Prospect Info: Jake Evans

[Belial]

Our best pick in 2014 came at 207...

It's a crapshoot.

As much as people praise Tampa for their amazing drafting skill, they picked Point in the third round while they had 2 second-round picks! If they really knew that Point would be the Point we know today they would've probably drafted him higher...

 

[SakuKoivu11]

Jake Evans reminds me of a young Craig Conroy.

 

[MasterD]

Jake Evans reminds me of a young Craig Conroy.

Conroy was slow as f***, and played in a slow NHL

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Conroy was slow as f***, and played in a slow NHL

Must be a different Conroy than I watched. While not an elite skater, Conroy's skating ability allowed him to carve out a good career in the NHL, particularly as an excellent penalty killer.

 

[angusyoung]

Glad to see Evans redeem himself after that first disappointing game.Kid looked good out there and that 4th line was solid. If he can keep it up it will be hard to dislodge him from the lineup.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Our best pick in 2014 came at 207...

Fortunately for Jake Evans, he stayed in college long enough to completely avoid Lefebvre who had a tremendous hand in destroying prospects.

 

[SakuKoivu11]

Conroy was slow as f***, and played in a slow NHL

conroy was actually good. Won selke and did have a 70 points season and many 60-50 points

 

[Scintillating10]

Evans played a lot better against the Oilers than he did the Leafs. Love the speed of Evans/Byron/Lehkonen line. Keep the Oilers off balance all night

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Evans played a lot better against the Oilers than he did the Leafs. Love the speed of Evans/Byron/Lehkonen line. Keep the Oilers off balance all night

yeah nice to have a really good 4th line again. Haven't had one in a while. Interested to see how Evans develops; if he can still be better

 

[JianYang]

conroy was actually good. Won selke and did have a 70 points season and many 60-50 points

Conroy has a pretty funny story about his first camp with the habs.

He was so excited to play for his childhood team, that when he took a shot at patrick roy, he accidentally clocked him in the head.

Patrick threw his goalie stick over the boards in a fit of rage and went after Conroy.

He was cut soon after.

Realistically, I think he knew that it was going to be tough to crack the habs lineup with Koivu, damphousse, and turgeon infront of him, so I I think he probably welcomed the move.

Conroy ended up being part of the turgeon deal and he often gets overlooked as part of the package, but he made a bad deal for the habs look even worse.

 

[26Mats]

It's a crapshoot.

As much as people praise Tampa for their amazing drafting skill, they picked Point in the third round while they had 2 second-round picks! If they really knew that Point would be the Point we know today they would've probably drafted him higher...

At a certain point last year, I began to think Evans' potential as a top 9 winger is greater than Lehkonen's. But Evans is just starting out. We'll see how much he progresses.

I like his combination of a good cerebral head for the game, pretty good size, willingness to go to the net, and a good shot.