Stefan Fournier

[BigHabs]

Big and Physical net presence.

Played fantastic in the QMJHL. I know it probably helped playing with MacKinnon and Drouin.

I see him being a solid 4th liner. Never drafted.

You think he ever might make the big club?

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[PricerStopDaPuck]

Long way to go still, perhaps in 3 years or so if he can find offence.

 

[BigHabs]

Long way to go still, perhaps in 3 years or so if he can find offence.

Ya was what I was thinking too.

First year playing in the AHL and decent numbers and is in the + meaning he isn't a liability.

Just seems like a guy who goes to the net and takes abuse but stays until the job is done.

I've liked what I've seen from his so far in the games I got to see. The offense like you said if boosted he could be a good non drafted piece.

 

[Ezpz]

Ya was what I was thinking too.

First year playing in the AHL and decent numbers and is in the + meaning he isn't a liability.

Just seems like a guy who goes to the net and takes abuse but stays until the job is done.

I've liked what I've seen from his so far in the games I got to see. The offense like you said if boosted he could be a good non drafted piece.

+/- means even less at the AHL level than it does the NHL.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

How's his skating?

 

[Halifaxhab*]

How's his skating?

Pretty fluid, but takes a couple steps to get up to top top speed, and it isn't confused with a rocket either.

He will at best be a Moen type. And this kid is all heart.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

Big and Physical net presence.

Played fantastic in the QMJHL. I know it probably helped playing with MacKinnon and Drouin.

I see him being a solid 4th liner. Never drafted.

You think he ever might make the big club?

Doubt it, but who knows

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

I'll be surprised.

 

[MD thaivuN]

Might make a career out of being a fringe-NHL-er/carreer-AHL-er à la Blunden.

 

[Team_Spirit]

If he can play like he did in the Q people will love him on the 4th line.

 

[Top Corner2]

I've liked his game in Hamilton. Maybe hasn't put up great points, but is able to great chances down low with his size and board work. Has a nice wrap around type move that he uses effectively. I think his jump to the pro game has been good really. I would like to see him bring more grit and toughness though....hopefully this will come.

 

[JAVO16]

How's his skating?

Unless I confused him with someone else, his skating technique looked pretty awful at the development camp this summer during skating drills but he got where he needed to go during scrimmages (probably due to decent hockey sense) even if solely based on skating, he didn't look like he belonged there IMO.

 

[Halifaxhab*]

Might make a career out of being a fringe-NHL-er/carreer-AHL-er à la Blunden.

Thisd sounds about right.

 

[Tyson]

Tough as nails and very determined. I could see him a couple of years from now patrolling on the 4th line. He can fight very well so he has that going for him.

 

[BJCOLLINS]

How's his skating?

He was a couple of steps behind his teammates in the Q......looks very slow in the AHL.

have to say he looked 10 steps behind when playing with Nate Mackinnon but it worked out becuz Nate would through the puck back up the middle from behind the net and hit Stef coming over the blueline.

He'd be a hundred feet behind Nic Ehlers this year.

 

[le_sean]

Nothing to suggest he can't be a Jordan Nolan type of player in the near future.

 

[Bacchus1]

Needs to gain NHL weight and still perform at that weight to be effective. Project, which may pan out. Seems like the Habs are moving towards acquiring large framed projects, and hoping that some of them work out.

 

[Dominator13]

Might make a career out of being a fringe-NHL-er/carreer-AHL-er à la Blunden.

Blunden is gutless, don't compare the 2. I'm pretty sure Blunden voluntarely misses the target when he goes for a hit simply to not hurt anyone.

 

[le_sean]

Blunden is gutless, don't compare the 2. I'm pretty sure Blunden voluntarely misses the target when he goes for a hit simply to not hurt anyone.

Okay, I thought it was just me imagining things.

People kept saying how he goes out and hits, but I've never actually seen Blunden land a bodycheck. He always hits the boards.

I guess I'm not going crazy.

 

[Drifting]

Okay, I thought it was just me imagining things.

People kept saying how he goes out and hits, but I've never actually seen Blunden land a bodycheck. He always hits the boards.

I guess I'm not going crazy.

Maybe a little crazy if you think that Fournier is more valuable to the bulldogs than Blunden. Blunden has over 100 NHL games to his credit. We'll see how many NHL games Fournier ever plays. Blunden got NHL games in when he was 19; Fournier at 21 hasn't had a sniff at an NHL call-up.

 

[Treb]

Maybe a little crazy if you think that Fournier is more valuable to the bulldogs than Blunden. Blunden has over 100 NHL games to his credit. We'll see how many NHL games Fournier ever plays. Blunden got NHL games in when he was 19; Fournier at 21 hasn't had a sniff at an NHL call-up.

Blunden was a 2nd round pick. Fournier was a FA pick-up. Let's wait until Fournier is 23/25 or out of the habs contracts. Blunden is a bust. Fournier isn't yet.