Prospect Info: In The System X (Ads and prospects)

[adsfan]

Wilsby (3) lobbed one in over Daccord. The Ads scored one like that in Game 4.

Maybe that is a weak spot for Daccord?

It 3-2 CV early in period 3. Egor got the assist, his 7th.

At 4:10 Thompson gets 2 minutes for a High Stick. CV is 0-18 on the PP.

Cooley with the save, 1:28 left in the PK. The puck hit the crossbar and landed on top of the net.

CV scored at 5:20, a wrister from the slot. Now it is 4-2 CV. CV is 2 of 20 on the PP in the series.

SOG: 4-2 CV, same as the score.

High Sticking against Jankowski at 7:49.

 

[adsfan]

Sherwood (4) assisted by Del Gaizo (8) and Tomasino (7) at 11:15 of the third period. Now 4-3 CV.

SOG: 5-4 CV.

2:36 left, Cooley on the bench. Ads passing a lot. 1:54 left and the puck goes out of the zone.
Kemell dumps the puck into the O-zone. Icing against CV, 1:12 left. CV with 8 shots in periods 2 and 3 combined. The officials blew the whistle. Petman closed his hand on the puck. Ads with a 6-on-4. CV stalling at their bench. It is 1:12 left again. Ads lose the face off, 1 minute to go. Daccord went for a goal and missed, no icing.

Face off by the Ads blue line, 37 seconds left.Vange is guarding the goal. Sherwood to Sanford to Vange. McKeown's shot deflected out of play. 2.3 seconds remaining. The officials are talking as the CV pig fans threw debris on the ice! Vange shoots and the clock runs out. CV 4-3 in a "chippy, mean series" according to Aaron Sims. Fell a goal short in Game 6.

The teams shook hands. CV was 26-7-1-2 at home, the best in the AHL. They win the WCF in their first season in the AHL. They will play the Hersey Bears for the Calder Cup.

 

[PredsV82]

Another one goal loss. Ads just couldn't quite get over the hump.in either of the last two games. Not scoring on the late PP stings

Of course there is plenty of room to debate whether Askarov would have won tonight's game but it doesn't matter, because he didn't play and that's Taylor's decision to live with.

Still a great season for the Ads. Gonna be loaded again next year, too.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Seems like a fair result. On paper, CV has a ton of talent and experience. On the ice, it sounds like they brought an old-school physical playoff mentality that our team just wasn't ready to match. And if Leonard, Schneider, and Gross were in fact injured, then that's 3 pretty significant players out of the Ads lineup. Great season for the Ads!

 

[herzausstein]

Some points totals for players we may see next season or the one after

Evangelista: 16GP 4G 11A 15P
Del Gaizo: 16GP 4G 8A 12P
Afanasyev: 16GP 5G 6A 11P
Sherwood: 14GP 4G 7A 11P
Kemell: 14GP 8G 2A 10P
Tomasino: 16GP 2G 7A 9P
Wilsby: 16GP 2G 6A 8P
Stastney: 16GP 1G 5A 6P

Kemell has 14G 9A 23P in 28GP in the AHL so far. Im excited to see if he can keep that up or improve next season.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Some points totals for players we may see next season or the one after

Evangelista: 16GP 4G 11A 15P
Del Gaizo: 16GP 4G 8A 12P
Afanasyev: 16GP 5G 6A 11P
Sherwood: 14GP 4G 7A 11P
Kemell: 14GP 8G 2A 10P
Tomasino: 16GP 2G 7A 9P
Wilsby: 16GP 2G 6A 8P
Stastney: 16GP 1G 5A 6P

Kemell has 14G 9A 23P in 28GP in the AHL so far. Im excited to see if he can keep that up or improve next season.

I think Evangelista is ready, and as much grief as I gave Tomasino early, he did have a much better series against CV. As many have mentioned Kemmel has an outside chance to be in Nashville next year, but that would be so far ahead of schedule that it would be surprising to me. If Taylor is around again next year I have zero concern with letting these guys play heavy AHL minutes. That being said, Milwaukee is going to be fun next year. Add a Svechkov, Schaeffer, and L'Heureux in that mix and you have a lot of talent. Nashville is going to be competitive with hungry young guys fighting for a spot, but if any of these young guys in Milwaukee think they are going to have a spot waiting for them...well there's going to be someone standing behind them ready to take it.

 

[PredsV82]

I half expect Taylor to be named as an assistant NHL coach somewhere in the next few days

 

[herzausstein]

I think Evangelista is ready, and as much grief as I gave Tomasino early, he did have a much better series against CV. As many have mentioned Kemmel has an outside chance to be in Nashville next year, but that would be so far ahead of schedule that it would be surprising to me. If Taylor is around again next year I have zero concern with letting these guys play heavy AHL minutes. That being said, Milwaukee is going to be fun next year. Add a Svechkov, Schaeffer, and L'Heureux in that mix and you have a lot of talent. Nashville is going to be competitive with hungry young guys fighting for a spot, but if any of these young guys in Milwaukee think they are going to have a spot waiting for them...well there's going to be someone standing behind them ready to take it.

I think kemell should probably start in the AHL but like Evangelista appears to be on the fast track to NHL time. I think with the way they played in the NHL at the end of the season and the AHL during the season, Tomasino and Evangelista should start in the NHL. I dont know if they will both be top 6 but with Brunette im expecting to see three attack lines and hopefully a fast skilled 4th line with some grit. Afanaseyev might be a good choice for that.

Milwaukee is gonna be fun next season. Might have to get AHL.tv so i can watch all the games. Svechkov, Burke, Kemell, L'Heureux, Schaefer, Askarov, Del Gaizo, Wilsby, Stastney is a good crop of young player to fill out the top lines, pairings, and goal.

I half expect Taylor to be named as an assistant NHL coach somewhere in the next few days

I hope you are right because i think he has earned it... but also hate to lose him as i think he has done well with the fellas in Milwaukee

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

One last time to close out the season...

PLAYER	TEAM	LEAGUE	ACQ	YOB​	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Joakim Kemell (RW)	JyP HT Jyvaskyla	SM-Liiga	17/2022	2004​	43	12	3	15	14	-16
	Finland U20	WJC-20			5	2	2	4	0	-1
	Milwaukee	AHL			14	6	7	13	21	-5
	Playoffs	AHL			14	8	2	10	2	-3
Adam Ingram (C)	St. Cloud State	NCHC	82/2022	2003​	41	8	15	23	20	0
Kasper Kulonummi (RD)	Tappara Tampere U20	SM-sarja	84/2022	2004​	36	11	32	43	18	32
	Playoffs				12	1	11	12	8	8
	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga			10	0	0	0	2	-1
	Playoffs				1	0	0	0	0	0
Cole O'Hara (RW)	UMass-Amherst	H-East	114/2022	2002​	32	4	13	17	14	0
Graham Sward (LD)	Winnipeg Ice	WHL	146/2022	2003​	60	4	33	37	46	43
	Playoffs				19	2	10	12	16	11
Ben Strinden (RW)	U. North Dakota	NCHC	210/2022	2002​	22	3	6	9	14	6
Fyodor Svechkov (C)	Spartak Moscow	KHL	19/2021	2003​	27	2	2	4	5	-7
	Khimik Voskresensk	VHL			14	1	6	7	0	4
	Playoffs				9	5	2	7	6	6
	Spartak Moscow	MHL			5	4	4	8	0	6
	Playoffs				7	1	3	4	2	1
Zachary L'Heureux (LW/C)	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL	27/2021	2003​	33	21	21	42	34	31
	Playoffs				20	11	15	26	43	11
Anton Olsson (LD)	Skelleftea AIK	SweHL	72/2021	2003​	41	3	4	7	27	6
	Playoffs				5	0	0	0	2	0
	Skelleftea AIK	J20			4	4	0	4	2	2
	Playoffs				1	0	0	0	0	-1
Ryan Ufko (RD)	UMass-Amherst	H-East	115/2021	2003​	32	8	16	24	25	-12
	USA U20	WJC-20			7	1	9	10	2	3
Jack Matier (RD)	Ottawa 67's	OHL	124/2021	2003​	58	13	36	49	57	40
	Playoffs				11	3	3	6	8	9
	Canada U20	WJC-20			7	0	1	1	0	4
Simon Knak (LW)	Davos HC	Swiss-A	179/2021	2002​	50	8	15	23	24	4
	Playoffs				5	0	0	0	2	-1
	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL			2	0	0	0	0	0
Yaroslav Askarov (G)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	11/2020	2002​	48	2.69	.911	26	16	5
	Playoffs				12	2.70	.903	6	6	0
	Nashville Predators	NHL			1	4.15	.886	0	1	0
Luke Evangelista (RW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	42/2020	2002​	49	9	32	41	18	10
	Playoffs				16	4	11	15	4	-4
	Nashville Predators	NHL			24	7	8	15	6	7
Luke Prokop (RD)	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	73/2020	2002​	43	4	17	21	20	38
	Playoffs				19	1	4	5	6	8
	Norfolk Admirals	ECHL			8	1	0	1	6	-12
Adam Wilsby (LD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	101/2020	2000​	72	1	17	18	32	0
	Playoffs				16	2	6	8	8	4
Luke Reid (RD)	U. New Hampshire	H-East	166/2020	2001​	35	0	5	5	14	-18
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (LW)	Northeastern U.	H-East	202/2020	2000​	35	10	20	30	8	2
Chase McLane (C)	Penn State U.	Big-10	209/2020	2000​	21	2	3	5	18	2
Philip Tomasino (C/RW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	24/2019	2001​	38	12	20	32	24	-2
	Playoffs				16	2	7	9	4	0
	Nashville Predators	NHL			31	5	13	18	6	5
Egor Afanaseyev (LW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	45/2019	2001​	57	13	13	26	26	1
	Playoffs				16	5	6	11	10	3
	Nashville Predators	NHL			17	1	0	1	2	-7
Alexander Campbell (LW)	Clarkson U.	ECAC	65/2019	2001​	34	14	12	26	8	1
Marc Del Gaizo (LD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	109/2019	1999​	71	3	28	31	50	-3
	Playoffs				16	4	8	12	4	-2
Semyon Chistyakov (LD)	Avangard Omsk	KHL	117/2019	2001​	58	5	22	27	39	12
	Playoffs				13	1	3	4	0	3
	Omskie Krylia	VHL			2	1	0	1	2	1
Ethan Haider (G)	Clarkson U.	ECAC	148/2019	2001​	35	2.51	.906	16	16	3
Isak Walther (RW)	U. Vermont	H-East	179/2019	2001​	36	9	10	19	24	-2
Juuso Parssinen (C)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	210/2019	2001​	10	2	7	9	8	7
	Nashville Predators	NHL			45	6	19	25	15	-1
Jachym Kondelik (C)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	111/2018	1999​	38	5	6	11	22	-2
Spencer Stastney (LD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	131/2018	2000​	56	5	8	13	10	2
	Playoffs				16	1	5	6	6	-4
	Nashville Predators	NHL			8	0	2	2	2	5
Vladislav Yeryomenko (RD)	Magnitogorsk	KHL	151/2018	1999​	39	3	4	7	4	12
Tomas Vomacka (G)	Norfolk Admirals	ECHL	154/2017	1999​	34	4.36	.868	8	19	1
Konstantin Volkov (G)	Dynamo Moskva	KHL	168/2016	1997​	31	1.81	.928	11	11	0
	Playoffs				2	2.11	.923	0	2	0
Tommy Novak (C)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	85/2015	1997​	25	11	15	26	2	9
	Nashville Predators	NHL			51	17	26	43	8	5
Nolan Burke (C)	Sarnia Sting	OHL	Signed	2002	56	50	32	82	35	27
	Playoffs				15	8	8	16	11	5
Jake Livingstone (RD)	Minn. St-M	NCAA		1999	39	8	27	35	30	10
	Nashville Predators	NHL			5	0	1	1	2	-2
Markus Nurmi (RW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1998​	48	12	12	24	14	-2
Jimmy Huntington (LW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Trade	1998​	51	9	19	28	51	13
	Playoffs				15	2	4	6	8	0
Navrin Mutter (LW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	2001	53	2	6	8	72	-11
John Leonard (LW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Trade	1998	67	17	27	44	14	0
	Playoffs				6	0	1	1	0	-3
	Nashville Predators				6	1	0	1	2	0
Mark Jankowski (C)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1994	9	5	5	10	2	6
	Playoffs				15	1	7	8	16	0
	Nashville Predators	NHL			50	7	5	12	18	-1
Kevin Gravel (LD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1992	49	2	11	13	16	7
	Playoffs				12	1	2	3	2	6
	Nashville Predators	NHL			23	0	1	1	4	-10
Jordan Gross (RD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1995	53	10	28	38	36	-4
	Playoffs				11	2	9	11	6	0
	Nashville Predators	NHL			15	3	0	3	2	-3
Roland McKeown (RD)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1996	60	6	16	22	40	9
	Playoffs				14	2	2	4	4	1
	Nashville Predators	NHL			6	0	0	0	8	1
Devin Cooley (G)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Signed	1997	26	2.93	.909	15	8	2
	Playoffs				4	2.29	.916	2	2	0
Isaac Ratcliffe (LW)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Trade	1999	21	4	12	16	46	-6
	Playoffs				10	3	1	4	8	3
Austin Rueschhoff (F)	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	Trade	1997	21	4	5	9	14	-1
	Playoffs				15	3	2	5	6	2
Reid Schaeffer (LW)	Seattle	WHL	Trade	2003	55	28	33	61	92	30
	Playoffs				19	8	11	19	24	13
	Canada U20	WJC-20			7	0	1	1	2	1

 

[nine_inch_fang]

I was most impressed with the improvement I saw in Afanasyev. I haven't watched last night's game yet but he really came alive in the playoffs and was a factor in every game I watched. His 11 points in 16 games (.7 ppg) during the playoffs are impressive considering he has 26 in 57 games during the regular AHL season (.46 ppg).

I mean, we didn't know what Kemell had in him so that was a bit of a pleasant surprise. Evangelista and how Tomasino finished were good to see and promising signs. But, that jump in production and shear on ice value for Afanasyev is spectacular. Maybe he still does have more in him than big bodied 4th line grinder in NHL, maybe he a bit of a late bloomer and we'll start to see the reasons he was taken in the second round.

I feel like most of us had kind of written him off a bit so if he can push for a bigger role in the organization and earn a spot out of camp this year it would be a tremendous bonus.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I feel like most of us had kind of written him off a bit so if he can push for a bigger role in the organization and earn a spot out of camp this year it would be a tremendous bonus.

I wouldn't say I wrote Afanaseyev off, but I did think that we were going to have to watch for that blossoming next year in Milwaukee with our fingers crossed instead of getting it peeking out in the playoffs already.

Possibly that is one advantage of having Schneider and Leonard out (and Nurmi gone off to wherever)... we already knew Tomasino and Evangelista would play big roles in the playoffs, but perhaps this helped elevate Afanaseyev and Kemell's roles a bit too. At least out of the gate. To the point where they could run with the extra responsibility and keep running.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Those Chistyakov numbers are really really strong. It sucks he's developed so well and we will likely never see him. I think he'd be a middle pairing type guy that would fit really well at this point.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Those Chistyakov numbers are really really strong. It sucks he's developed so well and we will likely never see him. I think he'd be a middle pairing type guy that would fit really well at this point.

For him to emerge as a top D on a good KHL team at 21 is definitely a nice development. Who knows what our defense will look like in 2026. McDonagh's contract will have finished. Also Lauzon. Hard to believe but there will only be 2 years left on Josi's by that time! (and with his concussion history, who knows). Maybe having a guy who is already a big star in the KHL being able to jump immediately into the lineup will be a blessing.

 

[LCPreds]

I would like to point out that reading the game description makes it sound like CV just beats the shit out of the Ads and the Ads just basically don't even bother to check anyone. It's that one sided hah.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I wouldn't say I wrote Afanaseyev off, but I did think that we were going to have to watch for that blossoming next year in Milwaukee with our fingers crossed instead of getting it peeking out in the playoffs already.

Developmentally next year is the year Trenin really jumped in his AHL production. It's time to see how similar their development continues.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I would like to point out that reading the game description makes it sound like CV just beats the shit out of the Ads and the Ads just basically don't even bother to check anyone. It's that one sided hah.

Definitely! We have some big boys on the Ads, so I'm sure they aren't being bullied quite as badly as the description here makes it sound. Still, they may be big, but they may not be quite as mean.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

I wouldn't say I wrote Afanaseyev off, but I did think that we were going to have to watch for that blossoming next year in Milwaukee with our fingers crossed instead of getting it peeking out in the playoffs already.

"Wrote off" is probably too strong of a term. Seems like everyone was resigned to him most likely being a forth line grinder at best.

 

[Predsanddead24]

 

[BigFatCat999]

Preds might need a few more picks just for goalie prospects.

 

[Soundgarden]

Ouch, I guess that's good news for Askarov getting more games. With Saros and Askarov between the pipes it's understandable that Cooley and Vomacka would want to try their luck elsewhere.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Ouch, I guess that's good news for Askarov getting more games. With Saros and Askarov between the pipes it's understandable that Cooley and Vomacka would want to try their luck elsewhere.

Vomacka just didn’t even earn an offer. The ECHL team sucked, but still. He wasn’t coming back.

And Cooley is an adequate AHL goalie but he’s 26 and there’s no NHL upside there. It makes sense to move on, both sides knew it months ago. (Which is part of why I would have played Askarov in Game 6 but cestlavie).

I wonder how the ATO black ace goalie has looked?

Sign him or some other NCAA or European free agent, or possibly draft a couple graduating juniors (Milic or Rousseau types) given we have extra picks. We need to stock both Milwaukee and Atlanta now. Very doable.

 

[PredsV82]

There is no reason for Cooley to stay. Good luck, hope he finds a landing spot where he can compete for an NHL backup spot

 

[adsfan]

Ouch, I guess that's good news for Askarov getting more games. With Saros and Askarov between the pipes it's understandable that Cooley and Vomacka would want to try their luck elsewhere.

I have never seen Vomacka play. I do remember him sitting on the Ads bench one time. He is tall and really skinny. His 87% saves in the ECHL isn't going to cut it in pro hockey. Maybe Cam Johnson?

Cooley can latch on with another organization. He has shown remarkable growth in 2 seasons!
The first time that I saw him, it was "he can play better than the other guy (from the Army, Parker Gahagen), but I don't think he can play in the AHL." Boy, was I wrong about Cooley's potential!

Kondelik is done in Milwaukee. He isn't good enough at any skill to last in the AHL.
Mutter can check and fight, but McCarron and others can do that and still score goals.
Nurmi scored 3X as many points as Mutter did. He is worth another year in Milwaukee.

Ufko isn't ready for the AHL. I would stay in school for another year or two if I were him.

Wilsby, Tomasino and Vange stepped up in the playoffs, scoring 3 G and 6 A, 2 G and 7 A, and 4 G with 11 A respectively. That was 33 points in 16 games between them.

I didn't see enough of Simon Knak to make an impression. He skated around on the ice.
It is not yet time to "Get the Knak".

 

[adsfan]

Vomacka just didn’t even earn an offer. The ECHL team sucked, but still. He wasn’t coming back.

And Cooley is an adequate AHL goalie but he’s 26 and there’s no NHL upside there. It makes sense to move on, both sides knew it months ago. (Which is part of why I would have played Askarov in Game 6 but cestlavie).

I wonder how the ATO black ace goalie has looked?

Sign him or some other NCAA or European free agent, or possibly draft a couple graduating juniors (Milic or Rousseau types) given we have extra picks. We need to stock both Milwaukee and Atlanta now. Very doable.

That is c'est la vie, mon ami.

Parker Gahagen and Cam Johnson might be able to fill in at Atlanta. Maybe the better of the two could be the back up in Milwaukee? Johnson played 55 games for the Everblades this season. Last season, they won the ECHL title.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I suppose nobody even says anything about Grigals? But anyway, finding 2-3 goalies for the #4-5-6 slots shouldn’t be too tough.