Prospect Info: 2014 Traverse City Prospect Tournament (September 12th - 16th)

[Primetimey*]

Just for fun:

Ully - Dickinson - Ritchie
Eller - Faksa - Stransky
Elie - Pollock - Troock
Ranford - Smith - Karlsson
(Paulovic/Peters/Shirley)

Jokipakka - Klingberg
Bystrom - Honka
Peters - Vance
(Savindo/Haydon)

Desrosiers
Kiviaho
Moran

Today, the Stars updated their prospects page: http://stars.nhl.com/club/roster.htm?type=prospect

The first interesting point to note is that Shirley is on this page, Eller isn't.

The second interesting point to note is the players with jersey numbers and those without. For example, Shirley has a number but Alex Peters doesn't. Pretty sure the players without numbers aren't going to Traverse.. but just a total guess.

*Edit, just noticed they forced Faksa to switch from 94 to 12.

 

[Alistar]

*Edit, just noticed they forced Faksa to switch from 94 to 12.

part of the no more high numbers policy that never really got off the ground last year?

I guess phasing it in with the prospects is a good way not to upset any of the roster regulars.

 

[BigG44]

Hemsky is 83 and Spezza just took 90.

They're very much picking and choosing how to apply that rule if it's what they're really doing.

 

[Dr GLU]

Hemsky is 83 and Spezza just took 90.

They're very much picking and choosing how to apply that rule if it's what they're really doing.

It's way different to tell a guy with 600+ games of NHL experience that you just signed or are trying to sign that they can't have a high number.

Besides, I bet Spezza would rather have 19, but there's the whole retired number thing in the way.

Most prospects/rookies don't get complete freedom to choose their numbers anyway, so it's not like that's a new thing.

 

[BigG44]

It's way different to tell a guy with 600+ games of NHL experience that you just signed or are trying to sign that they can't have a high number.

Besides, I bet Spezza would rather have 19, but there's the whole retired number thing in the way.

Most prospects/rookies don't get complete freedom to choose their numbers anyway, so it's not like that's a new thing.

That's obvious, but that will always potentially be an excuse so I'm just saying it's not like this club will ever get to 100% traditional numbers. They'll always likely have a few exceptions for that reason.

 

[Dr GLU]

True, but I think most of the newcomers are going to have to prove themselves exceptional to get a high or non-traditional number long term.

I guess you could argue that Nichuskin's number is high and non-traditional for a forward. No one else drafted recently made the NHL after their draft year either, so he kind of fits the exceptional rule.

 

[Primetimey*]

Per my friend Mark Stepneski, Shirley has an ATO.

 

[Primetimey*]

Per my friend Mark Stepneski, Eller on ATO.

Lindell, Bystrom, Molin at Traverse.

I would guess guys like Savindo, Peters not in attendance.

 

[BigG44]

Yeah so history is sort of repeating itself with Euros coming over the year before. Be interesting to see next year which guys push their way into the discussion for North America. Makela and Hansson could easily play 2 more seasons in Europe beyond this one. Sinitsyn probably has one more in Russia after this one.

 

[Starry Knight]

Well there you have it folks

Mark Stepneski ‏@StarsInsideEdge 4m
Dallas Stars Traverse City roster is here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D8D1A712B4275FBA!685 …

Surprised that Sanvido is on the roster frankly. He's not good from what I remember.

 

[Primetimey*]

Well I got the AHL guys right *Pats self on back*

Thanks for link.

*Edit, just noticed no Klingberg.

 

[ginblossoms]

yeah, in a dev camp environment, sanvido didn't look very good...

more interestingly, stepneski is a onedrive and office web apps user!

 

[Starry Knight]

*Edit, just noticed no Klingberg.

Hopefully his hip is doing ok and that's not what's keeping him out of the tournament.

Maybe because he's a 2010 pick. No other picks from that draft are going

 

[FrailSwan]

Double hip surgery was it not? I can understand if it's taking longer than they thought.

 

[BigG44]

Double hip surgery was it not? I can understand if it's taking longer than they thought.

It was and he's already skating. My guess is there's no reason to risk himself against mostly teenagers trying to make a name for themselves.

I'd love to see him get up and running though

 

[Alistar]

hmm if Brett Pollock was actually 22 years old and playing in the WHL last year as Heika's spreadsheet indicates, I have a big problem with taking him in the 2nd round of the draft.

 

[TestGrave]

Hey, did Honka gain a little weight?
Thought I remembered him being at 175ish lb after the draft...

 

[Hull Fan]

I'm hoping Ully has gained some weight but I'm pleased he's grown at least. I'm pretty sure he was 5'10" when we took him. If he can top out over 6'0" and put on some weight to get in the 190lb range he'd be more than big enough for the wing in the NHL.

Really curious to see how far Vance has come. Guy has all the physical tools you could want in a defenseman. Would love for him to be on the slow plan to Brooks Orpik-lite in the next couple of years.

 

[Primetimey*]

C - Ranford
A - Ritchie
A - Peters
A - Vance

Guessing.

 

[Stars90]

Man going through that roster, do we ever have some size in the system these days.

 

[Dr GLU]

Hey, did Honka gain a little weight?
Thought I remembered him being at 175ish lb after the draft...

5' 10.75", 180 lbs. at the combine.

 

[Primetimey*]

Man going through that roster, do we ever have some size in the system these days.

Eighteen players 6'2" or taller. I'm thinking the average height of this team is taller than the Stars roster and the weight is about the same.

 

[TestGrave]

5' 10.75", 180 lbs. at the combine.

Ah kk, so it is "less" but still a little

 

[Stars90]

Eighteen players 6'2" or taller. I'm thinking the average height of this team is taller than the Stars roster and the weight is about the same.

It's great to see. Guys can usually get stronger, but you can't force someone to grow.

GMJN1 started the trend but I'm really happy to see Nill values size as well.

 

[glovesave_35]

Size is important but Nill seems to regard hockey smarts relative to size more than Nieuwendyk. I doubt JN1.0 would have drafted a sub six foot defenseman at 14th overall.

I definitely like seeing that we have a lot of big guys but I'm happier that I now know size isn't a trump card like it might have been in the past.