Prospect Info: 2019-2020 Prospect Info and Discussion

[geehaad]

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Player	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Luke Henman (C)	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	QMJHL	49	20	41	61	1.24	37	10
Tuukka Tieksola (RW)		totals	43	24	26	50	1.16	14	15
	Kärpät	Liiga	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1
	Kärpät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	36	23	26	49	1.36	14	15
	Hermes	Mestis	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	1
Blake Murray (C)	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	49	21	29	50	1.02	50	5
Jamieson Rees (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	26	17	29	46	1.77	28	8
Grégory Hofmann (LW)	EV Zug	NLA	41	19	21	40	0.98	30	13
Ryan Suzuki (C)		totals	31	12	27	39	1.26	24	0
	Barrie Colts	OHL	21	5	18	23	1.10	16	-9
	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	10	7	9	16	1.60	8	9
Janne Kuokkanen (LW/C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	44	9	27	36	0.82	16	4
Massimo Rizzo (C)	Coquitlam Express	BCHL	35	16	19	35	1.00	24
Jake Bean (D)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	43	7	27	34	0.79	24	-7
Julien Gauthier (RW)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	38	22	9	31	0.82	30	-6
Morgan Geekie (C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	42	15	16	31	0.74	36	-13
Steven Lorentz (C/LW)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	45	15	14	29	0.64	24	17
David Cotton (C)	Boston College	NCAA	23	10	19	29	1.26	44	6
Jack Drury (C)	Harvard Univ.	NCAA	17	13	13	26	1.53	10	8
Max McCormick (LW)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	40	13	13	26	0.65	103	6
Chase Priskie (D)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	44	5	21	26	0.59	16	-6
Kirill Slepets (RW)		totals	46	11	10	21	0.46	12	4
	Buran Voronezh	VHL	21	8	7	15	0.71	6	6
	Dinamo Riga	KHL	25	3	3	6	0.24	6	-2
Eetu Luostarinen (C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	36	8	12	20	0.56	16	-1
Gustav Forsling (D)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	45	6	13	19	0.42	26	14
Matt Filipe (C/LW)	Northeastern Univ.	NCAA	23	6	12	18	0.78	24	4
Brian Gibbons (W/C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	26	4	14	18	0.69	40	-10
Roland McKeown (D)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	45	3	15	18	0.40	40	4
Oliwer Kaski (D)		totals	38	8	9	17	0.45	12	-6
	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	19	2	3	5	0.26	12	-8
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	19	6	6	12	0.63	0	2
Anttoni Honka (D)	JYP	Liiga	36	3	13	16	0.44	8	7
Fredrik Claesson (D)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	39	3	12	15	0.38	18	10
Jesper Sellgren (D)	Luleå HF	SHL	33	6	8	14	0.42	12	17
Domenick Fensore (D)	Boston Univ.	NCAA	24	3	11	14	0.58	24	5
Ville Räsänen (D)	Jokipojat	Mestis	28	3	11	14	0.50	10	12
Clark Bishop (C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	37	4	9	13	0.35	33	5
Jacob Pritchard (LW)		totals	36	6	6	12	0.33	14	0
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	23	2	4	6	0.26	6	1
	Greenville Swamp Rabbits	ECHL	13	4	2	6	0.46	8	-1
Dominik Bokk (RW/LW)	Rögle BK	SHL	31	8	3	11	0.35	2	3
Lenni Killinen (RW/LW)	Ässät	Liiga	29	5	6	11	0.38	4	-1
Patrik Puistola (LW/RW)		totals	35	4	7	11	0.31	2	2
	Tappara	Liiga	24	0	2	2	0.08	2	1
	KOOVEE	Mestis	4	1	3	4	1.00	0	0
	Jukurit	Liiga	7	3	2	5	0.71	0	1
Spencer Smallman (RW)		totals	36	4	6	10	0.28	24	4
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	33	3	5	8	0.24	22	2
	Greenville Swamp Rabbits	ECHL	3	1	1	2	0.67	2	2
Luke Stevens (LW)	Yale Univ.	NCAA	20	7	2	9	0.45	23	-8
Saku Mäenalanen (RW/LW)	Jokerit	KHL	19	2	4	6	0.32	8	-5
Cade Webber (D)	Penticton Vees	BCHL	23	2	3	5	0.22	6
Kevin Wall (RW)	Penn State Univ.	NCAA	20	1	4	5	0.25	6	2
Luke Martin (D)	Univ. of Michigan	NCAA	26	0	4	4	0.15	12	4
Max Zimmer (LW)	Univ. of Wisconsin	NCAA	11	1	1	2	0.18	0	-3
Stelio Mattheos (RW/C)	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2

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Goaltender	Team	League	GP	GAA	SVS%
Eetu Mäkiniemi	KOOVEE	Mestis	23	2.67	0.918
Jeremy Helvig	Greenville Swamp Rabbits	ECHL	22	3.24	0.912
Jack LaFontaine	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	16	2.93	0.903
Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	24	2.60	0.902
Anton Forsberg	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	23	2.98	0.901
Pyotr Kochetkov	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg	VHL	2	1.95	0.940
Callum Booth	Atlanta Gladiators	ECHL	3	2.27	0.940
Eetu Mäkiniemi	Ilves	Liiga	5	1.59	0.930
Pyotr Kochetkov	Vityaz Podolsk	KHL	7	2.88	0.922
Pyotr Kochetkov	Russkie Vityazi Chekhov	MHL	2	3.50	0.908
Jeremy Helvig	Jacksonville IceMen	ECHL	3	3.86	0.899
Eetu Mäkiniemi	Ilves U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	1	3.00	0.897
Pyotr Kochetkov	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	6	2.62	0.887
Callum Booth	Greenville Swamp Rabbits	ECHL	3	3.93	0.885
Jacob Kucharski	Providence College	NCAA	-	-	-

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[geehaad]

The previous Prospects thread was nearing 1000 posts, and it hadn't been updated with this season's updated list of colts, so instead of asking Dave to handle yet another task for us, I decided to give management of this thing a go. This info is taken directly from Elite Prospects, with just a smidge of additional formatting, so forgive me if something's amiss with it...just let me know and I'll fix 'er up nice. I didn't separate the forwards from the defensemen only because it didn't seem worth the additional formatting work, but if we'd like to see them separated, I'll make it so.

Enjoy.

 

[vorbis]

man, those Checkers' +/- figures are rough. seems like maybe it's a miracle that McKeown is a flat zero on that team.

 

[DaveG]

Thanks for jumping on this. I recently started up toward another degree and just never really had the chance to update the sheet.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Drury on the preliminary WJC roster. As well as future Cane Nick Robertson.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I was completely unaware that Kaliyev was American. Crazy.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I was completely unaware that Kaliyev was American. Crazy.

Per Wikipedia: He was born in Uzbekistan, but his family moved to the US when he was only 2.

 

[CandyCanes]

Speaking of Kaliyev. Still can’t believe he dropped to the second round. He was my #1 choice with our pick when we walked up to the podium in the 1st round, Suzuki was my #2 tho so I was still thrilled. But that swing for the fences pick so far is looking amazing for LA. Kaliyev looks like a goal scoring machine.

 

[Vagrant]

Speaking of Kaliyev. Still can’t believe he dropped to the second round. He was my #1 choice with our pick when we walked up to the podium in the 1st round, Suzuki was my #2 tho so I was still thrilled. But that swing for the fences pick so far is looking amazing for LA. Kaliyev looks like a goal scoring machine.

this one confused me quite a bit as well. scouts are mixed about if his skating will be a problem, but it seems like this happens every year that a player that showcases an elite caliber ability to score goals slides down the board for parts of his game that can be fixed. teams seem to forget sometimes that they're drafting the player for the player they develop in 3 years. you bring him in as a professional and you ask if him if he likes money and if he likes money enough he'll start to understand the imperative in front of him.

it also seems to be an organizational strategy now for us to take those players and it's a sound strategy. it wouldn't surprise me if they heavily considered him. the idea that it's easier to take a natural talent and teach him defense than it is to take a lesser talent that plays competitively in all zones and teach him hands is starting to become more viable. the exceptions to this strategy are players that are so dense they will never absorb coaching, but even a few of those guys that had that reputation started to see more clearly once turning professional and understanding that coaches are an extension of the general manager that is an extension of the owner and if you wanted an extension too, you should get to work.

 

[zman77]

Ryan Suzuki will be back playing hockey soon.
His Eye Injury prevented him from being chosen for U20 Team Canada.
Gene Pereira‏ @GenePereira1 Dec 2

Tough break for @RSuzuki61 with eye injury hindering his opportunity to show his progression and earn an invite to Canadian national team selection camp.
Good news for Colts is they’ll have him in the lineup soon.

Ryan McArthur‏ @ryanpmcarthur Dec 4

Tough not to see Barrie Colts superstar Ryan Suzuki among the Team Canada World Junior camp invites. His recent eye injury must be the reason for his omission. Hopefully he comes back from injury soon, because there’s been a very significant void in the Colts lineup recently.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

I don't know how we do it, what we have to sacrifice to get it, or what blackmail must be obtained, but somehow, someway, I want Marco Rossi in a Hurricanes uniform.

 

[NotOpie]

I'll throw a few names out.....assuming we'll be drafting in the late teens with Toronto's pick and in the late 20's (to #31) with ours:

Jaromir Pytlik - this guys sounds like the quintessential Rod Brind'Amour pick....200 foot player, plays well down low, bigger body, responsible defensively, good skater. I could see him on our radar.

Noel Gunler - kid may have risen too high for either of our picks, but another guy with size and skill and a right shot. Seems to "come and go" and his skating is only average...still, he's a sniper.

Jacob Perreault - good skater, especially out of the blocks; another right shot center. While topping out at 5'11", he is almost 200 lbs. The shot wins rave reviews.

 

[FinPanda]

Puistola has started training off the ice. Good news.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

@NotOpie

ill add Dylan Holloway
Scott Wheeler -The Athletic - Nov. 4th: "There isn’t a coach in the NHL who doesn’t want a powerful, talented, heavy, physical winger who can push tempo and play with an edge. That’s what Holloway brings."

Or Jan Mysak (giggles).
Scott Wheeler -The Athletic - Nov. 4th: "I see a player with some exciting raw tools, led by an excellent release, light edge work and slick puck skills in traffic. Once he learns to use his teammates a little more or adds more of a passing element to his game, he’ll be fun to watch."

Mysak (giggles again) could really work on the raw areas with another year in Czech and then start working in Charlotte. No wasting away in Juniors for two seasons. His rating is all over the place. With two firsts, potentially, we have insurance for the risk. Maybe get him with our pick.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Give me that 2nd rounder Rangers, Fox hit 30 last night

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Give me that 2nd rounder Rangers, Fox hit 30 last night

So likely 2 1sts (Car and Tor - pending), 2 2nds (Car and NYR) and 2 3rds (Car and Buf).

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So likely 2 1sts (Car and Tor - pending), 2 2nds (Car and NYR) and 2 3rds (Car and Buf).

As much as Waddell has got crap, this team is built for a long run at relevance.

 

[MinJaBen]

So likely 2 1sts (Car and Tor - pending), 2 2nds (Car and NYR) and 2 3rds (Car and Buf).

Before the borg turns those into 2 1sts, a 2nd, a later second and a third, two later thirds, a fourth and a fifth.

 

[DaveG]

Before the borg turns those into 2 1sts, a 2nd, a later second and a third, two later thirds, a fourth and a fifth.

Funny enough this got me looking up how many picks we could make to still be under the reserve list amount. I know we're nowhere near the 50 contacts mark but I was thinking more the 80 limit... That apparently got bumped to 90 in the last cba without much fanfare. Learn something new every day I guess.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Inject these picks into my ****ing veins

 

[DougieSmash]

I remember reading year ago that Gunler could be top 5 pick.

 

[SvechneJerk]

Gunler could very well be available around 11-16, no?

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

Before the borg turns those into 2 1sts, a 2nd, a later second and a third, two later thirds, a fourth and a fifth.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I remember reading year ago that Gunler could be top 5 pick.

Skating is his big knock. If he was a strong skater, he would be top 5. There is some knock of his consistency in effort.

 

[NotOpie]

As much as Waddell has got crap, this team is built for a long run at relevance.

18 picks in the last 2 drafts....Ron Francis did a good job getting us picks to begin the rebuilding of the farm system; Waddell is doing a good job of ensuring that farm system remains stocked.

Skating is his big knock. If he was a strong skater, he would be top 5. There is some knock of his consistency in effort.

There's some question about whether or not the skating is "average" or if it's a function of that inconsistency. Regardless, kid is talented....if he drops some (I've not seen some projections in the top 10), he'd be another Suzuki-esque pick.