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Post by regis on Aug 11, 2024 20:09:07 GMT
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Post by maasart on Aug 11, 2024 21:48:02 GMT
Clearly, Slaf, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield are locks for the top 6. I think Roy, Newhook and Anderson (if he has a good training camp) get a look for those final 2 spots. Im not sure anyone else gets a serious look there aside from *maybe* heineman. In a perfect world we would still make a trade before the beginning of the season - maybe moving Dvo and one of our LHD to beef up our top 6. Clearly we tried to trade for McGroarty, tried to sign Marchessault and apparently kicked tires on Necas and Zegras. So Hughes knows we need help in the top 6. Will be interesting to see what happens...
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Post by claremont on Aug 12, 2024 21:50:53 GMT
Clearly, Slaf, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield are locks for the top 6. I think Roy, Newhook and Anderson (if he has a good training camp) get a look for those final 2 spots. Im not sure anyone else gets a serious look there aside from *maybe* heineman. In a perfect world we would still make a trade before the beginning of the season - maybe moving Dvo and one of our LHD to beef up our top 6. Clearly we tried to trade for McGroarty, tried to sign Marchessault and apparently kicked tires on Necas and Zegras. So Hughes knows we need help in the top 6. Will be interesting to see what happens... I am not convinced on the small sample size for Roy and even with preseason / strong camp, that he makes a difference in our top 6. He has presence/vision and shooting ability, but I have not seen enough skating / drive / engagement. We need a higher impact player and HuGo from what I am led to believe are targeting some potentials. Caveat - I don't think they want to jeopardize the development of some of our younger players at the expense of just plugging someone in as follows; 1) Patches- Pacioretty may be a cheap cap fill in with low downside but he is an example of a older player robbing a development spot. He just becomes a Tanner Pearson? 2) Arthur Kaliyev - LA Kings trade. Does he have more upside and potential recovery vs our existing prospects 3) Nicolaj Ehlers a little on the $ side but could help 4) McGroarty - is not going to help this year 5) Zegras - only if cheap 6) Necas, Veleno - ship has sailed IMO 7) Other team prospects who offer development potential - e.g Marco Kasper - Detroit - I have not given that much thought but someone could research values. I hope the hunt is on!
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Post by regis on Aug 17, 2024 18:22:54 GMT
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Post by regis on Sept 11, 2024 13:35:52 GMT
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Post by RCAF48 on Sept 14, 2024 20:11:06 GMT
Leaf prospects beat our guys 4-3 in SO. Cowan & Minten looked good for the Leafs. Beck was ok, Hutson was good, but overall our forward prospects looked like AHL/ECHL lifers.
Only one game......do over tomorrow at 1PM. Recommend Leaf stream for more balanced view of our prospects.
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Post by HTL on Sept 15, 2024 1:06:00 GMT
Looks like our goalie prospect Miller is out for awhile with a shoulder injury.
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Post by regis on Sept 15, 2024 16:14:16 GMT
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Post by archey on Sept 15, 2024 20:17:14 GMT
Looks like our goalie prospect Miller is out for awhile with a shoulder injury. 6 months
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Post by maasart on Sept 16, 2024 2:00:11 GMT
Leaf prospects beat our guys 4-3 in SO. Cowan & Minten looked good for the Leafs. Beck was ok, Hutson was good, but overall our forward prospects looked like AHL/ECHL lifers. Only one game......do over tomorrow at 1PM. Recommend Leaf stream for more balanced view of our prospects. Not too surprising though. Aside from Beck, our top young forward prospects are either in the NHL (Slaf, CC, Dach, Roy etc) or not at camp (Demidov, Hage). We do need to add some good young forwards into the system to play alongside the ones we have but i think this rookie camp is more about Dmen then forwards tbh. That said, really hoping to see *something* out of Mesar and maybe Heineman. Ferrell, Kidney, Tuch etc.. i dont have huge hopes for.
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Post by claremont on Sept 16, 2024 12:46:48 GMT
Leaf prospects beat our guys 4-3 in SO. Cowan & Minten looked good for the Leafs. Beck was ok, Hutson was good, but overall our forward prospects looked like AHL/ECHL lifers. Only one game......do over tomorrow at 1PM. Recommend Leaf stream for more balanced view of our prospects. Not too surprising though. Aside from Beck, our top young forward prospects are either in the NHL (Slaf, CC, Dach, Roy etc) or not at camp (Demidov, Hage). We do need to add some good young forwards into the system to play alongside the ones we have but i think this rookie camp is more about Dmen then forwards tbh. That said, really hoping to see *something* out of Mesar and maybe Heineman. Ferrell, Kidney, Tuch etc.. i dont have huge hopes for. Agree - I watched the last 15 minutes of the 2nd game. Mesar had some speed but I am afraid he is looking like a bit of a drafting mistake, but it is very early in his development before I put the voice of doom and gloom on him. Heineman had a couple of good shots but did not impress much. Tuch used poor judgement on an aggressive hit that cost the prospects a late PP. Farrell and Kidney - this is a make or break improvement year for them. I have to keep in mind the odds of drafted kids in late first, 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds of becoming an NHL starter, before criticizing the HuGo drafting team or the Laval development process.
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Post by maasart on Sept 20, 2024 21:20:40 GMT
Demidov off to a strong start in the KHL - he has 6 points in 6 games to lead St. Petersburg SKA...
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