Prospect Info: Ducks Prospect Info ‘21-22

[WhatTheDuck]

Pasta really is Terry lol

Physically quite similar. I don't think Terry's offensive game was as highly regarded at the same age.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Will Francis to Stephens via text:

"Feeling back to myself! Every week gets better and head up to school (Minnesota Duluth) soon. Will be playing this season."

Absolutely great to hear

 

[bsu]

Physically quite similar. I don't think Terry's offensive game was as highly regarded at the same age.

Well no shit look where Terry was drafted lol.

 

[AngelDuck]

Will Francis to Stephens via text:

"Feeling back to myself! Every week gets better and head up to school (Minnesota Duluth) soon. Will be playing this season."

That’s a kid I’m really rooting for. Would be an amazing story if he made it to the NHL.

Hell, it already is a great story that he’s back on the ice

 

[duxfan1101]

Ducks’ rankings in Wheeler’s top 50 drafted prospects (excluding goalies, which he will list tomorrow):
#4 Zegras
#17 Drysdale (also mentioned he considered him as high as #12)
#21 McTavish (Wheeler said he’s bumped him up since the draft after being impressed by him at the WJSS)

NHL top 50 prospects, 2021 edition: Byfield, Caufield and Power headline Wheeler’s drafted skaters ranking

 

[Gliff]

Ducks’ rankings in Wheeler’s top 50 drafted prospects (excluding goalies, which he will list tomorrow):
#4 Zegras
#17 Drysdale (also mentioned he considered him as high as #12)
#21 McTavish

NHL top 50 prospects, 2021 edition: Byfield, Caufield and Power headline Wheeler’s drafted skaters ranking

Recency bias. The fact that Drysdale is 17 and Clarke is 7 is a joke. Drysdale was better pre draft and had as good of a d+1 as you can ask for.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Recency bias. The fact that Drysdale is 17 and Clarke is 7 is a joke. Drysdale was better pre draft and had as good of a d+1 as you can ask for.

And Clarke's skating is mediocre and needs alot of work, Drysdale can skate circles around him lol

 

[Vinegar Strokes]

Yeah, the rankings of Drysdale, Seider, and Sanderson are all baffling to say the least.

 

[Masch78]

Ducks’ rankings in Wheeler’s top 50 drafted prospects (excluding goalies, which he will list tomorrow):
#4 Zegras
#17 Drysdale (also mentioned he considered him as high as #12)
#21 McTavish (Wheeler said he’s bumped him up since the draft after being impressed by him at the WJSS)

NHL top 50 prospects, 2021 edition: Byfield, Caufield and Power headline Wheeler’s drafted skaters ranking

i don't care much about the ranking, it is all personal opinion. More what he says about players. Johnsson being the most productive of the whole list if he works out is also very optimistic imho.

That is also interesting.

(For what it’s worth: I also recently learned that McTavish was the Blue Jackets’ target at fifth overall, so even if the Ducks didn’t take him, he wasn’t ever going to be around where I had him ranked.)

 

[duxfan1101]

Wheeler has finally (somewhat) come around on Dostal, ranking him 7th among all drafted goalie prospects. Here is his write-up:

I’ve been cautious with my evaluations on Dostal over the years. He’s a skinny, smallish goalie who I’ve seen play some ugly games live and I think I’ve allowed those perceptions to linger a little too much. Over time, though, he has really turned me not just with his play but with the resume he has built for himself across several years and leagues. That continued last year out of Liiga and into the AHL. He’s not a very powerful goalie in the net given his size, but he’s agile through his shuffles, his control in the net is pristine on his outside edges, he stays with the play through screens, he’s compact in his movements and he makes a lot of recovery saves. I’m not convinced he’s going to be a starter, but it’s not hard to imagine him as a good tandem goalie at this point and he comfortably projects as a backup at the very least.

 

[Boo Boo]

Wheeler has finally (somewhat) come around on Dostal, ranking him 7th among all drafted goalie prospects. Here is his write-up:

that’s pretty good considering the run of good goalie prospects league wide.

he has dostal in the second tier alongside cossa , wolf and swayman

 

[GunnarStahl]

that’s pretty good considering the run of good goalie prospects league wide.

he has dostal in the second tier alongside cossa , wolf and swayman

Cossa should be in the first tier but yeah, I think the other two ahead of (in his own teir) Dostal are justifiable.

 

[MMC]

 

[GunnarStahl]

Anyone else not able to get the ticketing link to work?

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

It’s just so weird that Wheeler is just now coming around on Dostal. He’s seen some ‘ugly’ games? Did he not realize he won the Liiga award for best goalie? He was the best at his position in a top-4 league in the world.

I swear if he was a ‘big market’ prospect, there would be non-stop coverage of the guy.

One of the reasons I stopped my subscription to the Athletic. Some of their writers show extreme bias on who they like.

 

[GunnarStahl]

It seems as if the tickets are only available for the games at Gila River, bummer if we can’t attend the events at Ice Den

 

[Hockey Duckie]

It’s just so weird that Wheeler is just now coming around on Dostal. He’s seen some ‘ugly’ games? Did he not realize he won the Liiga award for best goalie? He was the best at his position in a top-4 league in the world.

I swear if he was a ‘big market’ prospect, there would be non-stop coverage of the guy.

One of the reasons I stopped my subscription to the Athletic. Some of their writers show extreme bias on who they like.

IIRC, Wheeler is height biased to Dostal. In his previous rankings, he docked Dostal from his top-10 because of his height, but put in another goalie of the same height in the top-10, but wasn't as productive as Dostal. Okay, Wheeler might also be NA biased too with height.

 

[Boo Boo]

IIRC, Wheeler is height biased to Dostal. In his previous rankings, he docked Dostal from his top-10 because of his height, but put in another goalie of the same height in the top-10, but wasn't as productive as Dostal. Okay, Wheeler might also be NA biased too with height.

Wolf is a great great young goalie prospect but basically yeah

 

[WhatTheDuck]

IIRC, Wheeler is height biased to Dostal. In his previous rankings, he docked Dostal from his top-10 because of his height, but put in another goalie of the same height in the top-10, but wasn't as productive as Dostal. Okay, Wheeler might also be NA biased too with height.

Dustin Wolf

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

noticed this article today while aimlessly scrolling through info regarding our prospects. not sure if anyone else has seen this:

Draft Analyst Sam Cosentino Breaks Down Ducks Prospects, Talks Future Impact | San Diego Gulls

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

noticed this article today while aimlessly scrolling through info regarding our prospects. not sure if anyone else has seen this:

Draft Analyst Sam Cosentino Breaks Down Ducks Prospects, Talks Future Impact | San Diego Gulls

Was posted a couple pages ago. Always interesting to hear opinions of people outside of the organization.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Yotes website now says the other prospect game will have tickets released later

 

[Kalv]

Recency bias. The fact that Drysdale is 17 and Clarke is 7 is a joke. Drysdale was better pre draft and had as good of a d+1 as you can ask for.

Slightly offtopic but recency bias in in full mode in the Mian Boards Draisaitl thread currently being revoked. In 2015 a lot of people were saying Hanifin is ways better than Draisaitl. Lol.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Recency bias. The fact that Drysdale is 17 and Clarke is 7 is a joke. Drysdale was better pre draft and had as good of a d+1 as you can ask for.

Agreed. 18-year old Drysdale did struggle after a hot start in the NHL and that's what probably knocked him down the rankings. If Drysdale stayed in the AHL level, then he might be earning higher praises as he might have continued winning more Rookie of the Month awards.

Similarly, this is how a majority of Ducks fans feel about Tracey. 19-year old Tracey didn't produce any points at the AHL level and Ducks fans stopped caring at that point. Yet, once the WHL opened up again and Tracey was sent down to his WHL team, he led his team in scoring and was very productive on the PP, 12 points (6g + 6a) came on the PP out of his 19 point total. There's talent in Tracey, but it is really difficult to overcome the optics of not producing at point in 12 AHL games.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Agreed. 18-year old Drysdale did struggle after a hot start in the NHL and that's what probably knocked him down the rankings. If Drysdale stayed in the AHL level, then he might be earning higher praises as he might have continued winning more Rookie of the Month awards.

Similarly, this is how a majority of Ducks fans feel about Tracey. 19-year old Tracey didn't produce any points at the AHL level and Ducks fans stopped caring at that point. Yet, once the WHL opened up again and Tracey was sent down to his WHL team, he led his team in scoring and was very productive on the PP, 12 points (6g + 6a) came on the PP out of his 19 point total. There's talent in Tracey, but it is really difficult to overcome the optics of not producing at point in 12 AHL games.

It helped a lot that Tracey is 2 years older than vast majority of WHLers.