Yep. Tulsa is still alive in ECHL playoffs so some prospects there too I suppose.
Blues Prospects Thread 2018-2019 Part II
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Bokk got scratched in the final cut for the world's. Played in the exhebition games, but playoffs in Germany have ended, so with the arrival of the players from the two playoff finalists they obviously have players that are stronger then him at this point.
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Because these rules are super complicated and full of “unless”-es and “except”-s, and people forget the particular circumstances under which somebody leaves. Happens.
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I think the odds of this being a regrettable development are about as long as Parayko’s stick.
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Not really stronger. There are some players on the team that are even now not at Bokk's level, but apparently the coach feels they have enough offensive threats and prefers to take some guys who are clearly better defensively. In the last couple of exhibition games when Bokk did not play with other offensively gifted players, he did not look as good as he did before.
Our coach Toni Söderholm went mostly with a more conservative roster. There was not really room for Bokk in the top 6 and he is not really a bottom 6 forward.
But he did very well overall. I would have liked to see him play on a line with Draisaitl for a bit, but this tournament is too important for us to spend much time "developing" players for the future, they need to find chemistry quick and this stage there was no room for experiments.
Still, despite his talent I always had my doubts about Bokk, but after watching him with the national team up until now, I am cautiously optimistic that he could become an impact player at the NHL level. Still a project, but the trajectory is looking good right now.
Since he probably won't make the Blues' roster next season, he might move to another team in Sweden and play another season there.
Rögle appears to be interested.
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Second straight 2 goal game for Alexei Toropchenko tonight in the OHL final, and he was the first star of the game. Guelph now trails 2-1 in the series.
That is first game Ottawa has lost all postseason. They had swept first 3 series and first 2 games against Guelph, 14 straight wins to start playoffs. Pretty impressive.
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He's really coming on strong for Guelph right now. I'm excited to see what he has to offer when he comes over to San Antonio and can start polishing his game against grown men.
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Love that he's willing to go to the front of the net like that and pay a price to make something happen. Granted the OHL is a different animal, entirely. But if this what he brings in his game to the next level the Blues may have another nice mid-round gem.
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Stefan Elvenes, our scout for Sweden, has strong ties to Rogle, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
Either way, I don’t think Bokk was getting along very well with his old coach, and hopefully this is a chance for a fresh start for him.
Either way, I don’t think Bokk was getting along very well with his old coach, and hopefully this is a chance for a fresh start for him.
I still think Toropchenko tops out at a MacEachern level, but we like length in the bottom half of our lineup (Sundqvist, Sanford, Blais, MacEachern), so maybe he finds a way to fit in. It will be interesting to see what, if any, effect he has on Kostin’s game as well next year in San Antonio.
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Third straight two goal night for the Torpedo. Now tied for 3rd in goals in the OHL playoffs with 12.
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If people like Maroon, wait til they get a load of this guy. He is a better all around player (potentially) and has the ability to go hard to the net consistently.
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He is a great skater and he seems to have a knack for the puck. This hasn't changed, but what has is that he is finally putting it in the back of the net.
That “potentially” is doing a lot of work in that sentence
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Career OHL regular season stats
Maroon (D+1 year): 66 games, 35 goals, 55 assists, 90 P
Toro (D+1 & D+2): 128 gp, 34 goals, 48 assists, 82 points
Toro could maybe develop into a MacMac type size/speed grinder, but guys who aren't scorers in the OHL almost never become scorers at higher levels.
Kris Versteeg is one, but can you find any others who have scored as little as Toro in juniors and turned into 2nd-3rd line scorers? The list is very, very, very small.
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Maroon currently is not a second-line scorer, and I would not consider him a great third line scorer, either. Third line player perhaps. I suppose I think very little of Maroon. Toropchecnko has more tools and drives the net. He plays the game the way people who like Maroon want the game to be played.
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Game 5 Friday nite, Guelph at Ottawa, series tied at 2-2. Winner plays Halifax in Memorial Cup.
(NOTE - Hamilton Bulldogs forward Robert Thomas has been named the Most Valuable Player of the 2018 OHL Playoffs and is the recipient of the Wayne Gretzky ’99’ Award. The St. Louis Blues first round selection finished the OHL Playoffs with 12 goals, 20 assists and 32 points in 21 games, collecting seven of those points in the Rogers OHL Championship Series.)
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