Prospect Info: Calle Clang, goaltender (3rd round, #77 overall, 2020)

[Vega]

Imagine getting upset at mid round draft picks.

 

[Pens1566]

If we draft all the goaltenders, eventually teams will have to come to us for one ... right?

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

You know, it might have been nice to take a center? Yes? JR: NO!

Does it matter? We can always trade for them...

We have D prospects that we can use to trade for C. We have wingers. And now 2 goalies lol.

Besides, as of now it looks like we are set at C for awhile. Obviously Sid and Geno. But even if McCann doesnt pan out at C , I think Blueger continues to improve. He can be our 3C. Even if its not this year...then next. He has the ability. Offensively and on D.

I also think Bellerive will surprise alot of people and have a very good second season in AHL. His build is tailor made for us...a Crosby lite. If his offense can improve(which he showed in OHL) then he can be our next 3C or 4C.

 

[Jacob]

If there's a clear disparity absolutely. But there weren't any centers worthy of the 77th pick?

Apparently not.

 

[Gurglesons]

They take BPA.

Only in our weird Penguins world are these two goalies BPA available. This is just the typical "smartest guys in the room bullshit" our scouts pull.

We are about to get skewered for these picks over the next couple years.

 

[CrosbyMalkin]

I mean... I'm like 90% sure it's the scouting team that are making the decisions, not JR

Obviously! The scouts probably had this kid way higher than anyone else available or they wouldn't go back to back goalies. Hopefully we have our next Murray and Jarry of the future.

 

[Ryder71]

Apparently not.

I don't know, this far in there's much less consensus.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Obviously! The scouts probably had this kid way higher than anyone else available or they wouldn't go back to back goalies. Hopefully we have our next Murray and Jarry of the future.

That’s a good problem to have.

 

[Jacob]

Imagine getting upset at mid round draft picks.

This happens every year. The whinging in these threads is identical to what we heard about the Guentzel and Goligoski picks.

 

[Shrimper]

JR stopped listening to the scouts and is now only listening to himself because he’s a goaltender expert. Someone needs to double up on his meds.

He doesn't pick the players.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wait we drafted another goalie?

 

[Ryder71]

Does it matter? We can always trade for them...

We have D prospects that we can use to trade for C. We have wingers. And now 2 goalies lol.

Besides, as of now it looks like we are set at C for awhile. Obviously Sid and Geno. But even if McCann doesnt pan out at C , I think Blueger continues to improve. He can be our 3C. Even if its not this year...then next. He has the ability. Offensively and on D.

I also think Bellerive will surprise alot of people and have a very good second season in AHL. His build is tailor made for us...a Crosby lite. If his offense can improve(which he showed in OHL) then he can be our next 3C or 4C.

I'm not gonna hinge my hopes on a guy like Bellerive.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Calle Clang is a pretty metal name from a pretty metal country, I approve.

 

[Ryder71]

If we draft all the goaltenders, eventually teams will have to come to us for one ... right?

No, but that might be the theory their employing.

 

[Jacob]

Only in our weird Penguins world are these two goalies BPA available. This is just the typical "smartest guys in the room bullshit" our scouts pull.

We are about to get skewered for these picks over the next couple years.

Neither one was exactly off the board.

Should they poll HFBoards instead?

If you don’t like the pick say why but if it involves NHL needs or you haven’t seen them play I’m tuning it out.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

When my grandmother became senile she kept doing the same thing over and over.

I think that he simply forgot what he did an hour or so ago.

 

[Ryder71]

Calle Clang is a pretty metal name from a pretty metal country, I approve.

Thank God, I was worried.

 

[Gurglesons]

Neither one was exactly off the board.

Should they poll HFBoards instead?

No, they should just like pick players that have a high upside because they keep talking about our "two year window" and these picks literally do nothing to help us. It's why I didn't give a shit about trading the 1st because our team regularly does questionable things when he have top picks.

 

[Jobeycool]

Wonder if they realize how bad the defense is on this team yet?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Y'see, this is where BPA sucks. Maybe try filling out a pretty awful prospect pool, especially since you have a guy who just turned 25 in the net already.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Wonder if they realize how bad the defense is on this team yet?

JR thinks we can put two goalies in the net at the same time

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Wonder if they realize how bad the defense is on this team yet?

How does a a 5+ year out defensive prospect help that?

 

[Dominance]

It is what it is.

Cool name. Both he and Blomqvist seem to have really high ceilings. We can just sign NCAA free agents to fill out our bottom pair and bottom-6, on a much shorter development schedule.

 

[Gurglesons]

Y'see, this is where BPA sucks. Maybe try filling out a pretty awful prospect pool, especially since you have a guy who just turned 25 in the net already.

At the start of the 2019-20 season, Clang was expected to be, at best, a seventh-round draft pick. However, after a strong season where he has proven that he has true NHL potential, this outlook has improved.

As of now, Clang appears to be a fifth-rounder but he could easily be selected in the fourth or slide into the sixth-round. It really depends if/when a run on goaltenders happens. If top names go off the board early in the third round, it wouldn’t be unexpected for him to go late in the third, either.

Blomqvist, I can see, but this wasn't BPA. This was a reach.

 

[Gurglesons]

How does a a 5+ year out defensive prospect help that?

Trade value of a defenseman or a forward is much higher as a prospect than a goaltender.