Prospect Info: 2020-21 Prospect Development Tracker

[serp]

You guys think the Traverse Prospect tournament will happen this year?

Scott White said in his exit interview it will happen in some fashion. How exactly in will look at the end though hadn't been decided yet . Aparently there are multiple plans for different circumstances.

 

[Captain Awesome]

You guys think the Traverse Prospect tournament will happen this year?

Am I remembering wrong or was that thing on its last legs even before COVID?

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Am I remembering wrong or was that thing on its last legs even before COVID?

You are remembering wrong. I'm pretty sure it gets the most attention of any prospect tournament, and the arenas are packed for every single game. The last day has people crammed in, standing wherever they can get a view of the ice.

Be interesting to see what form it takes this year. The production quality has steadily gotten better now that online streaming is so much easier than it was even a few years ago.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Am I remembering wrong or was that thing on its last legs even before COVID?

It's the best prospect tournament out there.

 

[WhoahNow]

I'm pretty sure its just the Stars coverage that wasn't great but other teams covered it pretty well

 

[Captain Awesome]

Ah that’s what it was, they couldn’t be bothered to televise it. I remember being pretty annoyed by that at the time.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Ah that’s what it was, they couldn’t be bothered to televise it. I remember being pretty annoyed by that at the time.

It's been live streamed of Fox Sports Go the last one or two years.

 

[Captain Awesome]

This may be a memory from a few years ago, but I remember a year where the stars games just weren't televised at all, or maybe another team televised some by coincidence. If that is no longer the case that's great. I probably just didn't think about Traverse the last couple of years because I'm not sure we had anyone hugely exciting to watch, outside of maybe Miro if he participated. Thinking back, the last guy I watched at Traverse that I remember being excited about was James Neal, so yeah, it's been a little while since Traverse was a thing I paid attention to.

 

[M88K]

This may be a memory from a few years ago, but I remember a year where the stars games just weren't televised at all, or maybe another team televised some by coincidence. If that is no longer the case that's great. I probably just didn't think about Traverse the last couple of years because I'm not sure we had anyone hugely exciting to watch, outside of maybe Miro if he participated. Thinking back, the last guy I watched at Traverse that I remember being excited about was James Neal, so yeah, it's been a little while since Traverse was a thing I paid attention to.

Jason Robertson and Riley Damiani both judge you... harshly

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

I think Janmark leaped off the screen in his year, which elevated him to the big squad and an 18 goal season in 2015 or 6. That is kind of the point of the tourney, is to give the prospects a chance to elevate their status in the minds of coaches and GMs. So, the "possibility" of seeing a breakout star (or Star in our case), sort of like every shot being the "possibility" of a goal is why you watch, if you can.

 

[WhoahNow]

If Damiani, Mascherin, Peterson, Dellandrea all start in the AHL that might the most talented group of forward in a while. Sure there has been individual players more talented, but rarely that many at a time

Edit: + Harley

 

[Captain Awesome]

Jason Robertson and Riley Damiani both judge you... harshly

I sincerely doubt either of them has hurt feelings about a random guy not watching them in an obscure tournament, or any tournament. Also, you know, that’s what the ‘not sure’ implies, my lack of confidence in my statement about players that played in it.

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

How could you not be excited for his sophomore season?

Well, that would mean he's not in Dallas.

 

[eartotheground]

what's the track record of AHL ROYs in the nhl?

 

[David Castillo]

Mostly hit more than miss over the last 10 years @eartotheground.

Riley Damiani
Josh Norris
Alex Barre-Boulet
Mason Appleton
Danny O'Regan
Frank Vatrano / Mikko Rantanen
Matt Murray
Curtis McKenzie
Tyler Toffoli
Cory Conacher
Luke Adam
Tyler Ennis

A few busts but not as many as I thought.

 

[Satan]

There will be no Luke Adam slander here

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Of course, we have one of the busts in CMac. Hopefully, the averages will be with us.

 

[Satan]

Of course, we have one of the busts in CMac. Hopefully, the averages will be with us.

Pretty hard to call a 6th rounder a bust

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

perhaps. Of course, he was probably a sixth-rounder before he was the AHL rookie of the year, picked because he had some potential, but also some flaws, like most lower picks. After he raised hopes as the ROY, he had to be somewhat of a disappointment. He did get his cup of coffee with the Stars, with games in parts of 4 seasons, with one season totaling 53 games.

Perhaps more importantly to this discussion, his ROY stats were 75 games, 27G-38A-65 Points, vs, RD's 36 games, 11-25-36, and somehow, a few here are calling our forward pool one of our best ever. C macs GPG was slightly better in his ROY year, .36 to .31.

There are a lot of players whose shot is just a tick below what NHL goalies can stop regularly.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

McKenzie would have been a couple years older than Damiani. I think Curtis played in college for all 4 years of his eligibility

 

[serp]

McKenzie was/is also a completely different type of player . Not exactly much skill mostly just mucking and grinding . His playstyle just didn't translate into NHL scoring.

 

[Satan]

McKenzie would have been a couple years older than Damiani. I think Curtis played in college for all 4 years of his eligibility

This context is very important

 

[serp]

McKenzie was very similar to some of the college free agents the Stars signed in terms of age and experience when he had his AHL rookie season. L'Esperance also had a very strong AHL rookie season at a similar age.

 

[MrHeiskanen]