Prospect Info: Ducks Prospect Info 2018-19

[Ducks DVM]

Previous season thread

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ducks-prospect-discussion-2017-18-part-1.2392767/page-63

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[neelynugs]

now that the draft is over, how's your top 10 prospect list looking?

 

[AngelDuck]

now that the draft is over, how's your top 10 prospect list looking?

Only going with guys with less than 10 games of NHL experience here so no Pettersson:

Steel
Mahura
Terry
Comtois
Larsson
Lundestrom
Jones
Morand

Kind of a crapshoot after that imo. We have some guys that are getting a bit old to be called prospects but have little NHL experience (Kossila, Welinski, etc) and some of the drafted guys need to prove a lot more

 

[Masch78]

Kind of a crapshoot after that imo.

I don't see it that way.

Ek an Dostal are serious goaltending prospects, sure some years away but they can be good.
Groulx, McLaughlin, Perbix, Badini, Kopacka and Gates are all long term projects and so far look ok.

I think our pool is quite fine.

Time will tell how good Lundeström is but when you play SHL at the age of 16 and be a regular for two seasons before the draft you are something. Maybe he will end up being a Zetterberg tpye of player.

 

[Kalv]

Our prospect pool just doesn`t look as exciting as few years ago, but it`s not bad.

We`ll see how some of those develop, I think some of the guys we took this year might be late bloomers.

 

[AngelDuck]

I don't see it that way.

Ek an Dostal are serious goaltending prospects, sure some years away but they can be good.
Groulx, McLaughlin, Perbix, Badini, Kopacka and Gates are all long term projects and so far look ok.

I think our pool is quite fine.

Time will tell how good Lundeström is but when you play SHL at the age of 16 and be a regular for two seasons before the draft you are something. Maybe he will end up being a Zetterberg tpye of player.

What I mean by “crapshoot” is that it can go any way, not that the remaining guys have no potential
Crapshoot was possibly the wrong choice of words admittedly

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

What I mean by “crapshoot” is that it can go any way, not that the remaining guys have no potential
Crapshoot was possibly the wrong choice of words admittedly

I think we lack elite talent really... no clear top pairing dmen, no clear top line forwards. But that's kinda the price you pay for being a playoff team for a long time... we also don't seem to go after those Boom/Bust guys specially in the early rounds(like a bokk this year, or debrincat a couple years ago), but we do tend to always get value from anyone we pick in the top 3 rounds which is awesome.

Obviously guys like Steel, Terry, Comtois, Mahura and Larsson have potential to maybe become that but I see most of our higher end prospects as middle 6 forwards, or 2nd pairing dmen. I do think our goalie pool is really strong now.

Excited about the prospect camp scrimmage tho… always enjoy watching all the young guys go at it.

 

[Opak]

 

[bsu]

Of course they pick the weekend I have a tournament.

 

[Kruddler]

When do the annual prospect votes start happening around these parts? I always look forward to seeing those.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

When do the annual prospect votes start happening around these parts? I always look forward to seeing those.

Pretty sure after prospect camp

 

[Opak]

I believe the CHL import draft begins in 30 minutes. Live results here.

Now that the CHL is allowing goalies to be selected in the draft, I'm hoping that Ducks draftees Dostal and Durny get selected to good teams...

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Dostal would seem to be our most likely candidate to be selected, although a poster on the main board thread was nice enough to translate/ summarize an interview that suggested he's likely staying put.

It's in Czech:
Pláže a teplo, Dostál letí do Anaheimu. Měl bych ale zůstat v Kometě, říká | Hokej.cz - web českého hokeje

Basically saying he likes the offer his home team Brno gave him and unless Anaheim disagrees with it, he wants to stay in the Czech Republic.

The Ducks may have a different plan in mind, he could be an excellent two year starter for a contender.

It's not impossible that Durny could be picked, but tough to imagine a team using both an overage and import slot to bring him in. Then again, maybe a team going all in this year would be more comfortable with a guy who has a season of experience on this side of the pond.

Lundestrom and Eriksson Ek would both also be eligible but I would assume both will be staying in Sweden.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

No Ducks prospects selected

 

[Opak]

No Ducks prospects selected

That's a shame...

 

[Elvs]

Durny is too old for the import draft, no?

 

[Masch78]

Dostal should play in Brno. The Czech league, while not a top tier league in Europe is still a very good one. Clearly behind SHL, Liiga and NLA it comes behind. The Extraliga is an interesting leauge to look for goalies. A lot of good ones in the middle 20s there. Dostal will get a good treatment there.

 

[Opak]

Dostal should play in Brno. The Czech league, while not a top tier league in Europe is still a very good one. Clearly behind SHL, Liiga and NLA it comes behind. The Extraliga is an interesting leauge to look for goalies. A lot of good ones in the middle 20s there. Dostal will get a good treatment there.

I don't think anyone here is saying that the Czech Extraliga is bad or anything like that. I was hoping for Dostal to get drafted to the CHL, because Kometa currently has four other goalies on their payroll, so there's a lot of competition there. The way things are, Dostal might get loaned to the tier 2 league again, which IMO is not ideal for his development, as Lukas already played well there last season...

 

[duxfan1101]

Not surprising but Comtois and Morand are the only Ducks' prospects invited to the Canada WJC camp.

 

[Vipers31]

Not surprising but Comtois and Morand are the only Ducks' prospects invited to the Canada WJC camp.

Mahura not getting an invite is a bit surprising, no? He was incredibly close to making the eventual team last year, and Team Canada usually relied heavily on guys in their last year(s) of eligibility, from what I remember.

 

[Static]

Mahura not getting an invite is a bit surprising, no? He was incredibly close to making the eventual team last year, and Team Canada usually relied heavily on guys in their last year(s) of eligibility, from what I remember.

Is mahura eligable? Isn't he AHL bound this year?

 

[Goose of Reason]

Mahura not getting an invite is a bit surprising, no? He was incredibly close to making the eventual team last year, and Team Canada usually relied heavily on guys in their last year(s) of eligibility, from what I remember.

Mahura is no longer eligible. He's San Diego bound next season.

Also, in regards to the annual prospect rankings, it's always been @Boogernaut 's thing so if they want to do it again this year then that's great, but if not I can do it again this year.

 

[Vipers31]

Is mahura eligable? Isn't he AHL bound this year?

Yeah, I think you're right. Not sure why, but I was convinced he'd have one more year to go there over Steel. Which, of course, doesn't make sense, given that they were drafted in the same year.

 

[AngelDuck]

Not surprising but Comtois and Morand are the only Ducks' prospects invited to the Canada WJC camp.

Comtois should make that team, Morand is probably borderline

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

I don't think, barring injury or being in the NHL, that Comtois doesn't make it. Canada is pretty notorious for bringing guys back, especially after a championship.