Post-Game Talk: {AHL} Utica Comets (5 - 4) Laval Rocket

[ProspectsFanatic]

Verbeek has good speed.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Yea, the points haven't always been there. But even in games where he doesn't produce, you notice him out there with his physicality and his long reach helping in the forecheck. There are games he's invisible, as well.

But overall, a good season by McCarron.

I'll take your word for it but at 23 years old people expected more. He broke out a little in the OHL after his second year but as of now he's PPG pace in AHL was better 3 seasons ago as a rookie.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Double minor to Jevpalovs for high-stick. Big penalty kill needed here.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Utica scores to make it 4-3. They scored it while the first two minutes were being served. They still have a 2-minute PP left.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Same thing, different day.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Wow! Utica makes it 5-3 on a weird goal. The Utica player from behind the Laval net sends the puck to the front for his teammate but it goes off Sklenicka and into the net.

 

[Adam Michaels]

METE SCORES!!!! First career goal in the pros.

 

[Adam Michaels]

McCarron with a 4th assist today. Alain with the other assist, his second of the game.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Hopefully they can come back, but this team sucks with players who shouldn't suck.

Will have to wait and see next year how things go. Hopefully much, much better.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

McCarron being much more implicated than what I have seen toward the end of last season.

 

[Adam Michaels]

McCarron being much more implicated than what I have seen toward the end of last season.

This has been his best game I've ever seen him play. Implicated every time he's on the ice. On Mete's goal, he was right in front of the net causing havoc.

 

[montreal]

McCarron with 6 pts in the last 4 games, he had 5 pts in the first 6 games. So that's 10 games, 11 pts, and inbetween that 12 games 1 pt.

Mete goes 72 NHL games without a goal, only needs 2 AHL games to score.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Honestly, why don't they sign a premium AHL scorer like Locke and company used to be? Team needs to see playoffs at a certain point to develop.

 

[Tyson]

He's one we can see that Bouchard has had an impact on. It also helped that McCarron worked on his skating this off-season. In the AHL, you can see the difference. We don't notice it much in the NHL. But at this level, you can tell.

Does he still have a glimmer of hope on the 4th line?

 

[Yoshidas Island]

Honestly, why don't they sign a premium AHL scorer like Locke and company used to be? Team needs to see playoffs at a certain point to develop.

They did, they signed Agostino and Chaput, who are now both with the Habs.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Does he still have a glimmer of hope on the 4th line?

A glimmer of hope at being a decent call-up, I don't see him being a regular 4th liner, too slow to be effective, you won't use him on the PK for that reason and will provide you no offense. He is a goon at the NHL level at this point, but those are getting extinct.

 

[montreal]

Does he still have a glimmer of hope on the 4th line?

yes, if he keeps working on getting quicker.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

They did, they signed Agostino and Chaput, who are now both with the Habs.

Not really at the level of Locke in his time here.

They are good vets but not really studs in AHL.

 

[Tyson]

Not really at the level of Locke in his time here.

They are good vets but not really studs in AHL.

Chris Terry and Taormina were good but that was not enough

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

The stint in the AHL will be good for Mete development.

 

[montreal]

Not really at the level of Locke in his time here.

They are good vets but not really studs in AHL.

Agostino had 83 pts 2 years ago. He's a stud in the AHL, like Terry in previous seasons. Chaput is more like Grenier, 40ish pt players in the AHL.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

If you compare with other teams, the main reason why we are bad isn't that we lack good veterans, it is that we lack talented prospects. Shinkaruk and Grenier been underwhelming though which didn't help though (but we also have Froese, and Kulak/Sproul, Alzner/Mete now. Chaput/Agostino should be AHLer and DLR/Scherbak in the NHL though, but that would be a surplus a good veterans compare to average it is normal to see some call-ups at some point too)

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Nice to see Mete score his first pro goal
The way he scored today is the same way he will score goals in the nhl

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Agostino had 83 pts 2 years ago. He's a stud in the AHL, like Terry in previous seasons. Chaput is more like Grenier, 40ish pt players in the AHL.

Fair enough but seems like they could've used more.

If you compare with other teams, the main reason why we are bad isn't that we lack good veterans, it is that we lack talented prospects. Shinkaruk and Grenier been underwhelming though which didn't help though (but we also have Froese, and Kulak/Sproul, Alzner/Mete now. Chaput/Agostino should be AHLer and DLR/Scherbak in the NHL though, but that would be a surplus a good veterans compare to average it is normal to see some call-ups at some point too)

It's easier to sign an AHL vet than get a top end prospect for the AHL unfortunately.

I'd just like to see them play in a winning environment for a change.

 

[montreal]

Fair enough but seems like they could've used more.

I think it's more the blueline, like what we saw with the Habs last year, guys that usually score aren't as the blueline struggles to move the puck. Getting Mete helps, but without Kulak and Fleury it hasn't been pretty when you are rolling Plant Lamarche as your top pairing.