The Prospects Thread XXIII - Stats, Lists in OP

The Stig · Mar 4, 2015

Follow the Canucks' Prospects!

(age as of the beginning of the 2013-14 Regular Season)

OHL
Jared McCann (18) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Kyle Pettit (18) Erie Otters
Bo Horvat (19) London Knights
Miles Liberati (19) North Bay Battalion
Cole Cassels (19) Oshawa Generals
Jordan Subban (19) Belleville Bulls
Evan McEneny (20) Kingston Frontenacs

WHL
Jake Virtanen (18) Calgary Hitmen
Mackenze Stewart (18) Prince Albert Raiders
Anton Cederholm (19) Portland Winterhawks

Europe/KHL
Nikita Tryamkin (20) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Anton Rodin (24) Brynas

NCAA
Thatcher Demko (18) Boston College
Ben Hutton (21) Maine
Joseph Labate (21) Wisconsin
Matt Beattie (21) Yale
Mike Williamson (21) Penn State
Patrick McNally (22) Harvard

ECHL
Dane Fox (20)
Curtis Valk (21)
Ludwig Blomstrand (21)
Joe Cannata (24) (Ontario Reign)

AHL
Hunter Shinkaruk (19)
Brendan Gaunce (20)
Nicklas Jensen (21)
Ludwig Blomstrand (21)
Mike Zalewski (22)
Alexandre Mallet (22)
Linden Vey (23)
Ronalds Kenins (23)
Alexandre Grenier (23)
Alex Friesen (23)
Darren Archibald (24)
Wacey Hamilton (24)
Carter Bancks (25)
Dustin Jeffrey (26)
Brandon DeFazio (26)
Cal O’Reilly (27)
Frank Corrado (21)
Jeremie Blain (22)
Peter Andersson (23)
Henrik Tommernes (24)
Alex Biega (24)
Ryan Stanton (25)
Bobby Sanguinetti (26)
Joacim Eriksson (24)
Jacob Markstrom (24)

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Say goodbye to:

Unsigned:
Jordan Schroeder (24)
Yann Sauve (24)
Zac Dalpe (24)
Jeremy Welsh (26)
Benn Ferriero (27)
Mike Santorelli (28)
Pascal Pelletier (31)
Colin Stuart (32)
Kellan Lain (25)

Traded:
Kellan Tochkin (23) (traded to Carolina)
Steven Anthony (23) (traded to Florida)
Patrick Mullen (28) (traded to Ottawa)
Jeff Costello (23) (traded to Tampa Bay)
Alexandre Mallet (22)

Contract Terminated:
Zach Hamill (26)
Adam Polasek (23)

Also a Link for:

Utica Comets Contracts:
F – Patrick Kennedy (25)
D – John Negrin (25)
D – Kane Lafranchise (26)
D - Kent Huskins (35)

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Since Canucks' Army is doing a series on all the Canuck prospects, I thought I would reboot this thread and link all the articles. Each has a wealth of information on them for those who typically do not follow prospects.

Baby Pettersson · Mar 4, 2015

Any word when Baertschi plays his first game? Really looking forward to the damage he can do in Utica.

nekyvGkOPaiWICTscLl6 · Mar 4, 2015

Baby Shinkaruk said:
Any word when Baertschi plays his first game? Really looking forward to the damage he can do in Utica.

Tonight.
1 assist.
2nd star.

canuck4life16 · Mar 4, 2015

Should add sven baertschi to the list of prospect

Craz1bo1 · Mar 4, 2015

Virtanen with a goal in the first

drax0s · Mar 4, 2015

Heh. Hockeystreams lost the feed right before Virtanen's goal. Cuts from the penalty being called to the kids playing hockey.

WTG · Mar 4, 2015

holy **** Harkins :amazed:

Where is he predicted to go in the draft?

Watching Cougars for the Hitmen and Harkins just scored a beauty.

PG Canuck · Mar 4, 2015

Win tha game said:
holy **** Harkins

Where is he predicted to go in the draft?

Later rounds I think.

WTG · Mar 4, 2015

http://i.gyazo.com/10d88dd50377b54aae0e56f8a9ce2292.gif

Harkins goal a beauty

http://i.gyazo.com/990d7a010faa9098f54dcdecb8a30de2.gif

Virts dangle sorry for potato quality I can't be asked for doing it in HD too much effort

BerSTUzzi · Mar 4, 2015

OgoBoHo said:
Later rounds I think.

end of the 1st or early 2nd.

GetFocht · Mar 4, 2015

I love how much he covers the ice with his speed, He's blowing by the right winger whom had a clear lane.

D0ctorCool · Mar 5, 2015

BerSTUzzi said:
end of the 1st or early 2nd.

No chance he slides to the 2nd round in my most humble opinion.

WTG · Mar 5, 2015

I gotta say Virtanen's defensive game has really improved.

He saved like 3 goals just by back checking hard and breaking up the play.

a Fool · Mar 5, 2015

Win tha game said:
I gotta say Virtanen's defensive game has really improved.

He saved like 3 goals just by back checking hard and breaking up the play.

Yeah. Unbelievable wheels. Full on attack into the O-zone, and then turns on the jets to come back and break up the play. Hard to believe he can skate like that at 205+ lb.

Southern_Canuck · Mar 5, 2015

Wed Mar 4

AHL

Rochester 2 Utica 3 (SO)
Eriksson 23 saves on 25 shots (5 saves on 6 shots in SO)

Pedan, (3) (Friesen, Conacher)
Sanguinetti, (14) (Baertschi, Grenier) (PP)

Shootout
Brandon DeFazio - No Goal
Nicklas Jensen - No Goal
Sven Baertschi - No Goal
Alexandre Grenier - Scored
Cory Conacher - No Goal
Bobby Sanguinetti - Scored

ECHL

Kalamazoo 5 Evansville 4 (OT)
Blomstrand 2 goals (20th, 21st), +1 (selected 1st star)
Fox 0 points, even

Blomstrand GP 38 G 21 A 10 P 31 -6

OHL

Barrie 5 Erie 10
Pettit 1 assist, -1

Mississauga 1 Kingston 4
McEneny 1 assist, +1

Calgary 2 Prince George 3
Virtanen 1 goal (20th), -1 (selected 3rd star)

Virtanen GP 43 G 20 A 29 P 49 +17

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Just A Bit Outside · Mar 5, 2015

Just because it's "fun" to debate, ISS scouts Matt Grainda and Paul Dionne have put together a list of the Top 10 NHL-drafted prospects:

1. Sam Reinhart, centre, Buffalo Sabres (Kootenay Ice, WHL)
2. Nikolaj Ehlers, wing, Winnipeg Jets (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL)
3. William Nylander, wing, Toronto Maple Leafs (Toronto Marlies, AHL)
4. Sam Bennett, centre/wing, Calgary Flames (Kingston Frontenacs, OHL)
5. Max Domi, wing, Arizona Coyotes (London Knights, OHL)
6. Darnell Nurse, defence, Edmonton Oilers (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL)
7. Michael Dal Colle, wing, New York Islanders (Oshawa Generals, OHL)
8. Dylan Larkin, wing, Detroit Red Wings (University of Michigan, NCAA)
9. Kevin Fiala, wing, Nashville Predators (Milwaukee Admirals, AHL)
10. Josh Morrissey, defence, Winnipeg Jets (Kelowna Rockets, WHL)

Honourable mention: Anthony Mantha, wing, Detroit Red Wings (Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL)

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/j...n-top-10-nhl-drafted-prospects-031436409.html

Obviously #2 and 3 are central to comparisons with Virtanen.

banme* · Mar 5, 2015

Bit of a bizarre list IMO...

cc · Mar 5, 2015

Southern_Canuck said:
Wed Mar 4

AHL

Rochester 2 Utica 3 (SO)
Eriksson 23 saves on 25 shots (5 saves on 6 shots in SO)

Pedan, (3) (Friesen, Conacher)
Sanguinetti, (14) (Baertschi, Grenier) (PP)

Shootout
Brandon DeFazio - No Goal
Nicklas Jensen - No Goal
Sven Baertschi - No Goal
Alexandre Grenier - Scored
Cory Conacher - No Goal
Bobby Sanguinetti - Scored

ECHL

Kalamazoo 5 Evansville 4 (OT)
Blomstrand 2 goals (20th, 21st), +1 (selected 1st star)
Fox 0 points, even

Blomstrand GP 38 G 21 A 10 P 31 -6

OHL

Barrie 5 Erie 10
Pettit 1 assist, -1

Mississauga 1 Kingston 4
McEneny 1 assist, +1

Calgary 2 Prince George 3
Virtanen 1 goal (20th), -1 (selected 3rd star)

Virtanen GP 43 G 20 A 29 P 49 +17

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It looks like blomstrand is doing quite well. Strange that he couldn't display any of this at the ahl level

MS · Mar 5, 2015

Re: discussion on the previous thread on what our prospect rankings look like now, I'd have it something like this, assuming Vey and Horvat are graduated :

1. Virtanen
2. McCann - has closed draft gap to Virtanen
3. Demko
4. Kenins - huge riser, obviously. Terrific player.
5. Clendening
6. Baertschi
7. Corrado
8. Gaunce - doing well.
9. Cassels
10. Pedan - good to see encouraging reports.
11. Shinkaruk - needs a major turnaround.
12. Jensen - pretty much toast at this point.
13. Subban
14. Hutton
15. Tryamkin
16. McEneny
17. Zalewski - having nice rebound after terrible start.
18. Friesen
19. McNally - all kinds of talent, but will hit 25 having played only 70 high-level games. Waste.
20. Fox - huge disappointment
21. Pettit
22. Cederholm
23. Grenier
24. Andersson
25. Liberati - doing well, but still probably not worth a contract.

VC · Mar 5, 2015

MS said:
Re: discussion on the previous thread on what our prospect rankings look like now, I'd have it something like this, assuming Vey and Horvat are graduated :

More or less how I'd have it. I'd have Baertschi up a couple of spots while having Cederholm and Grenier in the top 20 over McNally and Fox but otherwise I like. The group has improve over the last couple of seasons.

FOurteenS inCisOr · Mar 5, 2015

MS said:
Re: discussion on the previous thread on what our prospect rankings look like now, I'd have it something like this, assuming Vey and Horvat are graduated :

1. Virtanen
2. McCann - has closed draft gap to Virtanen
3. Demko
4. Kenins - huge riser, obviously. Terrific player.
5. Clendening
6. Baertschi
7. Corrado
8. Gaunce - doing well.
9. Cassels
10. Pedan - good to see encouraging reports.
11. Shinkaruk - needs a major turnaround.
12. Jensen - pretty much toast at this point.
13. Subban
14. Hutton
15. Tryamkin
16. McEneny
17. Zalewski - having nice rebound after terrible start.
18. Friesen
19. McNally - all kinds of talent, but will hit 25 having played only 70 high-level games. Waste.
20. Fox - huge disappointment
21. Pettit
22. Cederholm
23. Grenier
24. Andersson
25. Liberati - doing well, but still probably not worth a contract.

Hard to call an undrafted FA signing a huge disappointment.

But you do have a unique way of evaluating players/prospects.

MS · Mar 5, 2015

14s incisor said:
Hard to call an undrafted FA signing a huge disappointment.

But you do have a unique way of evaluating players/prospects.

He was only undrafted because of off-ice stuff. Was a guy who would probably have been a 3rd rounder and then dominated the OHL ... if Cassels or Subban are middling ECHL players next year, that would be a pretty big disappointment as well.

kanucks25 · Mar 5, 2015

MS said:
Re: discussion on the previous thread on what our prospect rankings look like now, I'd have it something like this, assuming Vey and Horvat are graduated :

1. Virtanen
2. McCann - has closed draft gap to Virtanen
3. Demko
4. Kenins - huge riser, obviously. Terrific player.
5. Clendening
6. Baertschi
7. Corrado
8. Gaunce - doing well.
9. Cassels
10. Pedan - good to see encouraging reports.
11. Shinkaruk - needs a major turnaround.
12. Jensen - pretty much toast at this point.
13. Subban
14. Hutton
15. Tryamkin
16. McEneny
17. Zalewski - having nice rebound after terrible start.
18. Friesen
19. McNally - all kinds of talent, but will hit 25 having played only 70 high-level games. Waste.
20. Fox - huge disappointment
21. Pettit
22. Cederholm
23. Grenier
24. Andersson
25. Liberati - doing well, but still probably not worth a contract.

Just looking at the top half, I'd probably move Jensen down a few. Clendening also seems pretty high, especially compared to Corrado.

FOurteenS inCisOr · Mar 5, 2015

MS said:
He was only undrafted because of off-ice stuff. Was a guy who would probably have been a 3rd rounder and then dominated the OHL ... if Cassels or Subban are middling ECHL players next year, that would be a pretty big disappointment as well.

More so than Fox, sure, since picks were used on these two.

I actually wouldn't be too surprised to see Subban start, or at least get some games, in the ECHL.

Could be a log jam on D in Utica next season.

MS · Mar 5, 2015

kanucks25 said:
Just looking at the top half, I'd probably move Jensen down a few. Clendening also seems pretty high, especially compared to Corrado.

Clendening and Corrado are both 2011 draftees. Clendening has outperformed Corrado in the AHL and I've liked his NHL play better as well.

14s incisor said:
More so than Fox, sure, since picks were used on these two.

I actually wouldn't be too surprised to see Subban start, or at least get some games, in the ECHL.

Could be a log jam on D in Utica next season.

Regardless of where they were picked, Fox coming into the season was probably thought of as a bit worse prospect than Cassels now and a bit better prospect than Subban. Going to the ECHL and scoring at a 40-point pace there has been disappointing.

If Subban goes to the ECHL, I'd expect him to be an elite player there. I think he'll be in the AHL, though. He plays the game with a tempo and compete level that I think will transition well to pro, better than our other defensive prospects.

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