Prospect Info: 2015/16 Bakersfield Condors Thread

Hoodaha · Jan 31, 2016

Mctopchowda said:
Laleggia with 2 more assists last night. 5 points in last 3 GP. Kids hopefully turning into something

Jones with 4 points in 3 games this weekend- 38 points in 50 games thus far

Laleggia has gotten better as the year has gone on. After being temporary being switched to forward, he really picked up his game.

Aceboogie · Jan 31, 2016

Hoodaha said:
Laleggia has gotten better as the year has gone on. After being temporary being switched to forward, he really picked up his game.

I think its the case of adjusting to AHL as a rookie. The league is much different.

Hopefully he develops his game all around and avoids being the next Brad Hunt

Burnt Biscuits · Jan 31, 2016

Mctopchowda said:
I think its the case of adjusting to AHL as a rookie. The league is much different.

Hopefully he develops his game all around and avoids being the next Brad Hunt

Well defensively I think he might already have the edge on Hunt, he also seems to handle bigger forwards a bit better, I can't say he is as good offensively as Hunt, but you can already see that gap closing inside of his first pro-season so a lot of good signs for Laleggia.

Aceboogie · Jan 31, 2016

Burnt Biscuits said:
Well defensively I think he might already have the edge on Hunt, he also seems to handle bigger forwards a bit better, I can't say he is as good offensively as Hunt, but you can already see that gap closing inside of his first pro-season so a lot of good signs for Laleggia.

He was consideraly better offensively in the NCAA and was known for being a solid defensive player and not getting pushed around at that level (also racked up some big awards) and thus far looks about on par with Hunt in his 1st season ( I think Laleggia will end up with 35 or so points with the rate hes going).

Laleggia is a wait and see kinda guy. But I dont think his size will limit him as much as it did to Hunt. And who knows about Hunts development in the AHL, maybe he was used way more as an offensive guy and never was forced to learn the defensive side of things. Hopefully with Laleggia its a focus

Hugo McStiglitz · Jan 31, 2016

How is LaLeggia's skating? Average? Better than Hunt's?

McMozesmadness · Jan 31, 2016

Hugo McStiglitz said:
How is LaLeggia's skating? Average? Better than Hunt's?

Joey is slightly better straight away and has quite a bit better lateral mobility IMO.

Bryanbryoil · Jan 31, 2016

McMozesmadness said:
Joey is slightly better straight away and has quite a bit better lateral mobility IMO.

He's leaps and bounds a better skater than Hunt.

McMozesmadness · Jan 31, 2016

Bryanbryoil said:
He's leaps and bounds a better skater than Hunt.

In terms of mobility yes. I don't think either are that fast though. Joey does get the edge in speed.

Bryanbryoil · Jan 31, 2016

McMozesmadness said:
In terms of mobility yes. I don't think either are that fast though. Joey does get the edge in speed.

LaLeggia can motor from what I've seen.

friction · Jan 31, 2016

Just saw Hunt beat Cal O'Reilly in the AHL puck control/cones race. O'Reilly won this event twice before.... doesn't look like a terrible skater to me.

McFlyingV · Jan 31, 2016

Fayne Gretzky said:
Just saw Hunt beat Cal O'Reilly in the AHL puck control/cones race. O'Reilly won this event twice before.... doesn't look like a terrible skater to me.

Sure looks like an awful skater when he's playing in the NHL

McMozesmadness · Jan 31, 2016

McFlyingV said:
Sure looks like an awful skater when he's playing in the NHL

He's not awful, he's just average. And unfortunately when you're that small and an average skater with low defensive IQ your gonna struggle.

Joey will face many similar struggles to Hunt. I think Joey is much more competitive, more mobile and shifty and has a higher potential than Hunt. With that said, I think we all can acknowledge he's a long shot. He does have potential to make it in a similar capacity to a guy like Torrey Krug in Boston, but he's a long way from that now.

Only time will tell, but his first pro season is encouraging.

Burnt Biscuits · Jan 31, 2016

To me it looks like his skating issues are his explosiveness from a dead stop, his turning speed from a dead stop, and his lateral mobility. When he's in motion and the puck is heading the same direction as him I don't notice any prevalent issues with his skating (not that I'm a skating expert by any means).

McFlyingV · Jan 31, 2016

McMozesmadness said:
He's not awful, he's just average. And unfortunately when you're that small and an average skater with low defensive IQ your gonna struggle.

Joey will face many similar struggles to Hunt. I think Joey is much more competitive, more mobile and shifty and has a higher potential than Hunt. With that said, I think we all can acknowledge he's a long shot. He does have potential to make it in a similar capacity to a guy like Torrey Krug in Boston, but he's a long way from that now.

Only time will tell, but his first pro season is encouraging.

When it comes to the parts of his skating that are important on the defensive side of things he is awful. I've seen him get blown by numerous times because his backwards skating, explosiveness and lateral movement are awful, and he doesn't have the size or smarts to ever overcome that through physicality and positioning.

Jason Lewis · Feb 1, 2016

Burnt Biscuits said:
Well defensively I think he might already have the edge on Hunt, he also seems to handle bigger forwards a bit better, I can't say he is as good offensively as Hunt, but you can already see that gap closing inside of his first pro-season so a lot of good signs for Laleggia.

I'd take LaLeggia offensively over Hunt if he keeps continuing on this development path. Might have just been in my viewings of them though. Nevertheless, might be comparing apples and oranges now since he moved to wing. Think the move is an exceptionally wise one from Oilers brass. He's a high event player that will do way better in a less defensively strenuous position.

Aceboogie · Feb 1, 2016

Jason Lewis said:
I'd take LaLeggia offensively over Hunt if he keeps continuing on this development path. Might have just been in my viewings of them though. Nevertheless, might be comparing apples and oranges now since he moved to wing. Think the move is an exceptionally wise one from Oilers brass. He's a high event player that will do way better in a less defensively strenuous position.

Hes came back to D last 3 games and put up some good point totals. I think the move to forward was because of how many D we had in Bakers. Although it was a smart move because now we know Laleggia could maybe be turned into a depth skilled forward. However id still develop him as a D and if its not working, go to forward

We should have done that with Gernat

McDeathbyCheerios* · Feb 1, 2016

Burnt Biscuits said:
To me it looks like his skating issues are his explosiveness from a dead stop, his turning speed from a dead stop, and his lateral mobility. When he's in motion and the puck is heading the same direction as him I don't notice any prevalent issues with his skating (not that I'm a skating expert by any means).

I feel like that is probably the easier if the skating problems to fix, especially with who we have as a skating coach.

Jason Lewis · Feb 1, 2016

Mctopchowda said:
Hes came back to D last 3 games and put up some good point totals. I think the move to forward was because of how many D we had in Bakers. Although it was a smart move because now we know Laleggia could maybe be turned into a depth skilled forward. However id still develop him as a D and if its not working, go to forward

We should have done that with Gernat

Very nice to have options

easternrefugee · Feb 1, 2016

Laleggia is NO Hunt offensively. In fact he is a better forward than defense. Hunt is THE best PK dman that we have bar none. Laleggia is too small and ineffective at boxing out opponents. Hunt sucks at defense but then again Laleggia is ok.

Gernat is terrible. Musil and osterle are better defensively and Osterle has a better shot than Laleggia.

Aceboogie · Feb 1, 2016

easternrefugee said:
Laleggia is NO Hunt offensively. In fact he is a better forward than defense. Hunt is THE best PK dman that we have bar none. Laleggia is too small and ineffective at boxing out opponents. Hunt sucks at defense but then again Laleggia is ok.

Gernat is terrible. Musil and osterle are better defensively and Osterle has a better shot than Laleggia.

Hunt is also 27 with 5 years of pro experience. He should be better offensively and stronger

duul · Feb 2, 2016

Oesterle impressed me when watching him. Might have something there in 3 years.

oil Leaks · Feb 5, 2016

Slepyshev Returns tonight

Pointteen · Feb 5, 2016

oil Leaks said:

Yikes.

Senor Catface · Feb 5, 2016

oil Leaks said:

Does anyone know why Winquist was out??

Bryanbryoil · Feb 6, 2016

Senor Catface said:
Does anyone know why Winquist was out??

Same question for Moroz.

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