Prospect Info: Aidan McDonough (will not sign this year; returning for senior year in NCAA)

[M2Beezy]

Thats 110 point pace on a FULL season

Man I love this prospect

 

[Nucker42]

So, his season is done. Not much talk about it from what I can see. Had a great season. Has size and hands. I’m hoping he signs after he proved he could do it without Madden.

thoughts?

 

[F A N]

So, his season is done. Not much talk about it from what I can see. Had a great season. Has size and hands. I’m hoping he signs after he proved he could do it without Madden.

thoughts?

I hope the Canucks sign him. He's an older prospect whom is ready to take the next step. Is it a bit early to sign him to an AHL contract for the rest of the year?

Looks like Northeastern wasn't a good team this year and despite the points he's a -3. He was a -4 last year as well (in comparison Madden was a +4). Anyone watched him and can comment on his defensive game?

 

[StreetHawk]

Where would he develop better? A junior year in the NCAA or in the A. Pretty much what it should come down to.

he has a late birthday and was eligible for 2018 but didn’t get selected. He should actually be 3 years post draft.

is he ready for the challenge of the A? He will have to decide that. Don’t see the Canucks giving him a nhl deal just an ATO.

 

[Nucker42]

I hope the Canucks sign him. He's an older prospect whom is ready to take the next step. Is it a bit early to sign him to an AHL contract for the rest of the year?

Looks like Northeastern wasn't a good team this year and despite the points he's a -3. He was a -4 last year as well (in comparison Madden was a +4). Anyone watched him and can comment on his defensive game?

No don’t think so, other college players who’s seasons have ended have already signed.

 

[Nucker42]

Where would he develop better? A junior year in the NCAA or in the A. Pretty much what it should come down to.

he has a late birthday and was eligible for 2018 but didn’t get selected. He should actually be 3 years post draft.

is he ready for the challenge of the A? He will have to decide that. Don’t see the Canucks giving him a nhl deal just an ATO.

Good call, I think with his size he should be able to adjust to the AHL and I think he would likely develop better there.

 

[M2Beezy]

Hopefully signs in the next few days and this isnt drawn way out and all the speculation to begin he may go 4 years and sing somewhere else. That is NOT what this team needs

 

[ihaveyuidonttouchme]

Seen a few games I don't want to be negative pansy but there r too many holes in his game
hands the puck like a grenade
passive defense
meh skating and iq
probably ato only and not close

 

[supercanuck]

Just stat watching from that tweet, but is he more of a PP specialist? Does he dictate play 5-on-5?

 

[M2Beezy]

Just stat watching from that tweet, but is he more of a PP specialist? Does he dictate play 5-on-5?

He DOMINATES. Was ncaa player of the MONTH

Ya dont win that by dumping in pp goals

 

[Fatass]

He DOMINATES. Was ncaa player of the MONTH

Ya dont win that by dumping in pp goals

We need to get this guy signed, sealed, and delivered.

 

[PhilMick]

We need to get this guy signed, sealed, and delivered.

Yeah! Delivered to a rebuilding team in exchange for a sniper for our playoff push!!

 

[M2Beezy]

Yeah! Delivered to a rebuilding team in exchange for a sniper for our playoff push!!

I wonder what we can add to land Andrew Ladd for McDonaugh

 

[lawrence]

I wonder what we can add to land Andrew Ladd for McDonaugh

ladd was on waivers In jan.

 

[krutovsdonut]

I wonder what we can add to land Andrew Ladd for McDonaugh

louis eriksson and michael ferlund.

 

[StreetHawk]

Hopefully signs in the next few days and this isnt drawn way out and all the speculation to begin he may go 4 years and sing somewhere else. That is NOT what this team needs

This a HF boards thing that has no basis for it. who was the last guy the Canucks could not sign?

 

[Guardian452]

This a HF boards thing that has no basis for it. who was the last guy the Canucks could not sign?

R.J. Umberger, and that was Brian Burke’s doing.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

I remember Burke's bluster well during that time. When he was drafted he was compared to Linden (unfair to him) and then he got skewered by Burke for asking for the rookie max or something like that.

 

[StreetHawk]

R.J. Umberger, and that was Brian Burke’s doing.

That’s pre salary cap. If RJ is drafted from 2005 onwards there’s no issue is there?

 

[MS]

As a '99 if McDonough is any sort of prospect he should be signed now and given a nice run of games in the weakened AHL. Perfect opportunity to break him in at that level.

 

[F A N]

I remember Burke's bluster well during that time. When he was drafted he was compared to Linden (unfair to him) and then he got skewered by Burke for asking for the rookie max or something like that.

Then he signed Kesler for what Umberger was asking for.

 

[MS]

Then he signed Kesler for what Umberger was asking for.

Burke's hubris was his Achilles Heel (well, that and evaluating goalies). The Umberger and Peter Schaefer situations both grate on me, even after almost 2 decades. In both cases, the players were asking for completely reasonable deals in line with other comparable players around the league, and Burke decided he was going to absurdly lowball them and try to bully them into taking bad deals, and then when they (obviously) didn't he went to the media and shat all over the players with his 'Drive them to the airport!' type rants. Embarrassing sideshow stuff that hurt the team for the sake of his massive ego.

In Schaefer's case he managed to wiggle his way out of it (after losing the asset for a year in a holdout when he would have been a pretty handy player for us) with the Salo trade, but in the case of Umberger he completely pissed away a guy who was a quality #2 center in the NHL for a decade.

 

[bandwagonesque]

In Schaefer's case he managed to wiggle his way out of it (after losing the asset for a year in a holdout when he would have been a pretty handy player for us) with the Salo trade, but in the case of Umberger he completely pissed away a guy who was a quality #2 center in the NHL for a decade.

I agree with your point in general but the characterization of what the team lost in Umberger is pretty off. He played 11 seasons, scored more than 40 points in 5 of them, and over his last 5 seasons averaged 30 pts/80 games.

 

[lawrence]

The going rate was 1.1 million max deal for prospects at the time. Umbergers fellow draft peers (2001) were all getting 1.1. Umberger wanted the same. He also had a good season that year. Burke offered 650k or something when Kessler signed signed for 850k. It was a slap in the face also r.j out scored kesler although he’s also 2 years older. Umberger willing to sign for 950 k in the end, but because Burke believe kesler is better and should have more money and he should not have a higher entry level contract and that he needs to play for his contract. Terrible.

 

[F A N]

in the case of Umberger he completely pissed away a guy who was a quality #2 center in the NHL for a decade.

I don’t think he was effective for that long but agree with everything else you said. He would have been a top 6 C or winger with size. Something we have been constantly looking for since the beginning of time. All this was made worse by essentially trading a kid 2nd for Rucinsky. Imagine if we drafted Krejci. Of course we could have also ended up with Oreskovich or Booth... oh wait...