Speaking of Oskar Sundqvist...
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Speaking of Oskar Sundqvist...
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Oh and the 1st rounder that went to St Louis with him!!!
All that for useless Reaves for useless Brassard.......
Yikes definitely not JR's smartest trades there
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Just because I mentioned him in another thread... Liam Gorman will NOT be attending BU next year and will go to Princeton instead.
Imagine he'll get more ice time there which is a good thing. All three of Princeton's top 3 scorers have graduated.
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100%. That’s the biggest positive of him flipping. Get to play more off the bat, plus an Ivy education and I believe his father played there. Never ever a bad decision to attend Princeton haha.
IIRC Quinn recruited him and is obviously no longer there so it make sense from that standpoint. Additionally with BU bringing in lottery talent every year there was never a guarantee for him to work his way up the depth chart regardless of coach.
On the other hand... idk if as a Pens fan I like it. ECAC can’t sniff HE even on their worst year in terms of competition. I like what Boston U has continually done with their players who have possible NHL abilities. Few schools can stack up to the BU pipeline lately, but Princeton doesn’t necessarily have much of a recent track record of guys making the league in general.
Seems a bit swings and roundabouts - more opportunity vs better coaching - but I have to admire I'd have preferred him to go with the coaching.
What’s the deal with Justin Almeida? He seems to have nice upside looking at his WHL production
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That's basically the deal with him.
Small guy if not in height but in build, not physical but does buzz around close to the crease to score his goals. May have some nice upside but we'll know more next year when we find out if he can produce in the AHL.
More or less this.
I think he can't have done anymore than he did in juniors to make us feel excited, but given that he doesn't have slam dunk attributes that we know of*, gotta wait to see how he goes at the next level up before really getting the hype train going.
I do like the fact he did it all with a bad shoulder injury. That's ballsy.
*it may turn out later that he had slam dunk IQ but we couldn't recognise it at the time. Some of his highlights have a kinda Guentzel-esque knack for finding open ice. That's a super best case comparable (the other best case comparable is Point, who had very similar points totals for the same WHL club), but it might be.
Nice. Sounds promising for WBS, hopefully we can catch lightning in a bottle. The WHL is known for inflated point totals though, right?
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That’s moreso the QMJHL imo. But even that rep has become overblown to me in recent years.
Agree with what @Peat said, Almeida did all we could have wanted in terms of his numbers, but it’s kinda more wait and see how he adjusts to professional hockey. Doesn’t really have the pedigree to get super excited and start projecting him as a top prospect despite a great season.
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Not sure if posted but I finally see Gorman's updated stats..
Liam Gorman at eliteprospects.com
Nothing special.. wasn't even the highest scoring "Liam" on his team... although he wasn't the lowest scoring Liam either.
Liam Gorman at eliteprospects.com
Nothing special.. wasn't even the highest scoring "Liam" on his team... although he wasn't the lowest scoring Liam either.
In the top 50% of Liams on a Boston based team - I'll take that.
He did not play as many games as the other Liams, however. So he was the most productive Liam based on points per game.
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Would be surprised. He's barely played the last few years.
Part of the wonderful Sundqvist/Reaves trade
I wouldn't be surprised - this references the last we heard about Lauzon out of the org:
They would clearly likely him to be involved if he can be.
Phillips is leaving the Gophers. He was brought in a half year too early, and did nothing in a season and a half.
That's not good. Probably him done as a prospect as he'll have to sit out the whole of next season.
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Minnesota kind of botched his development within their program, coaches got overhauled, plus the writing was on the wall with Johnson and others coming in. Feel bad for the kid.
Can still play in the USHL I think, but kind of agree here. Really not a prospect anymore. Best case he emerges real late like Lafferty.
Could he go play in Sweden or Switzerland or the like?
Also... assuming anything good does happen with him, how does it affect our rights? Its normally two years or until they graduate, right? Would he do USHL for a year then a different college? Would that affect things?
I suppose the optimistic view is he was always meant to be a project anyway.
Also... assuming anything good does happen with him, how does it affect our rights? Its normally two years or until they graduate, right? Would he do USHL for a year then a different college? Would that affect things?
I suppose the optimistic view is he was always meant to be a project anyway.
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