Prospect Info: CHL, NCAA & European Prospects Thread | Part VIII
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OmNomNom
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I can't do justice to how dominant Zacha has been in this third period. He looks like prime Jaromir Jagr out there.
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i hope when he's in the big leagues, he'll turn it on for 60 min a night. or at least just not float when not having his jets on
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Game over. 5-1 Sarnia.
Zacha ends with 2 goals, an assist, 5 shots, +3, 11/20 on faceoffs. First star.
Zacha ends with 2 goals, an assist, 5 shots, +3, 11/20 on faceoffs. First star.
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Awesome for Zacha! Tuesday should be fun with three game 7's in the OHL that night and we have a handful of prospects in there.
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"The Pavel Zacha show"
I like the sounds of that
That second goal was great, what a burst of speed.
I like the sounds of that
That second goal was great, what a burst of speed.
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Sorry guys I'll have vines from the game up tomorrow. Awesome night for Zacha and he's now back up to a 2 points/game pace in the playoffs.
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How's his defensive game? I'm guessing pretty solid since he was voted top penalty killer or something like that. He has Barkov size so if he's a big two way center those are hard to find.
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Very responsible. The Sting defensemen like to pinch and come up high on the rush, and Zacha's always the first person to go back and cover the point. Skates backwards with the other D if the play goes the other way, too.
He's a gem. Every game I see him play I get more excited.
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Zacha 12 points in 6 games
JQ 7 points in 5 games
Speers 7 points in 6 games
Jacobs a Dman, 5 points in 6 games.
Santini, Wood and Dudek in the Frozen 4.
Albany rolling along strong.
Big club graduates of Blandisi and Boucher. Maybe Pietila?
Helluva year for Devils prospects.
Remember "worst prospect pool in the NHL" talk barely 5 months ago?
JQ 7 points in 5 games
Speers 7 points in 6 games
Jacobs a Dman, 5 points in 6 games.
Santini, Wood and Dudek in the Frozen 4.
Albany rolling along strong.
Big club graduates of Blandisi and Boucher. Maybe Pietila?
Helluva year for Devils prospects.
Remember "worst prospect pool in the NHL" talk barely 5 months ago?
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If those are the tiers, then I'm not sure I'd put Speers there yet. A smallish offensive forward needs to prove he can do it at the AHL level before you can classify him as a surefire NHLer.
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He's not that small though. 5'11, 183 is an okay size and of course he'll continue to build from there. I agree he's not a surefire NHL guy but for a 3rd round pick there is a lot to be excited about with him.
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Zacha is unreal. I was never that worried about his production during the season as he had injuries left and right.
When healthy:
55 points(27 G, 28 A) in 36 games played(including playoffs).
27 goals in 36 games is quite the stat. They're all sorts of goals too, snipes, crashing the net, rebounds, etc.
When probably injured(WJC-Concussion):
21 pts in 21 games played.
Nothing to scoff at but you'd like to see more obviously.
People look at Konecny coming, who was healthy playing on the same team and saying "wow, Zacha can't do that, that's crazy."
Konecny only had 30 goals in 60 games. .5 gpg while Zacha had .75 gpg when healthy. Goals is a more transferable stat too. If healthy Zacha played 60 games he'd have 45 goals and 47 assists for 92 points. Talk about balanced.
It might not be fair to extrapolate over a full season for those stats but you have to imagine they'd be close based on his level of play right now.
He's a beast.
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Some people wanted Barzal with the #6 overall -- For a third round pick, I think we got a reasonable facsimile in Speers
This is a fun tool - https://public.tableau.com/views/CHL...es&:showTabs=y
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I'm excited by what our prospects have done this year. The organization is taking steps forward as a whole. Still some distance to go, but we're moving in the direction we need to, and most of the time that feels good.
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Some people wanted Barzal with the #6 overall -- For a third round pick, I think we got a reasonable facsimile in Speers
This is a fun tool - https://public.tableau.com/views/CHL...es&:showTabs=y
Speers has promise but Barzal is clearly the better player.
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