Prospect Info: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc. [The June 2022 Edition]

[Magua]

Chuck and Brent are two of the best drafters in the league. The proof is in the pudding.

Okay, Brent ate the pudding. Standby for more proof.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Zamula needed to add strength, even Zamula admitted that.
He's not a speedster, with that frame he's not going to avoid contact like Ghost in his prime.

So while he's never going to be a physical player, you want enough "sand in the pants" that a forward on the rush can't push you back to your goal. And to be able to hold your own fighting for puck possession.

And there's a stamina issue as well, D-men are involved with a lot of contact, whether retreiving pucks in the D-zone or wrestling with players in front of the net - and players wear down over the course of a season.

The added weight didn't seem to impact his skating, he's got a smooth stride but he never had an explosive burst.

They're not adding strength. They're adding fat. They want their bulky boi and they don't care how he hits their arbitrary and completely idiotic weight goal. This is wretched development.

 

[deadhead]

Zamula didn't look fat to me, none of the players in the rookie game look fat (Strome is gone).

One of the things you notice about the NFL combine is that many players, especially out of smaller programs, manage to add both strength and speed after six weeks in a rigorous conditioning program. And often continue to do so in the NFL - Edwards, the Eagle MLB, was considered too small and too slow when signed as a UDFA, two years later he's bigger and faster and playing at a high level.

These are 21-22 year old athletes, so it's not surprising that NHL prospects add size and strength from 18-22 or so.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I think it's pretty safe to say they made a mistake taking Tuomaala over Stankoven.

 

[captainpaxil]

Flahr wants to Zamula to look like Flahr.

Too bad Byfug. is retired. We FOR SURE would have traded for him with Fletch and Flahr drooling all the way.

I will be ecstatic if z had the career byfuglien had

 

[Curufinwe]

Big Buff was one in a million.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I wouldn't put it past the Flyers to try and recreate Buff by making random prospects binge eat.

 

[renberg]

They're not adding strength. They're adding fat. They want their bulky boi and they don't care how he hits their arbitrary and completely idiotic weight goal. This is wretched development.

Typical treatment of a prospect by the organization. Emphasize perceived weaknesses and fail to utilize strengths

 

[ybnvs]

I wouldn't put it past the Flyers to try and recreate Buff by making random prospects binge eat.

BSchenn was the perfect prospect for just this. Never should have traded him. So beefy.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Locked.

Fall 2022 -- Prospect Info: - Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc. [The Fall 2022 Edition]