Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info/Discussion Thread XIII

[Sharksrule04]

Ferraro

Personally I wouldn't say Ferraro has high end speed. He has a great motor and above average/good speed IMO.

 

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[Mayo8898]

Merkley with an assist
Ferraro with 2 assists
Leonard with an assist

 

[Generalsupdates]

I will never understand Ryan Merkley. Has all the talent in the world but here is his effort late in the 3rd period on what ended up being the game winning goal last night....

 

[hohosaregood]

I will never understand Ryan Merkley. Has all the talent in the world but here is his effort late in the 3rd period on what ended up being the game winning goal last night....

It's not a good look but based on how the rest of his teammates barely moved, I'm gonna guess that it was a long PK shift and they're all dead tired.

 

[The Nemesis]

It's not a good look but based on how the rest of his teammates barely moved, I'm gonna guess that it was a long PK shift and they're all dead tired.

Psh, that's no fun. If your take isn't going to be piping hot, why have one at all?

 

[Dicdonya]

It's not a good look but based on how the rest of his teammates barely moved, I'm gonna guess that it was a long PK shift and they're all dead tired.

Yeah without context its harder to comment, however I agree with your observation.

Merkley is getting hate, look at 22. He just stands next to his goalie, and slowly takes a knee in the most feeble of attempts to stop the pass. The forwards up high a barely moving as well, even the one that is moving is just gliding back towards the goal. Either Merkley's team is just that terrible, or yeah looks like it was a long PK shift.

It sure "looks" bad though.

 

[Mayo8898]

Émond with 25 saves in a 7-1 win
Gregor with 3 assists
McGrew with a goal
Blichfeld with a goal and 2 assists
Cukste with an assist

 

[hohosaregood]

Yeah without context its harder to comment, however I agree with your observation.

Merkley is getting hate, look at 22. He just stands next to his goalie, and slowly takes a knee in the most feeble of attempts to stop the pass. The forwards up high a barely moving as well, even the one that is moving is just gliding back towards the goal. Either Merkley's team is just that terrible, or yeah looks like it was a long PK shift.

It sure "looks" bad though.

The one thing it does highlight is that he's very likely not even close to being physically ready for the NHL but we knew that already and if he's skilled enough to be here, I would hope coaching shelters him until he is better conditioned.

 

[The Nemesis]

The one thing it does highlight is that he's very likely not even close to being physically ready for the NHL but we knew that already and if he's skilled enough to be here, I would hope coaching shelters him until he is better conditioned.

The Pete DeBoer sheltering method:

1) Staple Merkley to the bench.
2) Give his ice time to Braun.

 

[bishop12]

The one thing it does highlight is that he's very likely not even close to being physically ready for the NHL but we knew that already and if he's skilled enough to be here, I would hope coaching shelters him until he is better conditioned.

Any player at any level gets knocked off the puck.

 

[hohosaregood]

Any player at any level gets knocked off the puck.

Of course they do, I'm just saying he needs better conditioning long term.

 

[dracom]

Blichfeld scored a hatty and had an assist in a 10-2 stomping tonight. I'm obviously not a scout or anything, but I would put money on Joachim being a solid NHL player; he and Glass just dominate the ice together. No idea how he was drafted in the 7th round...

 

[The Nemesis]

Blichfeld scored a hatty and had an assist in a 10-2 stomping tonight. I'm obviously not a scout or anything, but I would put money on Joachim being a solid NHL player; he and Glass just dominate the ice together. No idea how he was drafted in the 7th round...

In fairness, he's a 20-year old in a league where most 20-year-olds with some modicum of skill can crush it. The degree to which he's crushing it is indicative of him possessing a useful amount of skill, but his age relative to the rest of the league and the fact that he's a 20-year-old who should be in the pros instead of in the WHL are enough to make us want/need to pump the breaks a bit. Call it "Ty Ronning Syndrome". last season, the diminutive son of the diminutive ex-NHLer put up 61 goals as an over-age WHLer who was a 7th round pick in the same draft as Blichfeld (9 picks ahead of him. And I wanted him instead of Mark goddamn Shoemaker). This year he could barely get into an AHL game in Hartford and is now playing in the ECHL.

I'm not saying Blichfeld isn't going to be an NHLer. Not any more than I'm saying Ronning's early ECHL stint this year is an absolute career death sentence (though it's obviously not a stellar sign). I'm just saying that this season he's having is at best a sign for hope (but not outright faith) and at worst a mirage that won't have any bearing on his performance moving forward.

From what I've seen out of Blichfeld in my handful of viewings, the biggest thing standing between him and a solid, stable NA pro career is strength/weight. He's a stringbean and he needs some muscle and mass on his skates to stop himself from being pushed around because while he's a perfectly fine skater, he's not quite good enough to be able to get by with shiftiness and slipperiness.

I do hope he makes it though. He's got some skill and some versatility in his game. Not much of a hard/heavy shot, but everything else is there.

He's been #2 on my WHL prospect list over the last few years. Never really challenged Rudy for the #1 spot ( ) but I like him more than Gregor (who might have a better shot at a pro career, just with less upside)

 

[CaptainShark]

Merkley 3a, +3
Chemelevski 1g, 1a, +3
Chekhovic 1g, -2
Blichfeld 3g, 1a, +2
Kotkov (who I usually don’t track) 2g, 2a, +1

 

[Harbessix]

Merkley gets snubbed for World Junior camp…boourns

 

[Barrie22]

And merkley gets left off team canada's selection camp.

 

[Generalsupdates]

Merkley is the only Canadian 1st rounder from the last draft who wasn't invited. The other 9 Canadian first rounders were all invited

 

[StanleyCup2035]

Merkley is the only Canadian 1st rounder from the last draft who wasn't invited. The other 9 Canadian first rounders were all invited

Might be a good thing long term -- let's hope it motivates the little f8&^er to play some defense.

 

[The Nemesis]

Merkley doesn't make it and the 2019 draftee off my whl team doesn't make it. I don't know why I should even bother going to any games...

 

[hohosaregood]

Go Chekhovich go

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Might be a good thing long term -- let's hope it motivates the little f8&^er to play some defense.

It can go either way. He really needs a good mentor to motivate him. Someone like Burns or Karlsson would have been great but he is not getting any such player in the juniors.

 

[Internazionale]

Not at all surprised Merkley didn't get the call. Does it light a fire under him to improve his defensive game? Who knows. That video of him posted on the weekend getting up off the ice all lazy like and not even attempting to skate 2 feet was totally lazy and disheartening. Tired or not, that was totally totally lazy. Much work to be done kid.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

The funny thing about Merkley is that he is tied for the points lead on his team and a respectable +4 (7th). I won't claim to have watched him play but I just don't think he is as defensively inept as a lot of people make him to be.