Prospect Info: CHL, NCAA and European 2018-19 Prospects Thread

[Devils Dominion]

Zetterlund looks slow today and is fumbling the puck
Not a good showing by him

 

[Cheddabombs]

 

[Cheddabombs]

 

[My3Sons]

Zetterlund looks slow today and is fumbling the puck
Not a good showing by him

Were you being serious? The next two posts and some of what I read on the main board thread of the tournament appear to contradict you. Someone has to be the contrarian to keep people on their toes but you didn’t pick your spot on this one today.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Objectively he does look a bit slow of foot in those clips. Not that it looks like it's "not a good showing", but he does look a bit slow.

 

[Darkauron]

Fabian is a f***ing tank, he isnt going to be the fastest player out on the ice.

 

[Billdo]

We should be able to make note of what looks like a bad trade. I understand some are went overboard a long time ago, but us normal posters shouldn't refrain from an occasional negative post because of it.

Oh absolutely. It was a joke.

Not sure what this means.

But, to better clarify, my disappointment stems more from the trade as a whole, including the 2nd rounder and in consideration of our trading partner. And that's not 20/20 hindsight speaking. I didn't like the idea of deadline rentals when the team was just barely vying for a wildcard spot. It didn't make sense at the time, and I still consider it one of Shero's few mistakes. The Devils have been struggling to produce home-grown defensemen, so losing one with decent potential (admittedly, debatable potential) is bothersome.

It was a joke. I will disagree though that it didn't make sense at the time. Had Grabner actually gave a damn and played how he played for the last two years I don't think anyone would be THAT upset about it. He however mailed it in during his time here. A case was made about us needing someone like Grabner with Gibbons and Johansson hurt. The trade made a justifiable amount of sense at the time. I'd be surprised if the Devils knowingly traded Rykov with him having intentions on coming over to play for us. There had to have been grumblings of some sort.

 

[Zippy316]

yep, and about 2 weeks later, conte was fired (July 9, 2015 apparently).

PZ was Conte so I'd imagine that his staff picked Seney too

Just a hunch here, but I have a feeling Seney was a Ray pick.

He epitomizes what Shero was looking to mold the organization into, Shero is a big college hockey (and Hockey East) guy, and Shero had the full year off Seney's rookie year so he likely saw a lot of him. Plus if Fitzgerald-Dennehy are close, I wouldn't be surprised if Shero knows Dennehy well too.

Seney doesn't seem like a Conte pick.

 

[Brodeur]

Canada/Finland starts in a few minutes on NHLN. Looks like Ty Smith is not dressed for this game which probably means he'll be in tomorrow against Sweden. Talvitie/Pakkila in for Finland.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Man, no Smith is a bummer. Kind of a waste of me staying up. Not going to be able to watch the game tomorrow...

 

[Billdo]

Just a hunch here, but I have a feeling Seney was a Ray pick.

He epitomizes what Shero was looking to mold the organization into, Shero is a big college hockey (and Hockey East) guy, and Shero had the full year off Seney's rookie year so he likely saw a lot of him. Plus if Fitzgerald-Dennehy are close, I wouldn't be surprised if Shero knows Dennehy well too.

Seney doesn't seem like a Conte pick.

Might be onto something there. He's a far cry from the type of guys Conte was usually taking in later rounds.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Just a hunch here, but I have a feeling Seney was a Ray pick.

He epitomizes what Shero was looking to mold the organization into, Shero is a big college hockey (and Hockey East) guy, and Shero had the full year off Seney's rookie year so he likely saw a lot of him. Plus if Fitzgerald-Dennehy are close, I wouldn't be surprised if Shero knows Dennehy well too.

Seney doesn't seem like a Conte pick.

yea, because he's good

 

[devilsblood]

Might be onto something there. He's a far cry from the type of guys Conte was usually taking in later rounds.

Meh, very much in the Kerfoot mold. Dudek or Gavrus are fairly similar.

 

[devilsblood]

Objectively he does look a bit slow of foot in those clips. Not that it looks like it's "not a good showing", but he does look a bit slow.

Thought the burst of speed just before the tap in was pretty impressive. Good speed on the back check as well.

DD swung and missed on this one.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Were you being serious? The next two posts and some of what I read on the main board thread of the tournament appear to contradict you. Someone has to be the contrarian to keep people on their toes but you didn’t pick your spot on this one today.

I watched the 1st period, he wasn't good from what I saw.

 

[Nubmer6]

Aarne Talvitie with a shortie, I believe. Tied the game.

 

[My3Sons]

I watched the 1st period, he wasn't good from what I saw.

Fair enough. He picked it up at some point which is good.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Aarne Talvitie with a shortie, I believe. Tied the game.

 

[OmNomNom]

aarne, on the other hand, is a ray/castron pick

 

[Billdo]

Meh, very much in the Kerfoot mold. Dudek or Gavrus are fairly similar.

Seney? He's not anything close to Dudek or Gavrus at all. I'll give you Kerfoot but Seney was productive every year without much help.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Seney? He's not anything close to Dudek or Gavrus at all. I'll give you Kerfoot but Seney was productive every year without much help.

If he's Kerfoot we should be estatic

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

Steve Kournianos ranks Devils' "farm system" 19th:

NHL farm system rankings: Best, worst prospect pipelines for 2018-19, from 1 to 31

I'm bothered to see Yegor Rykov as the NYR's 7th ranked prospect.

 

[Triumph]

Seney? He's not anything close to Dudek or Gavrus at all. I'll give you Kerfoot but Seney was productive every year without much help.

All 4 were ostensibly skilled players taken late in the draft by a Conte-led scouting team. That's the point. The idea that one guy only likes bad players and the other guy only likes good players isn't borne out by a whole lot.

 

[Devils Dominion]

All 4 were ostensibly skilled players taken late in the draft by a Conte-led scouting team. That's the point. The idea that one guy only likes bad players and the other guy only likes good players isn't borne out by a whole lot.

Quality use of that word, I like it.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I've been trying to figure out whether there has been a player in say the past 10 or 15 years that played his entire draft year in the Finnish junior league that turned into a real quality NHL player. Obviously, I'm getting at what to make of Aarne Talvitie. I also realize that he almost certainly would have played in the Finnish pro league in his draft +1 year had his NCAA eligibility not been an issue.