Prospect Info: General Prospect Discussion Thread 2021-22

[DeagleJenkins]

Signs a pro contract and within a few weeks diagnosed with cancer. Pretty awful rollercoaster to find himself on. Hope the treatment goes well.

crazy how the world turns so quickly for some people.

 

[57special]

I just became a fan of this guy. Hard to see young people getting Cancer.

On a lighter note, my Dad on his treatments a few years ago, " At my age, you aren't cool unless you've had prostate cancer."

 

[thestonedkoala]

I just became a fan of this guy. Hard to see young people getting Cancer.

On a lighter note, my Dad on his treatments a few years ago, " At my age, you aren't cool unless you've had prostate cancer."

My dad passed away from prostate cancer. Spread and well got into everything.

 

[Mickey the mouse]

God Bless this kid !!!!!

He just gained a whole bunch of fans

 

[Wabit]

Signs a pro contract and within a few weeks diagnosed with cancer. Pretty awful rollercoaster to find himself on. Hope the treatment goes well.

Signing that pro contract and getting the insurance and access to docs is huge for him.

 

[thestonedkoala]

After trading for Faber, does Minnesota now have one of the deepest defensive prospect pools in the NHL?

LD
Carson Lambos
Ryan O'Rourke
Daemon Hunt
Jack Peart

RD
Caleb Addison
Brock Faber
Simon Johansson
Marshall Warren

The only concern is offense coming from the defense. Outside of that adding two first round and two second round picks is just going to bolster an already decent prospect pool.

 

[Bazeek]

After trading for Faber, does Minnesota now have one of the deepest defensive prospect pools in the NHL?

LD
Carson Lambos
Ryan O'Rourke
Daemon Hunt
Jack Peart

RD
Caleb Addison
Brock Faber
Simon Johansson
Marshall Warren

The only concern is offense coming from the defense. Outside of that adding two first round and two second round picks is just going to bolster an already decent prospect pool.

Warren's LD.

It is deep but not particularly pointy. Aside from Lambos I don't think any of them have much top-pairing upside, but that's always hard to find. Next best thing is having 4-6 prospects with top-4 potential.

The stability is good, but I'm skeptical that it'll lead anywhere we haven't been for the last decade or so.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Warren's LD.

It is deep but not particularly pointy. Aside from Lambos I don't think any of them have much top-pairing upside, but that's always hard to find. Next best thing is having 4-6 prospects with top-4 potential.

The stability is good, but I'm skeptical that it'll lead anywhere we haven't been for the last decade or so.

Thats my biggest concern is there isn't any offensive defensemen in the group but an awesome group of two way guys.

 

[Wabit]

After trading for Faber, does Minnesota now have one of the deepest defensive prospect pools in the NHL?

LD
Carson Lambos
Ryan O'Rourke
Daemon Hunt
Jack Peart

RD
Caleb Addison
Brock Faber
Simon Johansson
Marshall Warren

The only concern is offense coming from the defense. Outside of that adding two first round and two second round picks is just going to bolster an already decent prospect pool.

I think Addison can chip in the same 35p-40p a year like Spurgeon has done forever.

Hunt is probably the best goal scoring d-man in the bunch. I think he has the longest odds of seeing the NHL in the LD bunch though.

I'm not sure if having that much depth on the left side is a good thing or a bad thing. It might create a choke point in the development. If handled wrong then none of them turn into much of anything.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I like the mantra of building a deep prospect pool, and I think Fenton/Guerin have done a good job at it. But, when I look at how it’s constructed, it doesn’t look much different than the franchise has always looked. Maybe a little more high-end scoring thanks to Boldy, but we still are deficient in all the wrong areas. 1C + 1D + 1G is a tried and proven formula for winning a cup. Right now, the only peice of that equation I’d feel particularly good about is the goalie part. I think we might have 3/4 too 4 D come out of this group, but where is our Makar/Hedman/Pietrangelo or even Theodore? I think Rossi could develop into a 1C but it’s not a sure thing.

 

[keppel146]

Looks like development camp is next week

 

[Minnewildsota]

Looks like development camp is next week

Seems early. Or is it just me?

 

[Wabit]

Seems early. Or is it just me?

It's early. Usually it's the draft (June 25ish), UFA singing period (July 1st), then the rookie/dev camp (sometime in August). The normal league calendar is still out of whack.

I'm guessing the dev camp was pushed up due to the U-20 games being played in mid Aug (not sure how/when the camp for that are going to work). Wallstedt and basically all of the d-corps will be in that tourney so if the team wants a dev camp with them it has to be soon.

 

[TaLoN]

Anyone, feel free to make the 2022-23 version of this thread

 

[keppel146]

Might be two weeks away. My bad

 

[PostFriend]

 

[Digitalbooya]

I like the mantra of building a deep prospect pool, and I think Fenton/Guerin have done a good job at it. But, when I look at how it’s constructed, it doesn’t look much different than the franchise has always looked. Maybe a little more high-end scoring thanks to Boldy, but we still are deficient in all the wrong areas. 1C + 1D + 1G is a tried and proven formula for winning a cup. Right now, the only peice of that equation I’d feel particularly good about is the goalie part. I think we might have 3/4 too 4 D come out of this group, but where is our Makar/Hedman/Pietrangelo or even Theodore? I think Rossi could develop into a 1C but it’s not a sure thing.

We haven’t had a top 5 pick in the draft since 2005. All three of Makar/Herman/Pietrangelo are top 5 picks in their draft year.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

We haven’t had a top 5 pick in the draft since 2005. All three of Makar/Herman/Pietrangelo are top 5 picks in their draft year.

Yeah. Picking in the teens is an endless cycle.

 

[ThatGuy22]

It's early. Usually it's the draft (June 25ish), UFA singing period (July 1st), then the rookie/dev camp (sometime in August). The normal league calendar is still out of whack.

I'm guessing the dev camp was pushed up due to the U-20 games being played in mid Aug (not sure how/when the camp for that are going to work). Wallstedt and basically all of the d-corps will be in that tourney so if the team wants a dev camp with them it has to be soon.

Dev camp has always been mid July, usaully between the 10th and 20th, except for Covid years. Never been in August that I can recall, even covid year was in September.

Seems early. Or is it just me?

Probably seems early because the draft is usaully last week, and Free agency today. Prospect camp is always mid July.

 

[f7ben]

Yeah. Picking in the teens is an endless cycle.

How about trading superstar players so you can pick in the teens twice?

 

[Digitalbooya]

How about trading superstar players so you can pick in the teens twice?

We definitely didn’t trade a superstar player.

 

[Al Lagoon]

After trading for Faber, does Minnesota now have one of the deepest defensive prospect pools in the NHL?

Don't know squat about NHL D prospect pools, but IMO this is surely the best D prospect pool in Wild history. Seems to me they've never had more than a legit prospect or two on D until the last couple years' drafts and trades of Zucker and Fiala.

 

[f7ben]

We definitely didn’t trade a superstar player.

I feel like we did

 

[Digitalbooya]

I feel like we did

Then you have a low standard for what a superstar is.

 

[Sad People]

Kaprizov is a superstar player Fiala is not