OUTHOUSE]

Do we have the deepest group of legitimate forward prospects of any team?

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

At the moment the prospects are all that is exciting & interesting with this team.

Lol not even that exciting. We don't even have a legit star top 1-3 in the league prospect to be excited about even.

 

[Peptic Balcers]

Bowers vs Norris, better prospect?

Both pretty much the same guy, but I'd say bowers has taken a little but more of a step forward since being drafted

 

[Icelevel]

Bowers vs Norris, better prospect?

Norris is best friends with Brady Tkachuk. ‘BEST’ friends
Has Bowers even had a sleepover at Brady’s house?
Probably not

 

[NyQuil]

Do we have the deepest group of legitimate forward prospects of any team?

No.

 

[topshelf15]

Did we get anything SOA that can be considered somewhat decent here??

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Did we get anything SOA that can be considered somewhat decent here??

Do you mean back in the Karlsson trade? or about Gregor Macleod specifically?
In the Karlsson trade .. I would say Norris and Balcers are decent prospects. I don't consider them Grade A. I can't recall seeing Balcers play internationally. From the clips .. it looks like he has good hands and good speed. I think he could be a 2/3 line winger that could see some PP time. He likely starts in Belleville this year. He will be fun to watch. Norris is one of those steady eddy types. He and Bowers were pretty even going into the 2017 draft. I would project him to be a good 3rd line C. He can skate and shoot and doesn't shy away from the physical stuff and he is a gym rat. Norris placed first in the left and right agility drills, peak power, vertical jump, long jump, second in mean power, fourth in bench press, and 8th in pull ups among the 104 invited players ahead of the 2017 draft. That is impressive. Over all the return for Karlsson was underwhelming prospect wise because none are really coveted high end prospects. Still...two more NHL prospects with a good chance to make the jump eventually added to the cupboard.
On Josh Norris and ceiling projections
Top 25 Sharks Under 25: No. 7 Rudolfs Balcers is an Ottawa Senator

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

lmao we didn't even get a grade A prospect for EK lmao

 

[Xspyrit]

No.

I haven't followed every other team prospect pool as much as before but I would be curious to see other teams that have a great forward prospect pool

Brady Tkachuk
Logan Brown
Colin White
Drake Batherson
Rudolfs Balcers
Alex Formenton
Filip Chlapik
Josh Norris
Gabriel Gagné
Aaron Luchuk
Johnny Gruden
Angus Crookshank
Markus Nurmi
Nick Paul
Parker Kelly
Andrew Sturtz
Jakov Novak
Luke Loheit
Adam Tambellini
Todd Burgess
Filip Ahl
Jack Rodewald

It's deep as hell (which is useless IMO because you can only have 9 top-9 forwards). Is the plan really to get rid of all of Duchene, Stone, Dzingel, Tierney and Pageau? Those guys are still pretty young (24-27 y/o)

I can't understand for the life of me why Dorion didn't target 2 very good D-men prospects if he really had to trade Karlsson. Forwards? We have plenty of that.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I haven't followed every other team prospect pool as much as before but I would be curious to see other teams that have a great forward prospect pool

Brady Tkachuk
Logan Brown
Colin White
Drake Batherson
Rudolfs Balcers
Alex Formenton
Filip Chlapik
Josh Norris
Gabriel Gagné
Aaron Luchuk
Johnny Gruden
Angus Crookshank
Markus Nurmi
Nick Paul
Parker Kelly
Andrew Sturtz
Jakov Novak
Luke Loheit
Adam Tambellini
Todd Burgess
Filip Ahl
Jack Rodewald

It's deep as hell (which is useless IMO because you can only have 9 top-9 forwards). Is the plan really to get rid of all of Duchene, Stone, Dzingel, Tierney and Pageau? Those guys are still pretty young (24-27 y/o)

I can't understand for the life of me why Dorion didn't target 2 very good D-men prospects if he really had to trade Karlsson. Forwards? We have plenty of that.

Vancouver (Pettersson, Dahlen, Gaudette, Lind) Carolina (Necas, Svechnikov, Zykov, Roy, Gauthier, Kuokkanen, Drury), Blues (Kyrou, Thomas, Kostin, Bokk), Lightning (Cirelli, Katchouk, Raddysh, Joseph, Volkov, Stephens) all come to mind. Florida and New York have a ton of talent at the forward position as well. The Flyers have a lot of talent there too but have an unreal D prospect pipeline.

 

[Grizz MacArthur]

Could someone provide me with a top prospect list for Ottawa?

My updated top 20 is:

1. Brady Tkachuk
2. Logan Brown
3. Drake Batherson
4. Colin White
5. Alex Formenton
6. Josh Norris
7. Christian Wolanin
8. Filip Gustavsson
9. Jacob Bernard-Docker
10. Filip Chlapik
11. Rudolfs Balcers
12. Jonny Tychonick
13. Christian Jaros
14. Gabriel Gagne
15. Aaron Luchuk
16. Jonathan Gruden
17. Maxime Lajoie
18. Marcus Hogberg
19. Markus Nurmi
20. Andreas Englund

(with Chabot graduated, of course)

 

[Spezza]

Norris is best friends with Brady Tkachuk. ‘BEST’ friends
Has Bowers even had a sleepover at Brady’s house?
Probably not

If they are such good friends, why didn't Norris go to BU? Huh?!

 

[Viletho]

If they are such good friends, why didn't Norris go to BU? Huh?!

He went to the University of Michigan were another of his great body Quinn Hugues was.
These 3 seems to be very close friends. At least, of you look at Norris instagram.

 

[God Says No]

My updated top 20 is:

1. Brady Tkachuk
2. Logan Brown
3. Drake Batherson
4. Colin White
5. Alex Formenton
6. Josh Norris
7. Christian Wolanin
8. Filip Gustavsson
9. Jacob Bernard-Docker
10. Filip Chlapik
11. Rudolfs Balcers
12. Jonny Tychonick
13. Christian Jaros
14. Gabriel Gagne
15. Aaron Luchuk
16. Jonathan Gruden
17. Maxime Lajoie
18. Marcus Hogberg
19. Markus Nurmi
20. Andreas Englund

(with Chabot graduated, of course)

Norris way too high. I'd have him 14th in your list.