Prospect Info: Jake Evans

[calder candidate]

scouting report

Thin six footer plays sixty minutes is responsible in his own end. good balance and stride but needs to increase foot speed. Good on the cycle. and at this point is more passer than shooter.
—Bill Placzek—

 

[Runner77]

We have a Black Book blurb in this thread but wondering if those of you who bought RLR, McKeens, HockeyBuzz and other publications can share his write-up for comparative purposes?

Here's his Future Considerations assessment:

Rank: 169
JAKE EVANS
POSITION: Center/Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
TEAM: St. Michael’s (OJHL)
BORN: June 2, 1996
VITALS: 6’-0” / 170 Lbs
STATS: 49 GP 16 G 47 A 63 PTS 79 PIM
SCOUTING REPORT: A powerful skater with good end-to-end speed. Increasing foot speed
would help his acceleration, but he works hard to cover the point when his defense pinches and
also skates hard to get back to his defensive responsibilities. Not going to wow anyone with his
stickhandling. Evans can handle the puck fine, but he lacks creativity. Solid protecting the puck
and in the cycle. Evans has the ability to make solidly skilled passes as he has good vision.
More of a passer than a shooter out there. Does not shy away from rubbing out the opposition
along the boards, but is not a big hitter. At his best when playing with intensity, but this comes
and goes. It’s not that he disappears, but he tends to come in waves. He never stops playing,
despite how lopsided the score gets and is a good team player. He makes good decisions as
to when to carry the puck into the offensive zone and when to dump and chase or dump and
change. Knows games are not won or lost in a single shift. Comes back well and covers his
position in the defensive zone, shadowing his man and thwarting any chances.
NHL POTENTIAL: Bottom-Six Character Forward

 

[Big Lurk]

We have a Black Book blurb in this thread but wondering if those of you who bought RLR, McKeens, HockeyBuzz and other publications can share his write-up for comparative purposes?

Here's his Future Considerations assessment:

but ive just read he has great stick handling abilities

smh

well if im going by the reports this guy is half Gretzky half Darche

 

[Whitesnake]

I know that everybody has their own reason...but tough to know what reason would be great enough to miss your first Pro camp....

 

[WeThreeKings]

I know that everybody has their own reason...but tough to know what reason would be great enough to miss your first Pro camp....

Timmins said he was working out in North Dakota and taking Summer classes. Quite possible he couldn't make it due to Summer classes.

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

Hopefully he pans out unlike another player from the OJHL we drafted: Dustin Walsh.

Did Walsh shut it down after graduating because of his hip, or what? I haven't heard anything about him since we let him hit free agency almost a year ago.

 

[DekeLikeYouMeanIt]

Timmins said he was working out in North Dakota and taking Summer classes. Quite possible he couldn't make it due to Summer classes.

Notre Dame*. And yes he's preparing to be at ND this fall.

 

[montreal]

I know that everybody has their own reason...but tough to know what reason would be great enough to miss your first Pro camp....

I had to take summer classes once, it sucked.

Did Walsh shut it down after graduating because of his hip.

that's what I had heard

 

[Whitesnake]

Timmins said he was working out in North Dakota and taking Summer classes. Quite possible he couldn't make it due to Summer classes.

Great. Thanks. Surely the reason.

 

[Alexdaman]

Why was it working during that game and not now? I've tried it with Firefoix, Explorer and Chrome...

American broadcasters restricts access to their live feeds or video archives to abroad IP addresses. There is no way anyone can watch this in Canada without a VPN

 

[Whitesnake]

American broadcasters restricts access to their live feeds or video archives to abroad IP addresses. There is no way anyone can watch this in Canada without a VPN

That's what I thought....but why was I able to watch the initial one? So....any chance I can watch it anyway? Thanks.

 

[The Nightman]

It works when I use Hola extension for Chrome.

 

[montreal]

Why was it working during that game and not now? I've tried it with Firefoix, Explorer and Chrome...

well it sounds like you didn't miss much, looks like ND could be in for a rough year. Losing to RPI at home and then shutout by UMD.

 

[Whitesnake]

well it sounds like you didn't miss much, looks like ND could be in for a rough year. Losing to RPI at home and then shutout by UMD.

Yeah saw that...well not really saw but heard about it....Strange again...why did I see the first one you sent but can't anymore....Anyway....

 

[Devourers]

Yeah saw that...well not really saw but heard about it....Strange again...why did I see the first one you sent but can't anymore....Anyway....

Most likely reason is you either have a dynamic IP or were for some reason not initially in the range of IP's they block.

 

[Alexdaman]

It works when I use Hola extension for Chrome.

Thanks a ****ing million.

 

[Whitesnake]

It works when I use Hola extension for Chrome.

Is that safe? Read a thousand things about how it wasn't extremely the safest....

 

[radicalcenter]

Is that safe? Read a thousand things about how it wasn't extremely the safest....

What do you mean? I've been using it for well over a year, mainly for netflix and pandora, without any problems

 

[Whitesnake]

What do you mean? I've been using it for well over a year, mainly for netflix and pandora, without any problems

Thanks. Was mostly referring to reports that says something like "Running the Hola Unblocker application turns your connection into a public exit node on a P2P network. It allows people can to use your Internet connection and potentially access illegal material."

Anyway, I'm not too computer saavy so whenever it's not coming from cnet downloads or something I know and trust....I'M always a little too safe....

 

[Alexdaman]

Thanks. Was mostly referring to reports that says something like "Running the Hola Unblocker application turns your connection into a public exit node on a P2P network. It allows people can to use your Internet connection and potentially access illegal material."

Anyway, I'm not too computer saavy so whenever it's not coming from cnet downloads or something I know and trust....I'M always a little too safe....

cnet is anything but safe, they always try to hand you their ridiculous softwares containing malware r if you don't uncheck the boxes when installing what you actually wanted to download.

 

[DekeLikeYouMeanIt]

Missed it. How'd he look?

 

[Whitesnake]

cnet is anything but safe, they always try to hand you their ridiculous softwares containing malware r if you don't uncheck the boxes when installing what you actually wanted to download.

But I do that as well. Safe as in "It's the net what is safe anyway...." Just that I do my downloads through CNET and never had any problems....after unchecking the boxes I had to.

 

[montreal]

In addition to another free webcast tonight, it looks like the Notre Dame game is also being shown on TSN2 tonight at 7:30 in case anyone wants to see Evans in action.

 

[Blind Gardien]

It would nice if TSN picked up some more brands of hockey like that to fill the gaps...

 

[montreal]

It would nice if TSN picked up some more brands of hockey like that to fill the gaps...

looks like they heard you,

http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-expands-its-n...o-37-games-including-the-frozen-four-1.109310

several Notre Dame games but that's it as far as Hab prospects go. The NCHC, which is where the rest of our prospect's (MacMillan, Didier and Colin Sullivan) play, they have a webcast deal with neulion so I don't know if that kept TSN from getting any of their games as I didn't see any schools from that conference on the TSN list but every other conference has at least one team on the list.

here's some interesting facts from the article,

Fast Facts: NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey
Several 2015 draft eligible players are playing NCAA Hockey this season, including three in the Top 11 according to TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button (Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin, and Zach Werenski)
305 former NCAA players played in the NHL last season, making up 31% of the league (both all-time highs)
Nearly 200 NHL draft picks are currently playing NCAA Hockey
Every NHL team has prospects playing NCAA Hockey, led by the Chicago Blackhawks (13)
More than 30% of all NCAA Hockey players are Canadian
Five members of Canada’s gold medal winning team at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games played NCAA Hockey (Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Martin St. Louis, Chris Kunitz, and Duncan Keith)