Prospect Info: 2022 31st Overall Pick | LW Isaac Howard

[Point21]

 

[Stammertime91]

Wonder what the team thinks lol

 

[JoVel]

People are already hating on this kid because he dared to go off the hockey cliché script and had some fun in an interview. For as much as hockey fans bitch about players' lack of personality, they are insanely terrified whenever anyone shows even a tiny bit of it.

Love the pick.

 

[PJ817]

People are already hating on this kid because he dared to go off the hockey cliché script

I think it's more prove who you are first

Then go off like Kuch or Vasy or Serge... this guy has done nothing. Yet.

To me, it's a LOT like Kadri wearing a t-shirt emulating Kuch's #1BS from last year. Who is Kadri again? What has he done? Oh you mean the little punk that does nasty shit on ice and was part of a team that won the cup? But no Hart, Conn mentions?

Be great first then go be brash

 

[Rschmitz]

I think it's more prove who you are first

Then go off like Kuch or Vasy or Serge... this guy has done nothing. Yet.

To me, it's a LOT like Kadri wearing a t-shirt emulating Kuch's #1BS from last year. Who is Kadri again? What has he done? Oh you mean the little punk that does nasty shit on ice and was part of a team that won the cup? But no Hart, Conn mentions?

Be great first then go be brash

That entire interview was tongue in cheek though, I didn’t sense any seriousness at all in him. He did it because he’s a dorky 18 year old who probably plays D&D and is a big Will Ferrell fan.

Anybody who is called “Iceman” and is that self amusing is probably hella fun to hang out with, and from my little bit of research into the matter it seems to be the case that his like minded bratty teenage teammates love him for it.

Great pick IMO, we’ve seen our fair share of self absorbed dbags to know the difference at this point

 

[Hoek]

Yeah I have a hard time believing we draft him if he was actually a conceited jerk. This is more like Pat Maroon where he says ridiculous shit but is a good teammate in the locker room.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Mark Masters: 'Ice Man' Isaac Howard believes he's among the best goal scorers in the draft | TSN

Isaac Howard became known as the "Ice Man" of the United States National Team Development Program this season. During a conversation with TSN, Howard didn't hold back when asked where he fits in among this year's National Hockey League draft class, Mark Masters writes.

www.tsn.ca

Isaac Howard became known as the "Ice Man" of the United States National Team Development Program this season.

"I like to be cold [blooded] out there on the ice," the winger explained. "Steady and burying goals."

It's not a new nickname.

"My dad called me that as a kid because I was always around the rink," Howard said. "And now it picked up again. I was talking to [teammates Lane] Hutson and [Logan] Cooley and we made nicknames for each other and it stuck. I like the nickname."

TSN: Who are your NHL role models?

Howard: "I like watching wingers Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, and Artemi Panarin. They're all wicked smart offensively, can find guys, always know where the play's going and those guys can all finish."

TSN: Where do you think you fit in with this year's draft class?

Howard: "I'm one of the best offensive players, for sure. I don't think my size [5-foot-10] is a negative. I've never felt smaller on the ice. I have a pretty sturdy frame. I'm 183 [pounds] right now which is pretty sturdy for my size. I'm one of the best goal scorers and one of the best overall offensive guys. That's how I view myself in the draft."

Howard: "(Rutger McGroatry's) a clown. Me and him feed off each other when we're at the rink. Say it's a Monday and everyone's dead, me and him are the energetic ones still buzzing around the rink. So, he's a clown."

TSN: You guys are pranksters?

Howard: "We're just always energetic and competitive. For the most part we're on separate teams in practice. If we're doing a three-on-three drill or whatever, both of us want to win so bad and we're chirping the other team and each other and all that. It made it fun."

Frank Nazar:

TSN: So, let's finish with some word association when it comes to your teammates. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of ... Isaac Howard?

Nazar: "Ah, man, I don't even know what to say. I'm going blank right now. For some reason I'm thinking 'wild.' That's what comes up on and off the ice, but in a good way. You never know what to expect off the ice from him. Like, sometimes he's saying something super funny and then on the ice he's just great. I loved playing with him."

Jimmy Snuggerud:

"Character. He's a character guy. He's a funny guy. He's kind of like, I wouldn’t say 'different,' but just a funny guy."

 

[Stammertime91]

He sounds like a kid.

Oh and Tampa drafted him.

Therefore, he's every name under the sun.

 

[DFC]

I love this kid already.

This is not a Tony DeAngelo situation. This is a kid with personality, not a kid getting suspended by his own team for racial and/or homophobic slurs toward a teammate.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Here’s business Howard

 

[These Are The Days]

I love this kid already.

This is not a Tony DeAngelo situation. This is a kid with personality, not a kid getting suspended by his own team for racial and/or homophobic slurs toward a teammate.

+1

I'm vague on the details but there's a story that Andre Roy once strolled around the plane or locker room naked (or something with his manhood hanging out) doing some kind of gimmick to lighten the mood of the locker room. I wanna say it was after one of the losses in the 2004 ECF/SCF and the guys loved it so much and it worked.

As the one on HF Lightning who jokes 80% of the time, if that kind of thing goes over well then Howard has nothing to worry about

 

[LightningStrikes]

The kid has swagger, let’s hope he’s not another head case like Tony D.

 

[gn2007]

The pictures they use of this kid make him look like a replica Brad Richards like what in the actual ****. There us no way other bolts fan don't see the resemblence.

Here's the photo

 

[Pandaman11]

Easy there, Sonny Crockett... Guys who were cocky in their post-draft interview usually didn't quite live up to the expectations (Laine), or at all (Zadina, Ho Sang).

 

[JoVel]

The kid has swagger, let’s hope he’s not another head case like Tony D.

I frankly don't understand people comparing him to DeAngelo. He seems to like his dry sarcasm that'll either land on people or not. And since we're hockey fans there will be a lot of people who take that as being cocky and arrogant. DeAngelo by all reports was just a flat out dickhead.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Biggest draft crime since Brett Connolly chewed gum during his interview amirite?

 

[PJ817]

DeAngelo by all reports was IS just a flat out dickhead.

fixed it for you

 

[Stammertime91]

Biggest draft crime since Brett Connolly chewed gum during his interview amirite?

Since we drafted Connolly*

 

[BackLightningBack]

I like this pick, hope Howard enjoys his college career. Then becomes the next gem for Lightning.

 

[More 2004]

+1

I'm vague on the details but there's a story that Andre Roy once strolled around the plane or locker room naked (or something with his manhood hanging out) doing some kind of gimmick to lighten the mood of the locker room. I wanna say it was after one of the losses in the 2004 ECF/SCF and the guys loved it so much and it worked.

As the one on HF Lightning who jokes 80% of the time, if that kind of thing goes over well then Howard has nothing to worry about

Yep, it was Roy I think he was on the plane wearing just a jockstrap if I remember correctly? lol

 

[Major4Boarding]

That entire interview was tongue in cheek though, I didn’t sense any seriousness at all in him.

Agreed. And he didn't chew any gum like a cow and hear it literally crackling thru the TV either

 

[AHockeyFanatic]

70% odds to play in the NHL seems kinda low no? That was according to “The atlantic” graphic.

 

[aylib]

Sounds and looks like a mini Point.

That’s what I was thinking, until I read about him not grinding it out in tough areas.

 

[AHockeyFanatic]

That’s what I was thinking, until I read about him not grinding it out in tough areas.

Sounds like a mini Point………

 

[aylib]

Sounds like a mini Point………

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