Prospect Info: Jakob Pelletier, Left Wing, 26th Overall
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It doesn't look like Pelletier will even participate in the WJC camp as he was injured this past Thursday in a game versus Victoriaville.
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I was worried about his injury but apparently its not too serious but serious enough for him to miss the Canada WJ selection camp... and they have a rule that if you're not at the camp you won't be on the team. Sucks that he won't be playing for Canada but glad to hear that he won't miss too many games due to the injury.
Here's twitter post showing his "lower body" injury. He got injured but he was still able to skate off the ice under his own steam...
Jakob Pelletier to miss World Junior camp with injury
Here's twitter post showing his "lower body" injury. He got injured but he was still able to skate off the ice under his own steam...
Jakob Pelletier to miss World Junior camp with injury
Missing the WJC will likely nullify any hype surrounding him heading into next season. At least, I would expect as much since the inverse is usually the case and the WJC usually ups the hype around a player when they perform well.
I think he’s still being underrated or ignored by the majority. I really think Flames have a good one here and throughout his career I’m expecting him to outperform many of the forwards drafted prior to him in the 2019 draft. Would easily prefer him to Foote, POulin, Etc.. And I really think he could turn out better than Boldy and Podkholzin. I think he and Tomasino will both turn out to be huge steals in that draft when all is said and done.
Maybe a Marchand comparison in style is lazy, but I really do see a lot of similarities. Certainly think he will end up a top 6 forward in the NHL. Still to be determined whether he’s more 1st line or 2nd line material though. Would love to see him next a line with Lindholm and whomever. I absolutely think he will be playing for the Flames at some point next season.
As a Ranger fan, I think I actually prefer him to Kravtsov. I’m sure that will get a lot of disagreement, but I wouldn’t at all be shocked if he turned out to be the better NHL player. How about Kreider for Pelletier and something else? Guess Valimaki would be too much to ask? I’d throw in Hajek heh.
I think he’s still being underrated or ignored by the majority. I really think Flames have a good one here and throughout his career I’m expecting him to outperform many of the forwards drafted prior to him in the 2019 draft. Would easily prefer him to Foote, POulin, Etc.. And I really think he could turn out better than Boldy and Podkholzin. I think he and Tomasino will both turn out to be huge steals in that draft when all is said and done.
Maybe a Marchand comparison in style is lazy, but I really do see a lot of similarities. Certainly think he will end up a top 6 forward in the NHL. Still to be determined whether he’s more 1st line or 2nd line material though. Would love to see him next a line with Lindholm and whomever. I absolutely think he will be playing for the Flames at some point next season.
As a Ranger fan, I think I actually prefer him to Kravtsov. I’m sure that will get a lot of disagreement, but I wouldn’t at all be shocked if he turned out to be the better NHL player. How about Kreider for Pelletier and something else? Guess Valimaki would be too much to ask? I’d throw in Hajek heh.
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Marchand is very strong for a small guy. How is Pellitier strength? Weak guys may get away with it in Junior but the NHL is a lot tougher.
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Pelletier was mentioned as being a weird skater. Like in the draft video I watched, they said he gets knocked down easily, but he bounces back up faster than most guys have ever seen and keeps going. So it's a weird comparison. He's not necessarily strong on his skates, but people trying to trounce him and push him away from his destination are supposedly going to have a hell of a time achieving that, which kinda negates the strong on the skates thing. IMO, how the scouts or coaches were trying to describe the way he stays on his skates was like... flubber or something.
The pure Marchand comparisons are odd. I've never seen a pure Marchand comparable of Pelletier. Most of what I saw was a Marchand + Gallagher love child and I seem to recall that he was compared to Gallagher in the draft videos (hoping my memory serves correctly).
I think we got a really good one in Pelletier. I am really interested in seeing how he develops.
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That's a weird way to spell Rasmus Andersson
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Andersson was a well rounded prospect when we acquired him... so he needed consultation from a dietician.
Tkachuk/Mony/Bennett straight NHL, maybe semantically kinda skipped the whole prospect thing per the other guy?
I think I'd still argue Valimaki over Pelletier, but Pelletier is for sure one of the best pure prospects (essentially blue chip from draft) we've had in a long time.
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Baertchi is more damaged goods than pure bust IMO. It was his poor attitude that kept him out of the line up Josh Ho Sang style, but he smartened up and became an NHL regular on another team and he ultimately did take the rounding out of his game to heart. However, he's also sustained a ton of injuries including a bunch of concussions which is keeping him from playing to his full potential on a regular basis.
This isn't a full on Klimchuk, Poirier, Lazar situation who couldn't break into the NHL even while healthy. This is much closer to a Sprong type of situation, but Barts is still far superior to Sprong. I'd say he's closer to guys like TT before the breakout in Carolina, and Barts IMO could play at that level if he was fully healthy.
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Moncton was supposed to be mediocre this year but given their hot start which was driven mostly by Pelletier they’re going all in
They have the first four picks of the 2016 QMJHL draft on their team now and I wouldn’t be surprised if they add even more. They’re loading the f*** up and it’ll likely be between them and Rimouski to represent the Q at the mem cup
They have the first four picks of the 2016 QMJHL draft on their team now and I wouldn’t be surprised if they add even more. They’re loading the f*** up and it’ll likely be between them and Rimouski to represent the Q at the mem cup
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The plan was to go all in from the start. And don’t sleep on Sherbrooke.
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He more or less was their offense till his concussion hit. Took him a while to bounce back from that. Still very excited to have him in our pool.
And Pelletier has been named the Val-d'Or Captain for next season (if he doesn't make the NHL).
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