Prospect Info: NHL Prospects

[God Flower]

Generally, I think it hurts development and can set some prospects back.. Its hard to make the NHL and become a regular.. once you have I think its easier to keep that sense of timing, reading, reacting, knowing where to be, what to do... Those playing competitive games will have an advantage and an opportunity to continue the growth of their games. These guys aren't in complete layoffs re the 30 y/os.. they are skating and staying in shape for the most part, so they won't have as much rust to shake off as guys that took a break from hockey from an extended period coming back.. I did that too but I think its a different scenario for the guys making a living at it. I just have the impression that there is a development window where players advance quicker and that window closes with age. There are also kids coming up behind you that are playing and developing in many cases.. where if you are the 20-23 y/o trying to crack the roster and not playing games that challenge you to be better.. it stagnates your development.. just my opinion.. no empirical data.

Oh I completely agree that those who are playing competitive games right now definitely have an advantage over those who are idle, but if I were to hazard a guess, I would assume that most players currently loaned out overseas would be in their early 20's and the majority of veterans probably stayed in North America (or wherever they're from) and are practicing in small groups. But that pretty much answers my own question: NHL teams loan out younger players because it's more important for them to keep developing their skills vs older players staying back and maintaining their skills through scrimmage and practice.

That said, it would be interesting to see if a team that loaned out a lot of their younger roster players gets off to a faster start when the season begins in comparison to a veteran team like Washington, Dallas, or Boston. With a likely shortened season, it will be a sprint next year and a quick start can make all the difference. I bet that's why Joe Thornton went to play in Switzerland in the middle of a pandemic before his swan song in Toronto.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

thread below outlines testing requirements of WJC teams coming in to Canada

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Michigan vs Wisconsin tonight

 

[GermanSpitfire]

I know the Liiga is one of the only leagues playing right now so you have to take his stats with a grain of salt; but holy hell Anton Lundell looks good.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Thomas Bordeleau in 3 on 3 ot wins it... Filthy? That Dman went down awful early

San Jose had a good draft considering.
Ozzy Wiesblatt, Thomas Bordeleau, Tristen Robins, Daniil Guschin and Brandon Coe

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Raymond keeps rolling along

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Gunler gets hist 1st with Brynas

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Team Canada Red vs White
November 21: Watch Live! Red vs. White
Schedule and Scores

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Gunler gets hist 1st with Brynas

That shot is something else.

 

[JD1]

Oh I completely agree that those who are playing competitive games right now definitely have an advantage over those who are idle, but if I were to hazard a guess, I would assume that most players currently loaned out overseas would be in their early 20's and the majority of veterans probably stayed in North America (or wherever they're from) and are practicing in small groups. But that pretty much answers my own question: NHL teams loan out younger players because it's more important for them to keep developing their skills vs older players staying back and maintaining their skills through scrimmage and practice.

That said, it would be interesting to see if a team that loaned out a lot of their younger roster players gets off to a faster start when the season begins in comparison to a veteran team like Washington, Dallas, or Boston. With a likely shortened season, it will be a sprint next year and a quick start can make all the difference. I bet that's why Joe Thornton went to play in Switzerland in the middle of a pandemic before his swan song in Toronto.

I think guys that are playing have a distinct advantage over guys that are not. On the Sens, you can line up the Belleville crew into playing versus not playing and it'll be interesting to see how it plays out

Not playing is not just an issue for prospects. What about young established NHLers that are not playing but should still be developing? Tkachuk for example.

I also agree with you that it will be harder for older guys. The average 30 year old NHLer has lived a routine for so long that their body knows nothing else. I think there will be a lot of guys out of the league by the 21-22 season that otherwise might have been able to stretch it out longer

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

He hadn't lit the lamp until the previous game vs Penn State .. I guess he definitely broke the ice. It is safe to say that Penn State needs a goal tender. They out shot Wisconsin 52-20 in g1, and 38-27 in g2 allowing 13 goals over those 2 games. I watched some of g1 but it got to be a bit ridiculous as Penn State could not make a save.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

It will be interesting to see how Dostal leaving Ilves will impact their success. #Jarventie

 

[Hale The Villain]

It will be interesting to see how Dostal leaving Ilves will impact their success. #Jarventie

Shouldn't effect them too much, but maybe they take a few less chances knowing they no longer have a .940 SV% goalie behind them to bail them out.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Dostal is yet another steal by the Ducks - the best drafting team in the NHL

3rd straight season he has a SV% above .920 and a GAA below 2.00 playing in the Liiga, albeit with smaller sample sizes.

 

[ijif]

Dostal is yet another steal by the Ducks - the best drafting team in the NHL

3rd straight season he has a SV% above .920 and a GAA below 2.00 playing in the Liiga, albeit with smaller sample sizes.

Why do you consider the Ducks to be the best drafting team in the NHL?

 

[Hale The Villain]

Why do you consider the Ducks to be the best drafting team in the NHL?

Their record of success over the last decade or so.

Palmieri, Rakell, W.Karlsson, Terry, Steel, Comtois, Ritchie, Jones, Wagner at F
Lindholm, Fowler, Theodore, Manson, Vatanen, Gardiner, Montour, Schultz, Pettersson, Larsson at D
Gibson, Andersen at G

And they just killed their last couple drafts. Have a stacked prospect pool and should be adding many more NHLers to that list.

 

[Sens72]

Not a post related to a certain NHL prospect but those posts in the Senators prospects thread sure aged like milk

 

[Frank8]

Not a post related to a certain NHL prospect but those posts in the Senators prospects thread sure aged like milk

For all of you slamming me for making bold claims about how great the guys at Dobber are, I accept your apology.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Ty Dellandrea 2018 13OA Dallas

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Not a post related to a certain NHL prospect but those posts in the Senators prospects thread sure aged like milk

Wow now his opinion can be taken seriously because he’s paid @bert haha

Well. We finally have a real scout who didn’t have stutzle 3rd. Let the fun begin

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Brock Faber RHD 45OA 2020 Kings

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Brock Faber RHD 45OA 2020 Kings

I would have preferred this player, or one like him, in place of Kleven. It'll be interesting to see how right (or likely wrong) I was.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

JJ Peterka 34OA 2020 Buffalo