Prospect Info: 2014-15 (pt. 2): Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Juniors, Int'l, etc.

[Stizzle]

Oh you are your fancy gifs

First one I've ever made! I'm now a pro.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Stortini x2!!!

 

[Cyborg LeClair]

Sanheim really is an awesome player, he's exciting to watch and makes such smart and precise plays. And he's really athletic too.

Can't wait for him and Morin to be Flyers

 

[Striiker]

Cousins is doing great, but I worry he'll suffer from the same issues that are keeping Akeson from making it in the NHL. Guess we'll see.

 

[Stizzle]

Laughton with a brutal turnover while 3 on 3 in OT leads to GW goal for Hartford. That kid is not himself at the moment. Stolarz had no chance to make the save. Cousins tied it late in the 3rd. He remains on fire and is now 4th in the AHL in scoring.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Laughton with a brutal turnover while 3 on 3 in OT leads to GW goal for Hartford. That kid is not himself at the moment. Stolarz had no chance to make the save. Cousins tied it late in the 3rd. He remains on fire and is now 4th in the AHL in scoring.

Was at the game, Laughton truly is off. It's concerning.

 

[Flyotes]

Still young.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

hopefully that concussion didn't have any lasting effects...

 

[Sniped]

hopefully that concussion didn't have any lasting effects...

Was just thinking this as well...

 

[FLYguy3911]

3 primaries for Sanheim tonight.

Tied with Golden Boy Joe Hicketts for the league lead among defensemen.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

FLYguy3911, is it safe to say Sanheim is an elite prospect at this point?

 

[FLYguy3911]

FLYguy3911, is it safe to say Sanheim is an elite prospect at this point?

Yeah. I've thought they for a while now. It only takes a couple games to see this kid just has "it". His feel for the game is remarkable. Some people really think Haydn Fleury is still a better prospect *cough*Pronmon*cough*. NOT EVEN CLOSE. He might not have Fleury's physical tools, but he's playing chess and Fleury's still playing checkers. It's crazy how underrated this kid still is. I guess you have to play in a World Junior before you get some some credit (which he'll tear up if he's there next year).

And he's not just getting cheap points either. These are even strength primary assists. It's scary to think what this kid might be doing if he were a bigger part of Calagry's powerplay. His passing is pinpoint. Just about every pass is on the money. In the wheelhouse. He put two right on a platter tonight that ended up in the back of the net.

I once heard Craig Button call this kid a potential superstar last year during the u18s and thought he was crazy. I'm a believer Craig!

 

[DeflatedFootball7]

Every time the Flyers draft someone a bit later on Button just starts yelling about how great they are and how he thinks they should have gone much higher.

Hagg, Sanheim etc.

 

[Jtown]

craig is clearly trying to advocate for the position of assistant gm with the flyers.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Weekly Prospect Update
AHL
Nick Cousins - 53GP 17G 31A 48PTS +1
Taylor Leier - 50GP 13G 13A 26PTS -5
Petr Straka - 48GP 13G 7A 20PTS -12
Robert Hagg - 47GP 3G 15A 18PTS -9
Scott Laughton - 17GP 6G 7A 13PTS -5
Mark Alt - 24GP 1G 5A 6PTS -5
Shayne Gostisbehere - 5GP 0G 5A 5PTS -1
Jesper Pettersson - 32GP 1G 3A 4PTS -4
Anthony Stolarz - 25GP 7-11-3 3.17GAA .908SV% 2SO

CHL (OHL, QMJHL, & WHL)
Nicolas Aube-Kubel - 50GP 30G 36A 66PTS +13
Travis Sanheim - 54GP 11G 44A 55PTS +24
Radel Fazleev - 58GP 17G 25A 42PTS +16
Tyrell Goulbourne - 52GP 17G 20A 37PTS +15
Samuel Morin - 26GP 4G 19A 23PTS +11

KHL
Valeri Vasiliev - 35GP 2G 3A 5PTS +9

NCAA
Michael Parks - 31GP 12G 19A 31PTS
Mark Friedman - 32GP 2G 15A 17PTS
Nick Luukko - 32GP 2G 10A 12PTS
David Drake - 29GP 1G 4A 5PTS
Reece Willcox - 21GP 1G 3A 4PTS
Terrance Amorosa - 13GP 1G 2A 3PTS
Merrick Madsen - 1GP 0-0-0 2.77GAA .846SV% 0SO

SHL
Oskar Lindblom - 32GP 6G 5A 11PTS 0

 

[Curufinwe]

Cousins and all the CHL guys are scoring about as well as we could have hoped for before this season started.

 

[SchennSational1022*]

I expected more offense out of Straka and Leier, but yeah, can't complain there. We have some damn good young players coming up.

 

[CerpinTaxt]

I expected more offense out of Straka and Leier, but yeah, can't complain there. We have some damn good young players coming up.

For where he was drafted, and his production from Junior, I think Leier is right on track. Just my opinion though

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

For where he was drafted, and his production from Junior, I think Leier is right on track. Just my opinion though

Yeah he's fine. It's his first year in pro & he's not going to be a big time scorer at this level anyway. Portland in the WHL is known to inflate players stats over the years so Leier was likely affected by it.

Straka's disappointing but he's also been playing in their bottom six for the majority of the year as well.

 

[BillyShoe1721]

Every time the Flyers draft someone a bit later on Button just starts yelling about how great they are and how he thinks they should have gone much higher.

Hagg, Sanheim etc.

Ehhh, no. Button had Morin #13 in 2013 and Sanheim #9 in 2014, higher than everyone else did.

 

[Larry44]

Ehhh, no. Button had Morin #13 in 2013 and Sanheim #9 in 2014, higher than everyone else did.

Yes, Button loved the players, then gave the Flyers big kudos for their picks after.

 

[Hiesenberg]

I'm still trying to figure out how Sanheim fell that far? I mean right now the kid looks like he should've been a Top 10 pick

 

[Patrick Division]

I'm still trying to figure out how Sanheim fell that far? I mean right now the kid looks like he should've been a Top 10 pick

He fell because he didn't have a long track record. But I totally agree that he looks great!!! Maybe the steal of the first round.

 

[Jtown]

Its amazing the disparity between Fleury and Sanheim right now. Fleury was a lock to be a top 10 pick all season long and Sanheim came from out of the blue to being a early 2nd rounder to being a mid first.

I don't see how in any redraft Sanheim doesn't go into the top 10, and Fleury in the first round.

I still like fleury a lot but he is not at Sanheim's level right now.

 

[renberg]

Its amazing the disparity between Fleury and Sanheim right now. Fleury was a lock to be a top 10 pick all season long and Sanheim came from out of the blue to being a early 2nd rounder to being a mid first.

I don't see how in any redraft Sanheim doesn't go into the top 10, and Fleury in the first round.

I still like fleury a lot but he is not at Sanheim's level right now.

That's the greatest issue with scouting-predicting the future growth of an eighteen year old. Some guys are early maturers like Ekblad. With them what you see is pretty much what you're going to get. Then there are young eighteen year olds like Sanheim who still physically have a way to go. Attempting to project them is a tough thing.
Think back to your schools ninth grade teams. How many of those guys were still stars as seniors. I'd bet that there was a significant change. Now add a few more years of physical development and what do you have?
Years ago, in basketball, the University of Wisconsin signed a set of 6'2" twins to be in their backcourt when they came to UW. during their senior year and into their freshman season at college they grew to be 6'10" and 6'11" respectfully.