Prospect Info: #166 Overall, LW Josh Filmon, Swift Current WHL

[Devils731]

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

5 goals 1 assist in the second period for Filmon tonight.

What the hell is happening?

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Nothing to see here, just a 6'3 late bloomer with an elite shot. I'd be interested to see how he compares with other 6'2 + 18 year olds atm.

 

[Guttersniped]

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Double Secret Hattrick as these are the only goals available in clips.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

We're better at drafting good forwards 5th round or later than we are in the first round without a top 3 pick.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

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Double Secret Hattrick as these are the only goals available in clips.

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Stylistically, he looks like a lot like Kyle Connor. Floats into soft spots to open himself for shots, quick release, pretty good skater too.

 

[My3Sons]

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Double Secret Hattrick as these are the only goals available in clips.

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And they put Niedermayer on it…

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

6 goals for the potential 6th round steal.

 

[Brodeur]

Comically I dropped him in my keeper league this afternoon.........and sheepishly picked him back up tonight.

 

[My3Sons]

So who is going to get him and drive him to Florida for tonight’s game?

 

[hockeykid87]

Two more goals tonight, including the OT winner. Matches his goal total from last year in 39 (!!!!!!!) fewer games.

 

[Eggtimer]

He is a beanpole but has the frame to pack in the muscle .
Right now he is all bones and balls.

 

[OmNomNom]

Imagine if he filled out and became faster sheeshhh

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Imagine if he filled out and became faster sheeshhh

That is probably unlikely. You hope that his stride is efficient and he has absolute no leg strength, that gives him a shot to get a little bit faster but typically adding weight will only slow you down.

 

[Hisch13r]

Same amount of goals as last year in about 40% of the games and about half the amount of shots

 

[Guadana]

I like the thing he is the third WHL goal scorer now as 18 yo player.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Looking for similar G/GP U19 seasons by players 6'2 or taller in the Dub and this is all I found.

Filmon - .82
Guenther - .76

A lot of it is shooting luck but he really is on pace to be in a realm of his own.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Yeah he’s hot and will cool down but even if he does he’s clearly taken a step

 

[Devils731]

Because of his weird height growth curve there is hope he is actually earlier in his skill development curve than you might expect.

Growing 7 inches in 2 years would present unique challenges for your hand-eye coordination and, I imagine, his skating stride. Also, knowing the best way to approach different moments.

Filmon's Hitting Growth Spurt at Right Time | FEATURE | New Jersey Devils

The Devils sixth-round pick in 2022 added 20 pounds of muscle in the last 18 months

www.nhl.com

"I can't tell you the number of guys that we looked at two years ago at 5-foot-7 and now they're 6-foot-2," said Devils chief scout Mark Dennehy.”

 

[Guttersniped]

Was the 1st Star in a 5-4 win with a goal plus being the only shooter to net one in the shoot out.

The real goal


Pew Pew SO goal

 

[My3Sons]

Was the 1st Star in a 5-4 win with a goal plus being the only shooter to net one in the shoot out.

The real goal


Pew Pew SO goal

What’s a win share? Is that like a cut of thr loot after a heist?

 

[RememberTheName]

I didn't know that Filmon just hit a major growth spurt. For me, that is actually super encouraging in terms of his development. First off, he grew up having to work with a tiny frame, so he was already disadvantaged early on but still shined and was able to put up numbers to get drafted to the WHL. Then, adding 7 inches and maybe 40 pounds to that frame and wow that's a player.

This was actually one of the big reasons I loved Jack Quinn. He was a highly undersized player up until he was 16-17, where he shot up like 6 inches in one year to be 6'0''. He only lifted his first weight when he was 17 IIRC and I kept saying that he had so much room to grow because he was only just starting to get used to his much larger body and was pretty much working with the same skillset he had at like 5'7" while being 6'0" with only one season of physical development. Look at him now. I'm not saying the same will happen for Filmon, but give this kid a couple of quarter pounders a day and give him time to fill out his frame and we might have a gem.

 

[hockeykid87]

Scored again tonight. 84 games for his first 25 goals, 31 for the next 25. I expect him to score 25 goals in the next 15.5 games.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

I wish his season would end at the completion of this month so he can train for 5 months prior to attending Devils rookie camp/Canada U20 camp. I truely believe the seasons are too long in the CHL.

 

[My3Sons]

I wish his season would end at the completion of this month so he can train for 5 months prior to attending Devils rookie camp/Canada U20 camp. I truely believe the seasons are too long in the CHL.

he'd be a college freshman if he was an ordinary US student? A college hockey season is pretty long but has far fewer games and more practice and working out. I think a good D1 school probably plays about 40 games more or less. That is over a roughly seven month span (October to April) so about 6 games per month. Beyond that, if college hockey is like most other US D1 sports the team works out virtually every day and practices about five days a week. An athlete probably puts in about five hours per day in season outside of games. I'm not sure how that compares in terms of total time to a CHL schedule but the NCAA is much more of a practice and workout skewed schedule I'm guessing.