Prospect Info: The 2019 Entry NHL Draft Thread - Part III

[Hasbro]

Even if Ottawa finishes dead last we have a 50,6% chance of getting the 4th OV pick

Oh drat.

 

[AvsFan29]

Even if Ottawa finishes dead last we have a 50,6% chance of getting the 4th OV pick

49.4% chance at a top 3

 

[Barklez]

I prefer Kakko #2 and Krebs #10 or Turcotte as Hugues #1 and Boldy #9 or Lavoie or Kaliyev.

Did you just have a stroke?

I keep thinking I'm reading that right and then I get lost and have to start over. You'd prefer Kakko and Krebs/Turcotte over Hughes and Boldy/Lavoie/Kaliyev? Is that what you're saying?

Let's not pretend that if the Avs get Kakko they won't at least give him the old college try at center. Did it with Mikko, they'll do it again.

 

[henchman21]

Any team drafting Kakko would be fools to not give him a shot there. His skill set matches with the position if his skating can get a touch better.

 

[AvsFan29]

Any team drafting Kakko would be fools to not give him a shot there. His skill set matches with the position if his skating can get a touch better.

If we get Kakko, I'm assuming he's put at center initially, and if he isn't great, he can play wing/center for a year or 2.

 

[Iceberg]

Imagine having Peter Forsberg and Erik Karlsson on the same team!

 

[avsfan09]

Did you just have a stroke?

I keep thinking I'm reading that right and then I get lost and have to start over. You'd prefer Kakko and Krebs/Turcotte over Hughes and Boldy/Lavoie/Kaliyev? Is that what you're saying?

Let's not pretend that if the Avs get Kakko they won't at least give him the old college try at center. Did it with Mikko, they'll do it again.

I sometimes still wonder if Rantanen could be a C. Alot of his skill are transferable but why disrupt their chemistry together.

 

[Barklez]

I sometimes still wonder if Rantanen could be a C. Alot of his skill are transferable but why disrupt their chemistry together.

Totally agree.

A lot of the time that 1st line is playing C by committee, I feel like they’re part way down the path to the “position-less player” Marek and Friedman have been bringing up for the last little while.

IMO Rantanen looks like the more natural C between him and MacK. If that line wasn’t so lost without one another I definitely think Rants could hack it at C but for now at least I think it’s best to just let them keep doing their thing.

 

[avsfan09]

Totally agree.

A lot of the time that 1st line is playing C by committee, I feel like they’re part way down the path to the “position-less player” Marek and Friedman have been bringing up for the last little while.

IMO Rantanen looks like the more natural C between him and MacK. If that line wasn’t so lost without one another I definitely think Rants could hack it at C but for now at least I think it’s best to just let them keep doing their thing.

Agreed. Rants has skating, Size, Defensive drive and anticipation, ability to not only display vision and use linemats but carry the puck aswell. I also like his balance between shooting and playmaking. He seems to make the right decision more than not in this area.

 

[S E P H]

So I watched the UND/Wisconsin game yesterday and Cale Morris doing some things to make him one of the best goalers in the NCAA. Shades of Jonathan Quick.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

He'll be a UFA this summer correct? Avs definitely need to be on top of that situation, we've been able to lure a few college UFAs the last couple of years now in Toninato, Kerfoot, and O'Connor, need to do it again with Morris.

 

[Avs_19]

 

[cgf]

He'll be a UFA this summer correct? Avs definitely need to be on top of that situation, we've been able to lure a few college UFAs the last couple of years now in Toninato, Kerfoot, and O'Connor, need to do it again with Morris.

Avs also have their connections with ND...or at least we did, dunno if that's changed recently. Like when all of our prospects ended up playing in the Q for the huskies, it's not a coincidence that Morrison, Clurman & Leivermann are all going there.

So there's cause for optimism of Morris replacing Francouz next season...as that would be exactly the kind of no-risk move that Sakic isn't afraid of making.

 

[Avs_19]

He'll be a UFA this summer correct? Avs definitely need to be on top of that situation, we've been able to lure a few college UFAs the last couple of years now in Toninato, Kerfoot, and O'Connor, need to do it again with Morris.

It should be easy enough when he looks at the goalies in the organization and sees who he'd be competing with.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

It should be easy enough when he looks at the goalies in the organization and sees who he'd be competing with.

no kidding

 

[Avs71]

Would Sakic pass this up at 1st overall? He probably thinks he struck gold out of Finland once, and he could do it again.

 

[filip85]

I hope for Kakko over Hughes.

 

[Barklez]

I would be happy with Hughes but see Kakko’s skill set suiting the current roster better.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

So I watched the UND/Wisconsin game yesterday and Cale Morris doing some things to make him one of the best goalers in the NCAA. Shades of Jonathan Quick.

He'll be a UFA this summer correct? Avs definitely need to be on top of that situation, we've been able to lure a few college UFAs the last couple of years now in Toninato, Kerfoot, and O'Connor, need to do it again with Morris.

Avs also have their connections with ND...or at least we did, dunno if that's changed recently. Like when all of our prospects ended up playing in the Q for the huskies, it's not a coincidence that Morrison, Clurman & Leivermann are all going there.

So there's cause for optimism of Morris replacing Francouz next season...as that would be exactly the kind of no-risk move that Sakic isn't afraid of making.

It should be easy enough when he looks at the goalies in the organization and sees who he'd be competing with.

The most important advantage the Avalanche have here is that Cale Morris is born and raised in Larkspur, Colorado.

He grew up literally 45 minutes away from the Pepsi Center.

The Eagles in Loveland are only 1 hour and 30 minutes from his hometown, too.

Avs need to be all over that, no questions asked.

 

[AvsFan29]

Having himself a nice season

 

[Pokecheque]

At this point I'd take Kaako over Hughes. I'm already concerned about the latter's durability. He's had to battle through two bothersome injuries in his final amateur season.

 

[AvsFan29]

At this point I'd take Kaako over Hughes. I'm already concerned about the latter's durability. He's had to battle through two bothersome injuries in his final amateur season.

Yah me too. His size concerns me, but a lot of top analysts have him as the clear number 1.

 

[avsfan09]

Nathan Légaré at eliteprospects.com
I'll admit I never have watched him but his numbers and size seem like they indicate he should be ranked much higher right? Any prospect guys have insight on this player?

 

[Ceremony]

The most important advantage the Avalanche have here is that Cale Morris is born and raised in Larkspur, Colorado.

He grew up literally 45 minutes away from the Pepsi Center.

The Eagles in Loveland are only 1 hour and 30 minutes from his hometown, too.

Avs need to be all over that, no questions asked.

If for no other reason than to stop Mike Chambers from going on about it for years if we don't sign him

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Give me Kakko and Broberg and I'll be a happy man. Might even be able to swallow another season with Bedsy behind the bench in that case. Maybe.

Edit: agreed on Morris, too. So many signs point favorably in our direction there.