2020-2021 CHL/NCAA/Euro Prospects Thread II

[Adam Michaels]

Chicago is off to the Clark Cup Final as they beat Muskegon tonight to take the series 2-0.

Farrell with an assist on the GWG.

He's now at 4 pts (1G,3A) in 4 playoff games.

 

[Wats]

Chicago is off to the Clark Cup Final as they beat Muskegon tonight to take the series 2-0.

Farrell with an assist on the GWG.

He's now at 4 pts (1G,3A) in 4 playoff games.

Just hit me that I've been following what Farrell doing in USHL in aw and never realized McDavid is putting up same numbers in NHL.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Just hit me that I've been following what Farrell doing in USHL in aw and never realized McDavid is putting up same numbers in NHL.

Chicago Steel Tweeted this when McDavid hit 100 pts in 53 games last week:







McDavid's on another level. A human cheat code.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Steel play Game 1 of the Clark Final tonight against Fargo Force. All series have been Best-of-3 so far. But the final is Best-of-5.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hoping Farrell steps up more in the best of 5.. the one point a game stuff isn't good enough

I WANT BLOOD

 

[Treb]

Hoping Farrell steps up more in the best of 5.. the one point a game stuff isn't good enough

I WANT BLOOD

Carried by Coronato and Samoskevich.

 

[WinterLion]

Carried by Coronato and Samoskevich.

So if Farrell becomes a legit top prospect, will more teams think about giving guys an extra year in the USHL?

 

[montreal]

So if Farrell becomes a legit top prospect, will more teams think about giving guys an extra year in the USHL?

I doubt it.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

yeah like what are people expecting from Farrell anyways. Are some thinking like actual first liner potential? My very amateur take is that he's Hudon with skating. Which ain't nothing. I'm thinking maybe 2nd liner absolute ceiling? Any think higher? I know it's obviously hard to say. Just wondering if there's anyone who's paid attention and thinks we have a 1st liner/star on our hands. Genuinely curious.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Chicago and Fargo played Games 1 and 2 this past weekend. Series is tied 1-1.

Game 1: Fargo won 3-0.
Game 2: Chicago won 4-1. Farrell had 1 assist.

He's now at 5 pts (1G, 4A) in 6 playoff games.

Game 3 is on Friday and Game 4 is on Saturday.

If they need to decide this in a 5th and final game, it will be on Tuesday the 25th.

 

[Treb]

Chicago and Fargo played Games 1 and 2 this past weekend. Series is tied 1-1.

Game 1: Fargo won 3-0.
Game 2: Chicago won 4-1. Farrell had 1 assist.

He's now at 5 pts (1G, 4A) in 6 playoff games.

Game 3 is on Friday and Game 4 is on Saturday.

If they need to decide this in a 5th and final game, it will be on Tuesday the 25th.

Coronato (7 goals), Fantilli (5 goals) and Middendorf (3 goals) really carried their offence these PO. No one else has more than 1 goal. Josh Doan and Farrell have really been struggling to score after having 31 and 29 goals respectively during the season.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Chicago won 7-1 last night and are leading their Clark Cup Final series against Fargo 2-1.

Farrell finishes the night with 3 pts (1G, 2A). This is his goal, which was a beauty:



He now has 8 pts (2G, 6A) in 7 playoff games this year.

They're playing again tonight. If Chicago wins, they win the Clark Cup.

 

[montreal]

lol at the women in the stands giving him the finger.

 

[WinterLion]

lol at the women in the stands giving him the finger.

Classic!!

 

[le_sean]

yeah like what are people expecting from Farrell anyways. Are some thinking like actual first liner potential? My very amateur take is that he's Hudon with skating. Which ain't nothing. I'm thinking maybe 2nd liner absolute ceiling? Any think higher? I know it's obviously hard to say. Just wondering if there's anyone who's paid attention and thinks we have a 1st liner/star on our hands. Genuinely curious.

I think at the very least you have a good AHL player, like Hudon. We will get a better idea once he plays in the NCAA. Will he be able to be the focal point of the offence with tougher and bigger competition?

 

[WinterLion]

I think at the very least you have a good AHL player, like Hudon. We will get a better idea once he plays in the NCAA. Will he be able to be the focal point of the offence with tougher and bigger competition?

I'm expecting Johnny Gaudreau

 

[Adam Michaels]

Chicago wins the Clark Cup. They win 3-1 tonight and the final series 3-1 against Fargo.



Farrell had an assist tonight.

So Farrell's year:

Regular Season: 101 pts (29G, 72A) in 53 GP
Playoffs: 10 pts (2G, 8A) in 8 GP

 

[Adam Michaels]

Posted it in the Ikonen thread, but Joni has confirmed that the Habs will not sign him before June 1st before they lose his rights.

 

[Mosby]

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Thats a decent group right there, being moderately optimistic we could end up with 2 NHLers out of that.

 

[le_sean]

It’s a shame that Guhle got hurt. He was primed for a great season.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

It’s a shame that Guhle got hurt. He was primed for a great season.

It was still a good season all told, taking COVID into consideration, between the U20 and Laval . Lots of positives to build around for next season.

 

[le_sean]

It was still a good season all told, taking COVID into consideration, between the U20 and Laval . Lots of positives to build around for next season.

Oh for sure. Just sucks that he had all of this positive momentum snatched from him.

 

[Legionnaire11]

What kind of future outlook does Romanov and Ylonen have?

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

What kind of future outlook does Romanov and Ylonen have?

Both are hard to judge. I didn't watch a ton of regular season play. Romanov let me down a bit but only because I thought he'd hit the ground running. I think he could at least be a #4. His offensive creativity/IQ has always been the big question mark despite his WJC numbers. But he's just too smart, fast and strong to not be a really good D. And to add that he plays with a ton of fire. You can tell he's a winner. Wish we'd been able to fit him in more these playoffs but obviously it's worked out okay.

I wrote Ylonen off because of his really poor production in Liiga even though I knew he was on a team that was beyond awful. He just didn't seem to be progressing much from the little I could see.

But he came over to the AHL and had a really good rookie season. WAY better than I would've imagined. Great tools. His skating and shot are pretty fantastic. Good hands too. You just hope he can have an offseason where you can really say he's vastly improved. If that happens he's a top 6er all day. I wish I saw him in the AHL and I can have a better idea of his IQ which some say could be an issue. At least they did a few years ago. Maybe his play in Laval erased those doubts. He could potentially be a fantastic replacement/upgrade on Byron on the KK line. His skating's good enough to hang with Anderson as far as I can tell.