C Jay O'Brien - Toronto Marlies, AHL (2018, 19th, PHI released)

ccman68

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Shouldn’t he be putting up gretzky numbers at this point? There is a 16-year-old with more points than him. Worst draft pick of the decade.
 

tealhockey

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The problem with tracking a late 99 at this point in Jr. A/NCAA route is that even when he goes to college people are going to have to actually watch him play to say anything meaningful, stat-watching is really next-level useless. If he's a point-per-game as a 21 year old in D1 next fall that tells you nothing.
 

AmericanDream

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13 games - 8g -14a - 22 points -

like others have said, pretty deep team, only O'Brien, Weight and Sillinger at/above ppg...

still a long way to go but he needs to keep this up the entire season. also Cade Webber playing for them as well, a lot of US kids decided to play here along with Amonte..
 

EXTRAS

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13 games - 8g -14a - 22 points -

like others have said, pretty deep team, only O'Brien, Weight and Sillinger at/above ppg...

still a long way to go but he needs to keep this up the entire season. also Cade Webber playing for them as well, a lot of US kids decided to play here along with Amonte..

Undrafted children of amonte, neidermeyer, sillinger, Stu Barnes, Doug weight...lol it's kinda hilarious. Altho I guess penticton is a fun place to party during the summer??

And then almost 20 year old 1st rounder still playing in the BCHL??? Lol why the heck???
 
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wej20

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That team makes me feel old.

Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Scott Neidermayer, Stu Barnes and Mike Sillinger have sons on it.

Surely must be some sort of record. Looks like a bunch of NHL 19 generated draft prospects.
 

Sens72

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Any update on this guy? 1.44 PPG in the BCHL as a 1999 born player doesn’t seem too impressive.
 

Tripod

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Any update on this guy? 1.44 PPG in the BCHL as a 1999 born player doesn’t seem too impressive.
It's 3rd best PPG in the league and the 2 above him play on the same line. 4th best PPG in the league is 1.26.

Have not watched but he recently came back after missing over a month with a broken foot. Some who has watched posted that he has looked great and looked like a man among boys and could be getting way more points every night.

Reality is, next year will determine where he really is in development. That will be the a truer indication. The "good" news for the Flyers, is if they don't like what they see out of him the next 2 years, they don't sign him and re-coup a 2nd rounder for him.

So at worst, he develops and looks good....or they cut their losses and re-invest in another high prospect...though not as high. Could be worse results.
 

Nabrules

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As a Flyers fan I have no expectations that he’ll even be a decent ahl contributor. Maybe he’ll prove me wrong. Awful pick by us but you can never blame a team for “going for the fences”, especially since he was Philadelphia’s 2nd first round pick in 2018.
 

OldScool

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Very questionable pick when they selected him. He was a overager playing in prep hockey against kids 4 years younger and putting up big numbers as he should have. That’s the risk when selecting a prep player vs a proven Player playing higher levels.
 

Favin

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Jay O'Brien completed up a solid 76-point season with Penticton Vees (BCHL). After a mid-season leg injury in early December, he finished up very well over the last 13 regular season games and playoffs.

Before injury: 33 GP, 15 G, 32 A, 47 pts (1.42 ppg)
After injury: 18 GP, 15 G, 14 A, 29 pts (1.61 ppg)

That he got better after injury was big, considering his history at Providence last season. And best news of all: a concussion-free season.

Whether he is sent to NCAA or AHL this fall, he should be arriving healthy and confident.

It's hard not to pull for him at this point.
 

Dux917

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At this point the Flyers should just sign him and put him in the AHL and see if he can actually stay healthy and play - its time.
 

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