Player Discussion: Michael Dal Colle

[MJF]

I wouldn't be displeased if he panned out to be a Dalgarno type... a dude that can be on your 3rd line and chip in 12 goals a year while playing an honest, conservative north/south game.

As long as there isn’t a Joey Kocur type in the league.

 

[crasherino]

As long as there isn’t a Joey Kocur type in the league.

Slapshot Diaries

 

[12Dog]

Slapshot Diaries

I was not aware that Dalgarno was treated like that. What kind of team drops player off at the hospital?
Organization has earned its crappy rep

And tried to make Bertuzzi into a fighter

 

[mm11]

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man that's horrible.

 

[xIsle]

I was not aware that Dalgarno was treated like that. What kind of team drops player off at the hospital?
Organization has earned its crappy rep

And tried to make Bertuzzi into a fighter

The Islanders had a serious obsession with trying to find a successor to Gillies and Nystrom. Dalgarno, Bertuzzi, Brett Lindros have all been drafted to replace one or both at the same time!

 

[BrockLobster]

AHL player of the week with 5 goals. And he scored again tonight.

 

[PWJunior]

AHL player of the week with 5 goals. And he scored again tonight.

I feel like Dal Colle drank the Water of Life and awakened the Sleeper. We should call him Muad'Dib from now on.

 

[PK Cronin]

I feel like Dal Colle drank the Water of Life and awakened the Sleeper. We should call him Muad'Dib from now on.

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm on board.

 

[PWJunior]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm on board.

 

[IslandersGER]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm on board.

He is referring to Dune. DalColle could be our Mahdi or savior.

 

[MJF]

Just don’t make any Cocoon references. I don’t need a mental picture of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy frolicking naked in a pool.

 

[periferal]

Just don’t make any Cocoon references. I don’t need a mental picture of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy frolicking naked in a pool.

...And now we all do. Thanks.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

Just don’t make any Cocoon references. I don’t need a mental picture of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy frolicking naked in a pool.

Now we have to try to remember what Racquel Welch's daughter looked like to clear our minds.

 

[Nassau Revisited]

MDC looks like he can carve out a career as a 15-15 3rd liner right now. Almost reminds me of Bernier


Still a bust for 5th overall but it beats him being a career AHLer

 

[PWJunior]

Ok, anyone else absolutely floored that Dal Colle looks good out there? After being considered a huge bust by most, he looks like the player he was projected to be.

His skating has improved by leaps and bounds. He must be a late bloomer like Bertuzzi was. Unreal.

Ever since Lou and Trotz came in, it's like all our past crap has turned to gold. MDC, Toews, Ho-Sang all look very good and have been upgrades.

 

[Metnut]

Kid is still only 22 years old and has vastly improved over the last 12 months.

Now he’s getting to work with Trotz every day. I think he can keep improving over the next 12 months too.

 

[SI90]

Ok, anyone else absolutely floored that Dal Colle looks good out there? After being considered a huge bust by most, he looks like the player he was projected to be.

His skating has improved by leaps and bounds. He must be a late bloomer like Bertuzzi was. Unreal.

Ever since Lou and Trotz came in, it's like all our past crap has turned to gold. MDC, Toews, Ho-Sang all look very good and have been upgrades.

His skating and relentless pursuit of the puck is what’s shocking. He doesn’t look like that quite passive kid. He’s playing hard and playing the right way.

 

[thedonger]

His skating and relentless pursuit of the puck is what’s shocking. He doesn’t look like that quite passive kid. He’s playing hard and playing the right way.

I also like the fact he’s initiating contact along the boards and actually winning most of those battles.

 

[SI90]

I also like the fact he’s initiating contact along the boards and actually winning most of those battles.

He’s playing like his size. Most definitely

 

[bigtim1988]

I think one of the things that has impressed me the most is his play in the D-zone. He hasn't been a liability, and has actually looked quite competent.

Maybe he's an avid HFBoards reader, and the thread on the main board calling him a bust, ended up lighting a fire under his ass

But it's prob more likely that the organizational changes played a role in bringing his development along.

 

[Goombha]

His skating and relentless pursuit of the puck is what’s shocking. He doesn’t look like that quite passive kid. He’s playing hard and playing the right way.

He's definitely playing with much more confidence. He no longer looks like a traffic cone. To see him creating traffic in front of the net instead of hiding against the boards is a welcome surprise.

 

[YearlyLottery]

Ok, anyone else absolutely floored that Dal Colle looks good out there? After being considered a huge bust by most, he looks like the player he was projected to be.

His skating has improved by leaps and bounds. He must be a late bloomer like Bertuzzi was. Unreal.

Ever since Lou and Trotz came in, it's like all our past crap has turned to gold. MDC, Toews, Ho-Sang all look very good and have been upgrades.

I lost hope for MDC after he was called up at first this year and his skating did not look to have improved at all from last season. He seems like the type of player that needs to get comfortable first in his situation before he begins to get some offense going.

As a Yankee fan it reminds me a little bit of how Aaron Judge had kind of developed. Of course he is the franchise player for the Yankees, which MDC will not be for that franchise but the similarities are there.

For Judge it always took him a season in whichever league he was in to really get going. He hit .224 in AAA one season before hitting.270 the season after that. His first season in the MLB he only hit .179 before shooting up to .284 the following year.

Now with MDC he scored 48 points his first season in the OHL and shot up to 95 the next season. It took him two seasons to get going in the AHL though. My point is that for some guys it helps immensely to get that experience so they learn how to score and how to play in the league. Time will tell for MDC, but for Judge it certainly helped.

 

[Newsworthy]

MDC needs to self evaluate.
What kind of hockey player do I want to be when I grow up?

 

[Lame Lambert]

Ok, anyone else absolutely floored that Dal Colle looks good out there? After being considered a huge bust by most, he looks like the player he was projected to be.

His skating has improved by leaps and bounds. He must be a late bloomer like Bertuzzi was. Unreal.

Ever since Lou and Trotz came in, it's like all our past crap has turned to gold. MDC, Toews, Ho-Sang all look very good and have been upgrades.

Tater Trotz, baby.

 

[YearlyLottery]

Tater Trotz, baby.

Even as a tater tot he has no neck.