|
Post by electron58 on Oct 31, 2023 2:46:14 GMT
Forwards Jakov Novak and Nolan Yaremko have been recalled from the Trois-Rivières Lions. They weren't doing much in Trois Rivieres, not sure why they got called up.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Oct 31, 2023 2:52:41 GMT
Montreal Canadiens prospect Filip Eriksson will have the opportunity to play himself into the Swedish squad for the World Junior Championship as he has been picked for the dress rehearsal in Chomutov, Czechia, from November 9 to 12. The tournament consists of teams from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia, and host Czechia. Eriksson named to Team Sweden for the 5 Nations tourny that starts next week in Chomutov, Czech Rep, Nov 7th-12th.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 2, 2023 3:04:58 GMT
What started out as a season of great anticipation for the Laval Rocket has turned into a season of crash & burn. The Rocket lose again 4-1 and now sit dead last in the 32 team AHL with 3 points in 8 games. To put it in perspective, the top team has 14 points. Hard to believe that this is condusive to player development. This was supposed to be the best group of talented players on the Habs' farm team in years. It's not that they can't score goals, as they sit in the top 5 there. Maybe, just maybe, we have overrated these prospects too much, or, or, the coaching is not what it needs to be. The Habs are playing much more exciting hockey and with a young team there is much more anticipation to watch the Habs next game. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around. I guess if we had a choice, I'd rather watch exciting Hab hockey!!😎
|
|
|
Post by maasart on Nov 2, 2023 17:45:24 GMT
What started out as a season of great anticipation for the Laval Rocket has turned into a season of crash & burn. The Rocket lose again 4-1 and now sit dead last in the 32 team AHL with 3 points in 8 games. To put it in perspective, the top team has 14 points. Hard to believe that this is condusive to player development. This was supposed to be the best group of talented players on the Habs' farm team in years. It's not that they can't score goals, as they sit in the top 5 there. Maybe, just maybe, we have overrated these prospects too much, or, or, the coaching is not what it needs to be. The Habs are playing much more exciting hockey and with a young team there is much more anticipation to watch the Habs next game. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around. I guess if we had a choice, I'd rather watch exciting Hab hockey!!😎 At the end of the day Laval's #1 job is developing prospects. Im not particularly concerned with their record as long as guys are learning what they need to learn. I know a component of teaching is getting in the habit of winning but for now im not sure there's anything to worry about in laval. Some individuals (farrell, Kidney, Mailloux) have not looked great but may be working on specific things for the coaches. Others (Roy, Struble, Andersson- if he's still a prospect) have looked good so i think there's some positives.
|
|
|
Post by jenniferrocket on Nov 3, 2023 12:26:55 GMT
What started out as a season of great anticipation for the Laval Rocket has turned into a season of crash & burn. The Rocket lose again 4-1 and now sit dead last in the 32 team AHL with 3 points in 8 games. To put it in perspective, the top team has 14 points. Hard to believe that this is condusive to player development. This was supposed to be the best group of talented players on the Habs' farm team in years. It's not that they can't score goals, as they sit in the top 5 there. Maybe, just maybe, we have overrated these prospects too much, or, or, the coaching is not what it needs to be. The Habs are playing much more exciting hockey and with a young team there is much more anticipation to watch the Habs next game. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around. I guess if we had a choice, I'd rather watch exciting Hab hockey!!😎 We do this every season. We always believe we have this incredible prospect pool and that "the future is bright." I feel like there are literally ZERO players in Laval that are guaranteed NHL players. They don't matter until the break into the NHL and provide some benefit there.
|
|
|
Post by claremont on Nov 3, 2023 16:22:17 GMT
What started out as a season of great anticipation for the Laval Rocket has turned into a season of crash & burn. The Rocket lose again 4-1 and now sit dead last in the 32 team AHL with 3 points in 8 games. To put it in perspective, the top team has 14 points. Hard to believe that this is condusive to player development. This was supposed to be the best group of talented players on the Habs' farm team in years. It's not that they can't score goals, as they sit in the top 5 there. Maybe, just maybe, we have overrated these prospects too much, or, or, the coaching is not what it needs to be. The Habs are playing much more exciting hockey and with a young team there is much more anticipation to watch the Habs next game. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around. I guess if we had a choice, I'd rather watch exciting Hab hockey!!😎 We do this every season. We always believe we have this incredible prospect pool and that "the future is bright." I feel like there are literally ZERO players in Laval that are guaranteed NHL players. They don't matter until the break into the NHL and provide some benefit there. I would not be that negative. There's some time required to be a pro player at the AHL level let alone the NHL. Very few juniors can jump into an NHL slot in the D year they are drafted - how many Bedards, Fantilli do you see?. The D +1 players are rare - Matthew Poitras, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Jiricek, Cooley. Even the unicorn Nemec is not there yet. I'll go out on the limb and believe that Mailloux (draft + 2 years dev before nhl ), Joshua Roy (D +2), and Emil Heineman (D+3) will be guaranteed NHL Players. I am hopeful on Lias Andersson the late maturer.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 3, 2023 18:38:18 GMT
What started out as a season of great anticipation for the Laval Rocket has turned into a season of crash & burn. The Rocket lose again 4-1 and now sit dead last in the 32 team AHL with 3 points in 8 games. To put it in perspective, the top team has 14 points. Hard to believe that this is condusive to player development. This was supposed to be the best group of talented players on the Habs' farm team in years. It's not that they can't score goals, as they sit in the top 5 there. Maybe, just maybe, we have overrated these prospects too much, or, or, the coaching is not what it needs to be. The Habs are playing much more exciting hockey and with a young team there is much more anticipation to watch the Habs next game. I actually thought it was going to be the other way around. I guess if we had a choice, I'd rather watch exciting Hab hockey!!😎 We do this every season. We always believe we have this incredible prospect pool and that "the future is bright." I feel like there are literally ZERO players in Laval that are guaranteed NHL players. They don't matter until the break into the NHL and provide some benefit there. To a certain extent this may be true. But in this case, it was more the media doing all the raving. I think we do have some players with very good potential. It's up to them/us to develop them.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 3, 2023 18:43:40 GMT
We do this every season. We always believe we have this incredible prospect pool and that "the future is bright." I feel like there are literally ZERO players in Laval that are guaranteed NHL players. They don't matter until the break into the NHL and provide some benefit there. I would not be that negative. There's some time required to be a pro player at the AHL level let alone the NHL. Very few juniors can jump into an NHL slot in the D year they are drafted - how many Bedards, Fantilli do you see?. The D +1 players are rare - Matthew Poitras, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Jiricek, Cooley. Even the unicorn Nemec is not there yet. I'll go out on the limb and believe that Mailloux (draft + 2 years dev before nhl ), Joshua Roy (D +2), and Emil Heineman (D+3) will be guaranteed NHL Players. I am hopeful on Lias Andersson the late maturer. For sure we have some players with upside, and will have good NHL careers. I was just a little concerned at the frequency of bad defensive games playing on the morale. Maybe Houle is not the right coach for this development of youngish players. Time will tell. There are some players excelling despite the coaching.
|
|
regis
Le Gros Bill
Posts: 1,095
|
Post by regis on Nov 3, 2023 19:27:04 GMT
We do this every season. We always believe we have this incredible prospect pool and that "the future is bright." I feel like there are literally ZERO players in Laval that are guaranteed NHL players. They don't matter until the break into the NHL and provide some benefit there. I don’t follow the draft nor do i follow Laval. I feel if a player is in the minors for 2, 3 or more years he’s probably never going to make it or if he does he’ll be a bottom six guy - nothing special. Yes I understand that’s not always the case and you’ll get a plekanec or max Pac ( 3 years ) but for the most part a lot of guys just don’t make the jump successfully. Yes the Habs have a lot of prospects , but so do other teams , but how many prospects do we have if they are successful are going to be difference makers or are they just coming up to replace some guy on the 3 rd or 4 th line . Unless we got a prospect who is going to pot 40 goals regularly or a stud D Man my interest level is low .
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 4, 2023 10:09:05 GMT
Rocket finally back in the win column, 5-3 over the Marlies. 2nd win of the year.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 4, 2023 10:12:31 GMT
BU wins 3-2, Hutson & Tuch each with a goal.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 5, 2023 1:50:33 GMT
Laval back to their losing ways 5-0 to the same Marlies.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 5, 2023 1:52:46 GMT
BU loses in OT but Lane Hutson scores the hattrick!
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 5, 2023 21:09:15 GMT
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Gustav Lindström to the Laval Rocket.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 7, 2023 16:38:00 GMT
The ECHL announced on Monday that Joe Vrbetic was named the Warrior Hockey Goaltender of the Week for the week of October 30th. The Canadiens prospect allowed three goals on 55 shots (.945 save percentage) and two wins in his two starts against the Newfoundland Growlers. The Trois-Rivieres Lions' goalie has had a great start to the season with a 5-1 record, 3.11 goals-against-average and .897 save percentage. He leads the league in wins (5), minutes (366) and saves (166). Nice to see him doing well, as well as 3 Rivers.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 7, 2023 18:29:29 GMT
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Gustav Lindström to the Laval Rocket. Lane Hutson is the Hockey East player of the week.
|
|
|
Post by claremont on Nov 9, 2023 17:25:58 GMT
Mesar had a 1 goal and 2 assists in Kitchener win last night, and was the game's first star. Hoping his streak continues. Kitchener is a good OHL team so he will have some good players to play with. Personally I liked a couple of other players in his draft year like Jiri Kulich or Brad Lambert, so I hope he proves me wrong.
|
|
|
Post by maasart on Nov 9, 2023 18:42:19 GMT
Mesar had a 1 goal and 2 assists in Kitchener win last night, and was the game's first star. Hoping his streak continues. Kitchener is a good OHL team so he will have some good players to play with. Personally I liked a couple of other players in his draft year like Jiri Kulich or Brad Lambert, so I hope he proves me wrong. Yeah i wasnt sure about the pick but like his skill. The good news is he still has that skill so if he can get his motivation up, there's still a chance he can be an NHL Player. The progression hasnt been great so far but some young guys need time to adapt to north america - both on, and maybe more importantly, off the ice - so lets hope thats all it is.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 11, 2023 13:05:16 GMT
Lane Hutson with winning goal. Assist from Luke Tuch.
|
|
|
Post by electron58 on Nov 11, 2023 13:17:15 GMT
pbs.twimg.com/media/F-pgF-oXUAAasqZ?format=jpg&name=360x360Joe Vrbetic with 43 saves on 46 SOG for a .935 SV% last night vs Maine. 3R have lost 1 game so far this year out of the 9 they played. Sitting a top of the division, as well as the conference. They're also 1st overall, tied in points with Kansas City, but 3R have a game in hand.
|
|