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Player Discussion: Michael Dal Colle
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BarBeauWahlDobLok
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I'm old school, I guess.
The Flyers would have to overpay. I'm not trading a prospect to a key divisional rival.
The Flyers would have to overpay. I'm not trading a prospect to a key divisional rival.
TheWhiteWhale30
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periferal
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Actually it's somewhere between that and Matt Barzal/Anthony Bouvillier.
Haven't seen him play at all this year but looking at his numbers, it appears he is having a brutal season down there.
PWJunior
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You know the word 'patience' is a 4-letter word around these parts.
Glad to hear he's adjusting well to the prospect game.
Islanders4Cups
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The kid turns 21 in June and in his first pro year. Seems to be coming along and adjusting to the pro game. Has good size and according to the scouting report good hockey sense and goal scoring hands. Need to give him some time.
Would be nice to see him ready to slot in to Nelsons role once he's gone to Vegas. Hopefully he's getting organized ally stronger - he seems to be a kid who will benefit from getting his man strength. Still waiting for Brock to pick up his.
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Ask yourself ' why would the isles trade this struggling, but recent 5th overall pick to a metro rival?'
Seriously. WHY? Too old for them? Ahl salary straining the budget?
I'll say this much, even though hes played better his overall numbers this year are terrible: 57 games - 12 goals 20 assists - 32 points
Whereas, Pulock in 20 less games and a dmen has: 37 games 12 goals 21 assists -33 points.
Same amount of goals, 1 more point, in 20 less games, Dal Colle is having a bad season.
Whereas, Pulock in 20 less games and a dmen has: 37 games 12 goals 21 assists -33 points.
Same amount of goals, 1 more point, in 20 less games, Dal Colle is having a bad season.
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Pulock's in his third full season in the AHL, while Dal Colle is in his first.
Pulock was drafted after his third CHL season and was regarded as already physically developed while Dal Colle was drafted after his second AHL season and needed to physically develop (and still does).
Completely different situations.
32 points is not terrible for a rookie in the AHL. He is tied for 26th among rookies in points, disappointing, but not awful. And, considering that in his last 17 games he has 15 points, he is definitely showing improvement.
Lets not forget that six weeks ago, people were looking to dump Ho Sang as well based on his AHL play. It's an adjustment, some players adjust faster than others. You also have to take into account the coaching...the Tigers coaching staff has clearly made the rookies earn their ice time and focused on an all around game.
Given his recent play, I see no reason to move Dal Colle, unless it was part of a deal for a Duchene type.
PROMputt
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You know the first half of the season Coach Thompson was working with both Dal Colle and Ho-Sang on their defensive responsibilities to make sure they are going to be complete two way players. I think Ho-Sang's success (and call up) and Dal Colle's recent offensive success are both part of the process and Coach Thompson is letting them express themselves more offensively now. Everyone here likes to talk about developing prospects and I feel this is all part of the process of doing that. It is not all going to be roses and sunshine from game one.
eoin92
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I'm not ready to give up on the kid. We trade Betruzzi away when he was about 23, few seasons later he was putting up big numbers in the NHL.
Jester9881
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I've always said, the AHL is a developmental league first and foremost. It's where the best of the best prospects go to hone their game and get acclimated to the pros. It's like in baseball, a star pitcher gets sent down to AAA and a month later his stats look awful. What you don't see is that he was working on placing his fastball and how to hold runners on base.... so he was pitching from the stretch and throwing nothing but fastballs.
These two kids were being force fed defensive responsibility and systems play for half a season. You can't tell much by looking at their numbers during this time. We can now see the fruits of this in the way JHS has played so far.
These two kids were being force fed defensive responsibility and systems play for half a season. You can't tell much by looking at their numbers during this time. We can now see the fruits of this in the way JHS has played so far.
periferal
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Yup - Completely different situations.
That said analyzing Dal Colle's situation on it's own...I don't know how anyone can be excited where he is at this point.
Sorge Georos
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Brilliant analogy, Jester.
Altho it's hard as fans out of the loop of the development process to be 100 percent confident in his ability to succeed without production. Maybe I'm still traumatized by not seeing the writing on the wall Reinhart. Flawed comparison but I'm a biased human.
Ugh what I'd do for Ehlers or Nylander...
LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
Brock got his man strength, unfortunately he seemed to have traded it for his testes.
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doublechili
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I was not an MDC fan in his draft year, but now that we have him we have to be patient. He's tall and skinny and his skating is not great - so he's got some work to do. The question is whether he has what it takes to improve those areas.
He seems like a bit more of a finisher type that some of our other prospects. If he develops like we hope, should be a solid match on lines with Barzal and Ho-Sang.
