Prospect Info: Isles Prospect Talk 2019-20 | Part II

[The Real JT]

I'm always incredibly skeptical of overagers who are putting up decent numbers, especially when they're not even the main guy on their team.

Reminds me a bit of Pens' prospect Sam Miletic. Decent, but nothing special, numbers in his previous years, then had a breakout year as an OA. He's looked decent in the AHL with WBS, but other than maybe the odd game if (when) the Pens have a truckload of injuries, probably a longshot to be in the NHL.

Justin DiBenedetto comes to mind

 

[SI90]

Justin DiBenedetto comes to mind

you mean the kid who carried Stamkos in junior?

 

[PWJunior]

you mean the kid who carried Stamkos in junior?

Dude, that was Matt Martin!

 

[SI90]

Dude, that was Matt Martin!

what a line!! We drafted 2/3rds of that line!! Mark Katic was on that team too I believe.

Matt Martin has made a nice career. I’m pretty sure he was basically a walk on with Sarnia.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

what a line!! We drafted 2/3rds of that line!! Mark Katic was on that team too I believe.

Matt Martin has made a nice career. I’m pretty sure he was basically a walk on with Sarnia.

Maybe Snow's master plan was to draft all of Stamkos' teammates so he'd eventually sign as a free agent in New York.

 

[SI90]

Maybe Snow's master plan was to draft all of Stamkos' teammates so he'd eventually sign as a free agent in New York.

Snow had a lot of Master plans.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Snow had a lot of Master plans.

Just you wait. One of these years the 3-goalie system will be the new winning strategy in the NHL and Snow will finally be regarded as a genius.

 

[SI90]

we really were such a joke of a franchise. lol

Just you wait. One of these years the 3-goalie system will be the new winning strategy in the NHL and Snow will finally be regarded as a genius.

 

[doublechili]

One of these years the 3-goalie system will be the new winning strategy in the NHL and Snow will finally be regarded as a genius.

And the goalie who sits out a game can sit in the GM's box as apprentice.

 

[Finster8]

Coskey with a goal and 2 assists as Saginaw beats Erie 6-3. Could be his first Gordie Howe hat trick as well. Jenkins had an assist.

 

[bringbackziggy]

Not sure if it's been discussed but the 2 guys I was hoping to draft in the first round last year were Tomasino and McMichael. They were pick in consecutive picks following Holmstrom and they are absolutely lighting it up in Juniors right now...depressing...

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Justin DiBenedetto comes to mind

He was such an agitator I thought he’d make it to be honest

 

[Newsworthy]

Not sure if it's been discussed but the 2 guys I was hoping to draft in the first round last year were Tomasino and McMichael. They were pick in consecutive picks following Holmstrom and they are absolutely lighting it up in Juniors right now...depressing...

Holmstrom was a reach pick. Tomasino seemed to make the most sense at the time.

 

[Islesfan22]

Ishakov had a good weekend with 2 goals and 2 assists. Noticed he’s been UConn first line center lately which is interesting.

 

[Islesfan22]

Holmstrom was a reach pick. Tomasino seemed to make the most sense at the time.

Based more on the fact that holmstrom could not stay healthy is why he was projected by most draft experts to go early second round. Personally i wanted Kaliyev but the draft is a crap shoot with most of these picks.

 

[SI90]

 

[Finster8]

Holmstrom was a reach pick. Tomasino seemed to make the most sense at the time.

I'm sure Holmstrom will pan out. Living 15 miles from the Niagara's rink in St Kitts. I had a chance to watch him, live and on local TV and was surprised he was still left at 23. He is playing lights out in Oshawa GP-11 G-12 A-12 Pt-24, the kid going to be a good NHLer IMO.

 

[JPIsles21]

Not sure if it's been discussed but the 2 guys I was hoping to draft in the first round last year were Tomasino and McMichael. They were pick in consecutive picks following Holmstrom and they are absolutely lighting it up in Juniors right now...depressing...

I wanted Tomasino more than McMichael and was surprised he was available. With that being said, it's still quite early. Holmstrom could be lighting it up in juniors if he was there (and healthy). This will take time to play out. The consensus pick would have been the safest (Tomasino). However, let's not forget that Dal Colle was the consensus pick at 5 as well back in the day. These things are tough to project. Still early though.

 

[YearlyLottery]

I wanted Tomasino more than McMichael and was surprised he was available. With that being said, it's still quite early. Holmstrom could be lighting it up in juniors if he was there (and healthy). This will take time to play out. The consensus pick would have been the safest (Tomasino). However, let's not forget that Dal Colle was the consensus pick at 5 as well back in the day. These things are tough to project. Still early though.

I brought this up with Wahlstrom when he was struggling his first season in college how transitioning from high school to college hockey and all the expectations that come along with it is a big difference in life.

Holmstrom has moved to a different country, playing in a league that is above the talent level that players his age are used to, and people expect him not to struggle? He was never coming into the AHL and lighting the league up this season.

 

[Sparksrus3]

what a line!! We drafted 2/3rds of that line!! Mark Katic was on that team too I believe.

Matt Martin has made a nice career. I’m pretty sure he was basically a walk on with Sarnia.

Ah yes, the New York Islanders will qualify dibenidetto and Katic and will release Jared Spurgeon. It's all coming back to me .

 

[SI90]

Ah yes, the New York Islanders will qualify dibenidetto and Katic and will release Jared Spurgeon. It's all coming back to me .

never even signed Spurgeon to release him iirc.

 

[scott99]

Not sure if it's been discussed but the 2 guys I was hoping to draft in the first round last year were Tomasino and McMichael. They were pick in consecutive picks following Holmstrom and they are absolutely lighting it up in Juniors right now...depressing...

Yeah, but did you see Holmstrom's shoot out winner the other night ?

I wanted McMichael more than Tomasino.

 

[xECK29x]

+ = on IR or just hurt
+ Mitchell Vande Sompel (out for year)

NHL - New York Islanders

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Noah Dobson	D	2018 round 1 #12	1	23	1	4	5	4	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	RW/LW	2018 round 1 #11	3	9	0	0	0	4	-2
Otto Koivula	C/LW/RW	2016 round 4 #120	6	7	0	0	0	2	1
* Sebastian Aho	D	2017 round 5 #139	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
* Kieffer Bellows	LW	2016 round 1 #19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

AHL - Bridgeport Sound Tigers

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Kieffer Bellows	LW	2016 round 1 #19	5	45	16	8	24	29	-20
Simon Holmstrom	RW	2019 round 1 #23	8	31	3	3	6	4	-14
* Otto Koivula	C/LW/RW	2016 round 4 #120	6	29	7	10	17	25	-9
Bode Wilde	D	2018 round 2 #41	4	19	0	2	2	10	-6
Parker Wotherspoon	D	2015 round 4 #112	HM	46	3	15	18	69	-11
Josh Ho-Sang	RW	2014 round 1 #28	GRAD	7	1	3	4	0	1
Robert Carpenter	LW/C	UFA Signing	NR	13	0	3	3	9	-1
Sebastian Aho	D	2017 round 5 #139	7	38	2	20	22	14	-16
* Oliver Wahlstrom	RW/LW	2018 round 1 #11	3	29	5	9	14	19	-16
		USA U20	WJC-20	5	1	4	5	31	2
Grant Hutton	D	UFA Signing	HM	39	4	5	9	25	-10
Mason Jobst	LW/C	UFA Signing	NR	28	3	4	7	19	-1
* David Quenneville	D	2016 rnd 7 #200	NR	16	1	5	6	12	-7
Arnaud Durandeau	LW/C	2017 round 6 #165	HM	19	5	3	8	10	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

ECHL - Worcester Railers

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
David Quenneville	D	2016 rnd 7 #200	NR	14	0	2	2	6	-4
* Arnaud Durandeau	LW/C	2017 round 6 #165	HM	12	4	3	7	4	-6

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

CHL - Canadian Major Juniors

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Samuel Bolduc	D	2019 round 2 #57	10	Blainville-Boisbriand	32	7	9	16	14	7
				* Sherbrooke Phoenix	16	2	15	17	8	4
Blade Jenkins	LW/C	2018 round 5 #134	14	Saginaw Spirit	38	9	17	26	12	0
Cole Coskey	RW	2019 round 7 #209	NR	Saginaw Spirit	49	27	36	63	35	31
Felix Bibeau	C	2019 round 6 #178	NR	Quebec Remparts	31	17	18	35	39	-2
				* Chicoutimi Saguenéens	17	4	15	19	21	12
Reece Newkirk	C	2019 round 5 #147	NR	Portland Winterhawks	46	23	33	56	34	11

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

NCAA

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Ruslan Iskhakov	C/RW	2018 round 2 #43	9	Univ. of Connecticut	25	9	11	20	16	11
Nick Pastujov	LW	2016 round 7 #193	NR	Univ. of Michigan	26	6	6	12	18	1
Collin Adams	LW	2016 round 6 #170	NR	Univ. of North Dakota	27	8	15	23	10	24
Logan Cockerill	LW	2017 round 7 #201	NR	Boston Univ.	8	1	1	2	4	2
Benjamin Mirageas	D	2017 round 3 #77	NR	Providence College	18	0	3	3	10	8
Christian Krygier	D	2018 round 7 #196	NR	Michigan State Univ.	25	0	3	3	46	3
Jacob Pivonka	C	2018 round 4 #103	NR	Univ. of Notre Dame	26	4	7	11	14	8
			USA U20	WJC-20	5	0	1	1	4	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Europe

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Robin Salo	D	2017 round 2 #46	20	SaiPa (Liiga)	45	7	13	20	14	-19

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Goalies

PLAYER	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	GAA	SV%	SO
Ilya Sorokin	2014 round 3 #78	2	CSKA Moskva (KHL)	35	1.51	.935	7
+ Linus Söderström	2014 round 4 #95	11	* Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	0	0	0	0
			Worcester Railers (ECHL)	4	4.49	.870	0
Jakub Skarek	2018 round 3 #72	12	* Worcester Railers (ECHL)	8	4.03	.856	1
			Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	15	3.21	.889	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[NC 1972]

Holmstrom was a reach pick. Tomasino seemed to make the most sense at the time.

Or McMichael

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Or McMichael

I posted on McMichael just today in the prospects thread. He was picked one pick back of Holmstrom. He's looking good in London.