salbutera
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Where exactly is that great prospect pool at F, especially once Roy was called up?
Laval Rocket: 2023-24 Laval Rocket Thread
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Ahh f***.
Guess he's going to be there and hopefully not in all his useless glory.
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Bisson was blamed by the management for his after season interview. He told the press that vets like Durandeau and Galipeau should had been in the lineup last Friday in Belleville.
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It's a tough call but Galipeau has been better than Trudeau who had a couple of penalties last Friday. Trudeau is not a prospect and shouldn't be treated like one.
Maybe you dress 7 D...
Quick edit- Galipeau was a +20 on a bad defensive team.
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Norlinder was not playing Friday.
It was:
Struble
Reinbacher
Mailloux
Bisson
Barron
Trudeau
No we don't...Trudeau is not a future NHL player and was a -6 on the season and Galipeau was a +20. Maybe you should watch the games. Galipeau was arguably one of the best D in Laval defensively.
I don't disagree.
Trudeau was +/- 0 on Friday though so not sure the difference would have been that significant in that particular game. I can't remember if he had any blame on the Bongiovanni goal (and if Galipeau would have done better there).
The team needs much better vets than what we have had in the last few years, especially with so many young players on or coming into the club. You need to have the young players surround the vets, whoever can't win a spot need to be in 3R or loaned out to another organization if it is decided they have no future and are just playing out their ELC. There is no place for guys like Perresult,Durandeau or Trudeau. Just cause they were on the team doesn't mean they should have a guaranteed spot. The team needs solid veteran defensive defensemen to pair with both Hutson and Mailloux and to get bigger and tougher upfront with so many smaller prospects. They also need a better pool in 3R to cover for injuries and call ups.
Trudeau might not be an NHL regular, but you dont scratch a 21 years old dman who played 2 seasons in your top 4, had a good pre season and was your best dman last year for a borderline AHL player with an AHL contract. I dont care if he was the best D defensively according to you and they didnt care either.
Bisson who also has an AHL contract and is arguably the teams most reliable Dman made his opinion known that Galipeau should not have sat. I respect Bisson's opinion.
Adam Michaels
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Prospects under contract next year who will be in Laval:
- Owen Beck
- Jared Davidson
- Sean Farrell
- Emil Heineman
- Riley Kidney
- Filip Mesar
- Jacob Perreault
- Joshua Roy (good chance he makes the NHL right away)
- Xavier Simoneau
- Luke Tuch
- Florian Xhekaj
- Adam Engstrom
- Lane Hutson (maybe makes the NHL)
- Logan Mailloux
- David Reinbacher
- Jayden Struble (most likely will be in the NHL)
- William Trudeau
- Jakub Dobes
They also have Brandon Gignac and Lukas Condotta still under contract next year. And there is also Norlinder who may or may not be extended, although there isn't much room for him anymore, considering the congestion at LD and him not showing enough and has been surpassed.
Stephens is a UFA. Might extend him. Might let him walk. Durandeau is someone I'd like to be brought back.
- Owen Beck
- Jared Davidson
- Sean Farrell
- Emil Heineman
- Riley Kidney
- Filip Mesar
- Jacob Perreault
- Joshua Roy (good chance he makes the NHL right away)
- Xavier Simoneau
- Luke Tuch
- Florian Xhekaj
- Adam Engstrom
- Lane Hutson (maybe makes the NHL)
- Logan Mailloux
- David Reinbacher
- Jayden Struble (most likely will be in the NHL)
- William Trudeau
- Jakub Dobes
They also have Brandon Gignac and Lukas Condotta still under contract next year. And there is also Norlinder who may or may not be extended, although there isn't much room for him anymore, considering the congestion at LD and him not showing enough and has been surpassed.
Stephens is a UFA. Might extend him. Might let him walk. Durandeau is someone I'd like to be brought back.
if Pair-0 isn't in the ECHL I'll be a sad, sad man
Just to clarify, being under contract means nothing, if they are on their ELC they can be sent to the ECHL or loaned out if roster spacer is needed. They will have to beat out any incoming prospects or whatever Vets get signed. On the roster this year is no guaranteed spot for next.
Adam Michaels
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Correct. But we said the same last year about having so many guys coming in that some will have to be sent to the ECHL. Lo and behold, injuries came up early in the year and they suddenly went from having like 15-16F to having 12 in the span of 2 weeks.
The question for me is who will crack the Habs out of camp and who will be called up more than I do who will have to be sent down to the ECHL.
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Really hope they add a physical guy to protect all the you guns, a guy like Baddock back in the days.
Trudeau is not a vet yet, and he has no chance to crack the Habs D.
I seem him as a candidate for an AHL trade.
Did Davidson sign an ELC?
I don't feel Durandeau is a strong enough player to represent a targeted "scoring vet".
Stephens much more so, but he might choose to try another NHL organization. Many guys his age move around to maximize their chances. Even Belzile and Ouellett did that and they liked it here a lot.
Adam Michaels
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No. I think he will be signed, which is why I listed him.
Fair enough for Durandeau. I'd be good with them re-signing him. But if they don't, it's fine.
As for Stephens, among the vets, he's the one I'd want back. But as you say, he might look elsewhere, particularly somewhere where he might have a better shot at an NHL spot.
