Prospect Info: Isles Prospect Talk 2018-19 | Part II

[Tres Peleches]

The two rules of HFboards:

1. You are NOT allowed to talk about the Leaf fans who invade every Islander thread to say how much we're gonna suck.
2. You are NOT allowed to talk about the Ranger fans who invade every Wahlstrom thread to say how much he's gonna suck.

I don’t see any if Yearly Lottery’s rules on that list

 

[periferal]

No truth to Oliver looking to leave BC

What a weird tweet for a University's twitter account to post.

 

[CREW99AW]

What a weird tweet for a University's twitter account to post.

Gotta guess Walhstrom leaving rumors, were a hot topic of conversation among their fans.

Maybe they thought a public denial would end the speculation.

 

[duster19]

What a weird tweet for a University's twitter account to post.

I agree. It was the first thing I thought. Now I think there is some substance.

 

[doublechili]

What a weird tweet for a University's twitter account to post.

Yeah, plus it doesn't exactly zip things up: "no substance to rumors that he's leaving... because he's playing today". But what about next week?

 

[seafoam]

I’m meh on where he plays.

Scoring is never going to be his problem.

His play will elevate when he’s playing with higher skilled players. This is the perfect opportunity to getting stronger and faster and learn the defensive side of the game.

 

[buud]

Koivula quietly having a decent 1st year.

 

[xECK29x]

* = current assignment
+ = on IR or just hurt

NHL - New York Islanders

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Michael Dal Colle	LW	2014 round 1 #5	16	2	0	0	0	0	-2

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

AHL - Bridgeport Sound Tigers

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Kieffer Bellows	LW/C	2016 round 1 #19	4	21	6	4	10	10	-6
Devon Toews	D	2014 round 4 #108	6	21	5	12	17	16	-4
Otto Koivula	LW/RW	2016 round 4 #120	17	17	3	6	9	2	4
Mitchell Vande Sompel	D	2015 round 3 #82	11	19	2	7	9	10	-1
Parker Wotherspoon	D	2015 round 4 #112	13	18	2	7	9	19	2
Scott Eansor	C/LW	UFA Signing	HM	9	1	1	2	4	1
+ John Stevens	C	UFA Signing	HM	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Quenneville	D	2016 rnd 7 #200	14	3	0	0	0	0	-2
Josh Ho-Sang	RW	2014 round 1 #28	5	21	1	16	17	12	-8
* Michael Dal Colle	LW	2014 round 1 #5	16	16	8	7	15	8	1
Yannick Rathgeb	D	UFA Signing	15	7	1	2	3	6	3
Kyle Burroughs	D	2013 round 7 #196	25	17	1	0	1	47	4
Sebastian Aho	D	2017 round 5 #139	9	18	1	12	13	14	-3

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

ECHL - Worcester Railers

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
* David Quenneville	D	2016 rnd 7 #200	14	12	1	2	3	18	-6

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

CHL - Canadian Major Juniors

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Noah Dobson	D	2018 round 1 #12	2	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	24	8	6	14	30	-25
Arnaud Durandeau	LW	2017 round 6 #165	HM	Halifax Mooseheads	24	12	16	28	18	8
Blade Jenkins	C	2018 round 5 #134	21	Saginaw Spirit	24	7	13	20	8	0
Bode Wilde	D	2018 round 2 #41	7	Saginaw Spirit	19	5	15	20	12	-6

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

USHL

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

NCAA

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Oliver Wahlstrom	RW	2018 round 1 #11	1	Boston College	10	3	0	3	10	-2
Ruslan Iskhakov	RW	2018 round 2 #43	10	Univ. of Connecticut	12	2	3	5	12	3
Nick Pastujov	LW	2016 round 7 #193	HM	Univ. of Michigan	13	7	4	11	18	-4
Collin Adams	LW	2016 round 6 #170	NR	Univ. of North Dakota	13	1	3	4	6	-4
Logan Cockerill	LW	2017 round 7 #201	22	Boston Univ.	11	2	3	5	2	2
Benjamin Mirageas	D	2017 round 3 #77	19	Providence College	13	1	4	5	14	-2
(?) Andong Song	D	2015 round 6 #172	NR	Cornell Univ.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Krygier	D	2018 round 7 #196	HM	Michigan State Univ.	10	0	0	0	14	-4
Jacob Pivonka	C	2018 round 4 #103	24	Univ. of Notre Dame	12	0	4	4	15	2

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Europe

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Robin Salo	D	2017 round 2 #46	20	SaiPa (Liiga)	23	2	4	6	8	-2
Anatoli Golyshev	LW/RW	2016 round 4 #95	18	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	27	11	10	21	10	5
Petter Hansson	D	2015 round 7 #202	NR	* Södertälje SK (Allsvenskan)	11	1	1	2	2	0
				Huddinge IK (Division 1)	5	0	1	1	0	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Goalies

PLAYER	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	GAA	SV%	SO
Ilya Sorokin	2014 round 3 #78	3	CSKA Moskva (KHL)	20	1.21	.940	5
+ Linus Söderström	2014 round 4 #95	8	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	0	0	0	0
Jakub Skarek	2018 round 3 #72	12	Pelicans (Liiga)	13	1.80-	.930	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[xECK29x]

Sorokin named to KHL All-Star team

 

[leeroggy]

Sorokin named to KHL All-Star team

We've got to hope we are not Charlie Brown as Lucy holds the ball . . .

 

[BTrotts19]

We've got to hope we are not Charlie Brown as Lucy holds the ball . . .

Gross from Newsday mentioned on Andy Graz's podcast that Lou thought they might be able to bring him over after this year. we all know Lou Lams is not one for opening up to anyone outside the inner circle but maybe there is some fire to that smoke.

 

[Glory Days]

Gross from Newsday mentioned on Andy Graz's podcast that Lou thought they might be able to bring him over after this year. we all know Lou Lams is not one for opening up to anyone outside the inner circle but maybe there is some fire to that smoke.

That would be great

 

[Islesfan22]

Koivula quietly having a decent 1st year.

Played center yesterday as well

 

[crasherino]

Played center yesterday as well

If this kid could 1. improve his skating and b. become a Center, that would be a huge coup. Of course, that's a lot of "ifs". If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

 

[DerekKingSnipes]

If this kid could 1. improve his skating and b. become a Center, that would be a huge coup. Of course, that's a lot of "ifs". If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

He’s really good along boards for sure and plays using his size well. I’m not 100 percent sold on his offensive upside he may be just a bottom six forward but if he can play center it would help tremendously he could really be a shutdown type with his size.

 

[Islesfan22]

Reading comments from BC fans on Wally seeems to have a lot of Lady Jane in him. That’s not good also that he is not as good as Kreider when he was at BC. The lazy/ lack of intensity comments really scare me about this kid

 

[BelovedIsles]

Reading comments from BC fans on Wally seeems to have a lot of Lady Jane in him. That’s not good also that he is not as good as Kreider when he was at BC. The lazy/ lack of intensity comments really scare me about this kid

That was one of his flaws when he was drafted, I believe. It’s something that can be improved w intervention, but he’ll probably never have the drive of JT or the motor of Cizikas, eg.

 

[Metnut]

BC fans are likely bitter about their team's very disappointing start and are certainly hearing the rumors about Wahlstrom wanting out. It's nice to hear what people who are watching the games think of him, but I'd think that they'll be looking for reasons to bash the kid given what's going on over there.

 

[Glory Days]

BC fans are likely bitter about their team's very disappointing start and are certainly hearing the rumors about Wahlstrom wanting out. It's nice to hear what people who are watching the games think of him, but I'd think that they'll be looking for reasons to bash the kid given what's going on over there.

In his latest Q&A Pronman seemed down on Wahlstrom. Doesn't like his compete level.

 

[Glory Days]

The Athletic did an article listing what the writer thought was each team's worst draft based on who they picked and who they missed. Here is the Islander entry.

New York Islanders: 2011

They could have had: #7 Mark Scheifele, #58 Nikita Kucherov and #104 Johnny Gaudreau
Instead they picked: #5 Ryan Strome, #50 Johan Sundstrom and #95 Robbie Russo
Admit it, you were expecting the Islanders to clock in with a Mike Milbury draft. Instead we only have to go back to 2011, as three 80-plus point forwards slip through their grasp. And it doesn’t stop there; they could also have picked #39 John Gibson and #64 Vincent Trocheck instead of #34 Scott Mayfield and #63 Andrey Pedan.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I hate those late round could of hads. Just on merit argue they were bad picks and badly developed, fine with that. But "you could have had this guy" is dumb.

 

[seafoam]

I could see Wahlstrom being another one of those classic “consensus” picks that this organization drafts that doesn’t really live up to the hype. His shot is excellent and that alone will likely give him an ample amount of chances in this league, but whenever I watched him during his draft year, I always came away with the feeling that something was missing upstairs.

 

[danteipp]

Gross from Newsday mentioned on Andy Graz's podcast that Lou thought they might be able to bring him over after this year. we all know Lou Lams is not one for opening up to anyone outside the inner circle but maybe there is some fire to that smoke.

If the Isles could get Sorokin here next year, that would be fantastic. Koskinen has settled in well in Edmonton, potentially dislodging Talbot as the starter, which is a good sign for the KHL to NHL transition. Hopefully it will happen now that there is some stability in the organization.

 

[PK Cronin]

I hate those late round could of hads. Just on merit argue they were bad picks and badly developed, fine with that. But "you could have had this guy" is dumb.

I agree. How many of the late rounder "could haves" make an impact right away too? Finding a diamond in the rough happens, but it's a crap shoot at a certain point in the draft.

 

[xIsle]

@xECK29x Bellows was drafted in 2016, 1st rd, 19 overall BTW.