Prospect Info: General Prospect Discussion Thread 2019-20 - Part III

[Prior]

Those look like Malamutes.

 

[AKL]

The guy just casually chilling with some wolves

This is the man that’s going to lead us to the promised land.

 

[MuckOG]

The guy just casually chilling with some wolves

Interesting that the KHL would use that play on words in the tweet. I didn't think they were capable of subtle humor.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Beckman’s got 2 early in the 1st:

 

[Bazeek]

Beckman’s got 2 early in the 1st:

Good. He's been slacking off with the point per game crap.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Good. He's been slacking off with the point per game crap.

He had a tough week last week:

 

[Bazeek]

He had a tough week last week:

Somehow I failed to do the math on that one

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Somehow I failed to do the math on that one

We can’t all be Jesus Brodin

 

[P10p]

Kahkonen has been a stud this year in Iowa

 

[P10p]

Also the young guns seem to be building more confidence and trust in Iowa. Army had Soks, Dewar, and Duhaime out there to start last game. They also looked great all game.

 

[P10p]

Iowa looking dominant this season. Kahkonen with a shutout. 10th in sv% 5th in GAA T-1st Wins. The guy who is tied with him for most wins has 11gp more than Kaapo.

 

[Digitalbooya]

We need Kahk in net for Minnesota.

 

[AKL]

We need Kahk in net for Minnesota.

But like, not this year. Can’t afford that.

 

[thestonedkoala]

We need Kahk in net for Minnesota.

No need to rush him, but I'd like to shut down Dubynk for the rest of the season (personal reasons) and call up Kahk.

 

[TaLoN]

No need to rush him, but I'd like to shut down Dubynk for the rest of the season (personal reasons) and call up Kahk.

You can't just force personal reasons on a guy. Isn't his wife doing well now?

I agree that Dubs sucks, but we're stuck with him for now. Just treat him like a backup for now. Address it in the offseason. Let Khaky keep rolling the starts in Iowa, developing as he should.

 

[57special]

It's not like Khakonen was brilliant when he was up here. He was OK, but had a bad habit of letting in early weak goals.

 

[Olcoach]

It's not like Khakonen was brilliant when he was up here. He was OK, but had a bad habit of letting in early weak goals.

Why does he need to be brilliant? He posted better numbers than what we are rolling with now.

 

[57special]

Put another way, he wasn't very good, IMO. Since we aren't going anywhere this year, I don't see the point of bringing him up. In football, they say that the backup QB is always the most popular guy in town. In this case, it's the AHL goalie.

If he was that good, do you doubt that Boudreau /Guerin would have him up here now?

 

[P10p]

It's not like Khakonen was brilliant when he was up here. He was OK, but had a bad habit of letting in early weak goals.

Was very good for a rookie netminder. And he has improved as the season has went along.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Put another way, he wasn't very good, IMO. Since we aren't going anywhere this year, I don't see the point of bringing him up. In football, they say that the backup QB is always the most popular guy in town. In this case, it's the AHL goalie.

If he was that good, do you doubt that Boudreau /Guerin would have him up here now?

He had a .913 save% in his 5 NHL games.

Stalock has a .904 and Dubnyk has a .890

Right now, it's just a numbers game. We're stuck with Dubnyk and I don't think they want to risk sending Stalock down because of the expansion draft implications. They obviously don't want to carry 3 goalies.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

It's not like Khakonen was brilliant when he was up here. He was OK, but had a bad habit of letting in early weak goals.

Early goals maybe, but don't remember many of them being "weak".

 

[57special]

I have noticed that his AHL numbers have gone up since getting some NHL time, aside from really early in the year when he had very gaudy ones. Maybe he will come up again this season once again, then a bit next fall. Will give him time to work on his weaknesses down in Iowa, once they are revealed up here. Hopefully, will be able to come up for good in 2021. In January, hopefully. We will NEED him by the fall of 2021.

I don't see this team going anywhere next year, unless a couple/few unlikely scenarios play out in our favor.

I think with KK, Robson, and Jones we have some pretty good G prospects. Lindberg has some pretty nutz NCAA stats, better than Robson's. Don't know much about him. I just liked Robson's game a lot when he played for the Gophers.

 

[P10p]

I have noticed that his AHL numbers have gone up since getting some NHL time, aside from really early in the year when he had very gaudy ones. Maybe he will come up again this season once again, then a bit next fall. Will give him time to work on his weaknesses down in Iowa, once they are revealed up here. Hopefully, will be able to come up for good in 2021. In January, hopefully. We will NEED him by the fall of 2021.

I don't see this team going anywhere next year, unless a couple/few unlikely scenarios play out in our favor.

I think with KK, Robson, and Jones we have some pretty good G prospects. Lindberg has some pretty nutz NCAA stats, better than Robson's. Don't know much about him. I just liked Robson's game a lot when he played for the Gophers.

Very true, mind you Iowa has given him alot of help. Playing a lot the games in the offensive end.

 

[Olcoach]

Very true, mind you Iowa has given him alot of help. Playing a lot the games in the offensive end.

It's about SV% for me. Prior to his cup of coffee .908, .917 after. It has nothing to do with offensive help. And no I don't think they will call him up now even if he is posting better numbers than the current rotation. Too many other considerations to account for before it could happen. I'm concerned about expansion draft. Starting between the pipes fall of 2020.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I know they are 19/20 year olds but, quietly, our 2018 5th round pick is t-9 in goals in the OHL and our 6th round pick is 16th in points and 13th in points-per-game in the Q.