Sunday morning Nerd look from me:
Some good... Necas has seemed to establish himself in the first 10 games. His speed and passing are great. We need him to become a very good centre and he's playing wing.
Mrazek is doing very well as he had his second shutout in his last 5 games last night. The other 3 games were below .900. So consistency seems to be an issue.
Hertl had a slow start but is almost at a .ppg pace where he belongs.. healthy and 82 points would be great.
Speaking of great Centres, Krejci is hurt... again.
Simon is on a career pace and getting about 3 more minutes per game compared to last year1
Kempny is currently a .ppg player!!! Amazing return from him.
Hronek is getting over 22 minutes a game.
Kase is hurt... again.
Faksa is playing great ... but not scoring enough... again.
Frolik needs a trade IMO
Sobotka is very underrated and doing a good job on a very good team.
Vrana is on career pace but not getting many minutes... I think he drives coaches crazy.
Voracek is getting near where he should be. He should also be an 80 point guy.
Rittich is playing in front of an awful D in calgary (last year it was one of the best D's in the NHL)... every game I've watched he's been the best player on the Flame's and loses. Eg. Last night he faced 45 shots from a poor Jet's team. So his stats don't look so great but he's been sensational IMO
Francouz lost his 3rd game. Stats are good. I think he'll get 20 games.
Korenar got a shutout in AHL... I don't think he's far from the NHL.
Pytlik and Mysak are both consistently being ranked as first rounders now. Pytlik is getting the higher ranking (early 20's)... so can someone explain to me why he wasn't at the U18s????? Goddam Hadamczak!
Pavel Novak also looks to be cementing himself as a top 100 draft pick.
None of them are D unfortunately but Svozil seems to be making a name for himself.
Zadina is struggling.
Masin and Zboril are close to 6/7 spots and 'first callups'.
Rutta has eaten a lot of nacho's ... good job if you can get it! Over a million dollars a year to sit and cheer in Florida. I like his game and that he represents... I'd be much happier if he were playing more routinely and not indirectly blocking Masin.
Chytil has 9 points in 8 AHL games... him in the AHL drives me crazy.
Zacha is also on pace to beat his career best of 25 points (which he has gotten 3 years in a row give or take)... I think they need to trade him. He'll burn his bridges again but a fresh start would help. Really need him to develop into a Top 6 C as Krejci won't be around forever.
Quite honestly.. our AHL player's aren't doing enough:
One thing I've been wondering about... Hajek is getting regular minutes and doing fine for such a young player. Zboril and Masin are next in line (and, honestly, may never make it)... who is next after that for D? Galvas in Finland? It's so bleak on D.