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LW Arnaud Durandeau - Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL (2017, 165th, NYI)

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Arsenalogist24 said:
Scouting reports, NHL projections? Same team as Hischier so I'm sure some people got to see him play
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Always the last player to jump in on the goal celebrations because he's so far away from the play... like all the time. 4th line AHL/ ECHL player. nothing to see here.
 
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I'm a STH so I've seen a ton of Durandeau the past two years and I really have no idea why he got drafted. He's got pretty good hands and shows flashes of high skill here and there but most of the time has little to no impact on the game. He's not a very good skater but he does bring some pest type qualities though. I'd say his upside is middle 6 AHL winger. All that being said, I'm far from a scout haha.

Fortier is 10 times the player Durandeau is, at least.
 

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I'm a STH so I've seen a ton of Durandeau the past two years and I really have no idea why he got drafted. He's got pretty good hands and shows flashes of high skill here and there but most of the time has little to no impact on the game. He's not a very good skater but he does bring some pest type qualities though. I'd say his upside is middle 6 AHL winger. All that being said, I'm far from a scout haha.

Fortier is 10 times the player Durandeau is, at least.
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Yeah durandeau getting drafted over fortier made absolutely no sense... maybe the islanders made a mistake? its hard to waste a 6th round pick... but the islanders found a way
 
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The Islanders' Quebec scout was the one who convinced Snow to trade into the 6th round and get him.

So it's a pretty odd scouting report considering that.

It wasn't like they picked him at the spot, they traded to get him.
 

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seafoam said:
The Islanders' Quebec scout was the one who convinced Snow to trade into the 6th round and get him.

So it's a pretty odd scouting report considering that.

It wasn't like they picked him at the spot, they traded to get him.
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is this true? complete head scratcher.
 

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seafoam said:
The Islanders' Quebec scout was the one who convinced Snow to trade into the 6th round and get him.

So it's a pretty odd scouting report considering that.

It wasn't like they picked him at the spot, they traded to get him.
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Yeah I guess the scout must have seen something. Like I said, I'm definitely no scout, but I have seen pretty much all of his home games the past 2 years. He's actually one of my favorite guys on the team due to the pest style he developed last year.

He had a handful of really impressive dangles and goals last season but overall I've always seen him as a pretty big flop relative to where the Moose drafted him in the Q entry draft. I guess if the Isles can see the ability to fix and improve his skating markedly that would certainly make a big difference.

I'm looking forward to seeing how much he's improved next season.
 
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Any Halifax fans with some tidbits on how he looked last season? The reports last summer were not positive to say the least lol, did he improve at all?
 

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Wow, the scouting reports were brutal in here. Damn.
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To be honest I was never a fan of the pick. If he was there in the 7th sure take him but it seemed pointless trading a future pick just to grab this guy in the 6th. We have more then enough left wingers on our farm to know what to do with them and he just clutters that space even more. In all reality if and that is a huge if he ever becomes a NHL regular he seems to be a bottom 6 player at best
 
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He had a really good season. 4th line upside if he is given 2-3 years in the minors.
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A 4th liner who busts his ass and is ready to contribute in 2-3 seasons would be great for a 6th rounder. Seems like he has really improved his skating from 2 years ago when he was drafted.

This kid and Logan Cockerill seem like future 4th line soulmates.
 
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PWJunior said:
A 4th liner who busts his ass and is ready to contribute in 2-3 seasons would be great for a 6th rounder. Seems like he has really improved his skating from 2 years ago when he was drafted.

This kid and Logan Cockerill seem like future 4th line soulmates.
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Yup, the future of the fourth line could be in question. Martin has one year remaining on his deal, Cizikas two years, and Clutterbuck three years (and has now undergone extensive back surgery).

As Lamoriello goes big game hunting and re-signs his young core, he’s going to need cheap help to come in and fill the bottom of the lineup. The important thing about this is that you have to bring in guys that can maintain that level of toughness that M.C.C those bring to the ice.

Johnston’s obviously willing to drop the gloves for this team, and Durandeau I was under the impression from a scouting report that he also a little bit of an edge and get into people’s heads, even if he’s shrimpy (because sometimes being shrimpy makes it more effective).

And yeah Cockerill, Jenkins, and Pivonka are also in the pipeline. All guys who play hard.
 
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seafoam said:
And yeah Cockerill, Jenkins, and Pivonka are also in the pipeline. All guys who play hard.
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I know Pivonka didn't score that many points this season, but I would be surprised if that kid isn't a 4th line center in the NHL. I don't know if he didn't get to play much this season or he didn't play well, but at the NTDP he was a better overall hockey player than some of the players that got to play bigger roles with PP time.
 
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4 goals (tied for lead on BPT) and 1 assist in his first 10 games as an AHL rookie.
 
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