Prospect Info: Prospect Info and Discussion VIII - Future Canes and other Jurcos

[DaveG]

So about f***ing time I update this:

Forwards:

Name	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIMs	SH
Clark Bishop	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	36	3	3	6	-7	56	57
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	20	1	2	3	-3	6	16
Patrick Brown	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	59	15	13	28	+9	26	88
David Cotton	Boston College Eagles	HE	37	21	12	33	-9	18
Jack Drury	Harvard Crimson	ECAC	30	9	15	24	+11	14
	United States U-20	WJC	7	0	0	0	-1	0
Matt Filipe	Northeastern Huskies	HE	34	7	9	16	+4	14
Julien Gauthier	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	65	19	13	32	-8	53	136
Morgan Geekie	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	62	15	23	38	+18	18	78
Luke Henman	Blainville-Boisbriand	QMJHL	63	12	34	46	-7	18	112
Gregory Hofmann	HC Lugano	NLA	50	30	21	51	+15	24
Tomas Jurco	Springfield Falcons	AHL	14	4	6	10	-6	8	31
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	8	3	4	7	+4	10	20
Lenni Killinen	Assat	Liiga	32	3	8	11	-4	8
Janne Kuokkanen	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	48	12	26	38	+8	16	104
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	7	0	0	0	-2	4	6
Steven Lorentz	Florida Everblades	ECHL	22	10	18	28	+17	11
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	22	2	4	6	+2	19	20
Eetu Luostarinen	KalPa	Liiga	54	15	21	36	ev	79
Saku Maenalanen	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	31	7	7	14	-14	8	46
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	31	4	4	8	ev	20	33
Stelio Mattheos	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	65	44	52	96	+17	77	271
Greg McKegg	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	31	6	17	23	-5	18	44
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	33	6	5	11	-1	8	26
Martin Necas	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	53	13	28	41	+16	26	88
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	7	1	1	2	ev	2	6
Andrew Poturalski	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	65	21	37	58	+5	34	147
Nicolas Roy	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	58	16	16	32	+9	26	120
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	6	0	0	0	ev	2	1
Aleksi Saarela	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	58	22	21	43	+5	10	156
Spencer Smallman	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	12	0	6	6	+2	12	7
Luke Stevens	Yale Bulldogs	ECAC	23	4	3	7	-7	19
Max Zimmer	Wisconsin Badgers	B1G	34	5	13	18	+4	12

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Defensemen:

Name	Team	LG	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SH
Jake Bean	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	63	11	26	37	+11	24	142
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	2	0	0	0	ev	2	1
Trevor Carrick	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	60	8	31	39	-4	78	139
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	1	0	0	0	-1	5	0
Brendan De Jong	Portland Winterhawks	WHL	51	7	20	27	-1	72	104
Haydn Fleury	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	23	2	3	5	-3	28	47
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	17	0	1	1	+5	0	15
Adam Fox	Harvard Crimson	ECAC	31	9	37	46	+24	14
Luke Martin	Michigan Wolverines	B1G	28	0	6	6	+1	18
Roland McKeown	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	61	3	19	22	+25	47	100
Ville Rasanen	Lincoln Stars	USHL	8	0	0	0	ev	0	3
	Chicago Steel	USHL	36	1	3	4	+5	2	20
Dan Renouf	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	63	2	17	19	+7	113	84
Jesper Sellgren	Lulea HF	SEL	52	3	12	15	+6	10
Josh Wesley	Florida Everblades	ECHL	36	4	10	14	+11	26
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	6	0	2	2	ev	6	10

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Goalies:

Name	Team	LG	GP	Record	GA	SV	GAA	SV%	SO
Callum Booth	Florida Everblades	ECHL	3	2-1-0	9	78	2.89	.897	0
	Reading Royals	ECHL	16	9-6-1	39	391	2.51	.909	1
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	10	4-2-1	23	176	2.99	.884	0
Jeremy Helvig	Florida Everblades	ECHL	34	24-6-3	78	839	2.31	.915	3
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	1	1-0-0	1	8	2.80	.875	0
Jacob Kucharski	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL	1	1-0-0	5	22	5.00	.815	0
	Omaha Lancers	USHL	8	2-4-1	23	143	3.87	.861	0
Jack LaFontaine	Penticton Vees	BCHL	45	30-13-0	98	1169	2.19	.923	3
Eetu Makiniemi	Keikko-Vantaa	Mestis	13				2.92	.905
Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	45	30-7-5	99	1057	2.32	.914	3
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	1	1-0-0	2	24	2.00	.923	0

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[HisIceness]

Who are these guys? Are they the ones participating in the NCAA mens tournament of which my bracket may or may not be busted?

 

[SvechneJerk]

Is Hoffman dead to us? What’s the latest?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Is Hoffman dead to us? What’s the latest?

He’s having a great year. First in the league in goals and third in points.

 

[Vagrant]

He’s having a great year. First in the league in goals and third in points.

he also signed a 4 year contract with ev zug in the nla for 4 years in december according to eliteprospects. there may be an opt out clause for the nhl, but it looks like he's pretty good with playing in his home country.

 

[zman77]

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Harvard made the tournament so we’ll wait on Fox’s decision a little longer.

Boston College did not- is Cotton signed?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Checkers talk-

Necas has been very streaky but impressive. His current streak is strong. 5 Gs and 7 As in 9 games.

Bean is having a strong statistical rookie season in Charlotte. How is his defensive game though? Will he be able to handle the big dudes of the league?

 

[DaveG]

Harvard made the tournament so we’ll wait on Fox’s decision a little longer.

Boston College did not- is Cotton signed?

I'd like to see us sign Cotton asap. While he didn't dominate this season he was definitely the best player on bc and has little if anything left to prove at that level.

Fwiw here's the bracket for the tourney for anyone interested in following

1 St Cloud State
4 American International
2 Denver
3 Ohio State

1 UMass
4 Harvard
2 Clarkson
3 Notre Dame

1 Duluth
4 Bowling Green
2 Quinnipiac
3 Arizona State

1 Minnesota State
4 Providence
2 Northeastern
3 Cornell

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Jets fan coming in peace, again.

But I think Nedeljkovic will end up on the starting roster come next season. Do you guys think so?

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

Jets fan coming in peace, again.

But I think Nedeljkovic will end up on the starting roster come next season. Do you guys think so?

Tough to say. I can see us trying to bring back both Mrazek and McBackup if agreements can be reached. If not, I can see Ned getting his shot as backup.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I hope we bring McE back on a year deal but allow Ned a chance to earn the spot.

 

[emptyNedder]

Ned has been dominant in the AHL since 2/1. In 15 games he has a 1.60 GAA, .941 sv %, going 10-2-3, allowing more than two goals only once (3 goals on 25 shots) and having a single game sv % below .900 only once.
He has earned an opportunity to win a spot in next year's training camp.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I think Mrazek will certainly be back. Would be surprised to see McElhinney back on a one year deal though. I expect some other team will give him more term if the Canes don’t.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I think Mrazek will certainly be back. Would be surprised to see McElhinney back on a one year deal though. I expect some other team will give him more term if the Canes don’t.

Good for him if he gets it. I wouldn't give it to him in our situation. About to be 36 and has had some minor injury issues this year. That would be a horrible idea. Hard to say what he wants though. He might be very happy with the situation he has here, multiyear deal or not.

I would hate the risk of going into camp relying on Ned no matter how good he's been this year in the AHL. Of course, the scary thing could be if we can't bring back either of the goalies from this year for whatever reason. I do assume Mrazek will try to work with us given the nature of his one year cheap try out this year, but who knows what happens if his asking price is nuts.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Good for him if he gets it. I wouldn't give it to him in our situation. About to be 36 and has had some minor injury issues this year. That would be a horrible idea. Hard to say what he wants though. He might be very happy with the situation he has here, multiyear deal or not.

Oh, I wasn’t trying to say we should give him a multi year deal, just that I expect someone will. I also would be surprised if he wanted to be in another Sparks situation, only with Ned this time. Just speculating on my part.

I would hate the risk of going into camp relying on Ned no matter how good he's been this year in the AHL. Of course, the scary thing could be if we can't bring back either of the goalies from this year for whatever reason. I do assume Mrazek will try to work with us given the nature of his one year cheap try out this year, but who knows what happens if his asking price is nuts.

That’s exactly where in at.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I'd like to see us sign Cotton asap. While he didn't dominate this season he was definitely the best player on bc and has little if anything left to prove at that level.

Fwiw here's the bracket for the tourney for anyone interested in following

1 St Cloud State
4 American International
2 Denver
3 Ohio State

1 UMass
4 Harvard
2 Clarkson
3 Notre Dame

1 Duluth
4 Bowling Green
2 Quinnipiac
3 Arizona State

1 Minnesota State
4 Providence
2 Northeastern
3 Cornell

I had never heard of American International so I looked them up and holy crap do they ever have a lot of Europeans on their roster. This is really uncommon, right?

Sweden - 4
Czech Republic - 2
Ukraine - 1
Slovakia - 1
Slovenia - 1
Latvia - 1
Norway - 1

That’s 11/32 players on their roster coming from 7 different European nations.

Also have a guy who played for the Cornwall colts last year which is kinda cool.

 

[emptyNedder]

Of course, the scary thing could be if we can't bring back either of the goalies from this year for whatever reason.

That might be scary--but the Twilight Zone aspect is that the Carolina Hurricanes could have one too many good goalies.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

That might be scary--but the Twilight Zone aspect is that the Carolina Hurricanes could have one too many good goalies.

What will happen first? We have a legitimate starting goalie or we have a highly effective powerplay?

 

[emptyNedder]

What will happen first? We have a legitimate starting goalie or we have a highly effective powerplay?

These questions seemed unfathomable 5 months ago. It has been a pretty amazing season thus far.

 

[MinJaBen]

What will happen first? We have a legitimate starting goalie or we have a highly effective powerplay?

Do we not already have the goalie? How do you define “legitimate starting goalie”? I’d say Mrazek is pretty much there with his play this year.

 

[DaveG]

I had never heard of American International so I looked them up and holy crap do they ever have a lot of Europeans on their roster. This is really uncommon, right?

Sweden - 4
Czech Republic - 2
Ukraine - 1
Slovakia - 1
Slovenia - 1
Latvia - 1
Norway - 1

That’s 11/32 players on their roster coming from 7 different European nations.

Also have a guy who played for the Cornwall colts last year which is kinda cool.

Yeah a few euros are common, but certainly not a full half the line up on any given night.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Do we not already have the goalie? How do you define “legitimate starting goalie”? I’d say Mrazek is pretty much there with his play this year.

I’d like to see this level of play sustained for a longer time before deeming him a legitimate starting goalie. Consistency has always been something he’s struggled with.

 

[MinJaBen]

I’d like to see this level of play sustained for a longer time before deeming him a legitimate starting goalie. Consistency has always been something he’s struggled with.

Do you consider Bob a legit starter?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Do you consider Bob a legit starter?

Bob has nothing to do with Mrazek.

Mrazek has yet to prove he can be consistent. He was once thought of as Detroit’s future starter and was moved for mid round picks. He washed out of Philly (a team desperate for goaltending) and had to take a one year show me deal with us. He’s playing great right now but I want to see that sustained.