2-3 years ago I’d go back and forth between Dunn and Walman on which I considered to be our best prospect so clearly I used to think very highly of Walman. Oops.
Walman was a beast in college. I couldn’t ever find good TOI stats for the NCAA but he seemed to play at least half of each game and played in all situations. Would normally play the left side but would be double shifted a lot and then be sent out there for an extra shift on the right side as well. He played this aggressive style that worked well for him.
But it’s sure not working in the AHL. From what I’ve seen, his D, positioning and reads are bad and his offense has evaporated too. He seems tentative and will then get aggressive but instead of it working like it did in college, he’s getting consistently burned.
I’ve got him ranked as our 18th best prospect now. Unless he makes huge strides this season, he’s in the bust category unfortunately IMO. This is the last year of his ELC so he’s going to have to give the Blues a reason to want to re-sign him.
