2022-2023 CHL/NCAA/Euro Prospects Thread

[Adam Michaels]

Prospects in action today:

- Kapanen @ 11:30AM ET
- Gordin @ noon ET

- Guindon @ 7PM ET
- Roy @ 7PM ET

Ottawa 67s play @ 7:30PM ET. But doubt Rohrer is healthy to play.

 

[Whitesnake]

No busts....nobody can say who is that soon, but guys I am expected absolutley nothing from:
Kapanen / Nurmi / Kostenko / Sobolev / Vrbetic / Smith / Gordin / / Hillis

 

[morhilane]

No busts....nobody can say who is that soon, but guys I am expected absolutley nothing from:
Kapanen / Nurmi / Kostenko / Sobolev / Vrbetic / Smith / Gordin / / Hillis

Is he even playing this year???

 

[bopeep]

No busts....nobody can say who is that soon, but guys I am expected absolutley nothing from:
Kapanen / Nurmi / Kostenko / Sobolev / Vrbetic / Smith / Gordin / / Hillis

Nurmi could be back playing next week after his bout with mono

 

[Adam Michaels]

Is he even playing this year???

That remains to be seen. He'll be in the NCAA for Minnesota-Duluth (with Biondi)

Smith's health is always up in the air.

 

[Wats]

No busts....nobody can say who is that soon, but guys I am expected absolutley nothing from:
Kapanen / Nurmi / Kostenko / Sobolev / Vrbetic / Smith / Gordin / / Hillis

Agreed but I'd replace Kostenko with Trudeau, Struble, and even Mailloux to an extent. Feel like Kostenko playing in KHL at young age gives some intrigue. Interested to see what he does and where he ends up in Habs prospect depth chart.

 

[Whitesnake]

Is he even playing this year???

Yeah with UMD. But what we will need to know is his icetime.....15 forwards on the roster right now. Quite a few clearly ahead of him.

Agreed but I'd replace Kostenko with Trudeau, Struble, and even Mailloux to an extent. Feel like Kostenko playing in KHL at young age gives some intrigue. Interested to see what he does and where he ends up in Habs prospect depth chart.

Well...after what we're seeing with Trudeau...I think expectations has clearly risen up. Struble, he is still a 2nd rounder with an interesting package. Let just say that my expectations are still there. And Mailloux...well you really expect nothing from him?

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

I liked the Kapanen pick at the time FWIW, ditto with Ikonen in 2017, I could see the potential there. It's hard to translate the U18 production sometimes and even harder to know what role a prospect will have on the big Liiga/SHL team once he gets there. Picking guys with limited skating from the get-go does make everything else harder though, which the new regime seem to have realized, thank god. For whatever reason Timmins and co. went for a lot of guys that were both small AND slow over the years, I never got that.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Ikonen with a good start to the season
5 goals 7 pts in 7 games

 

[Wats]

Yeah with UMD. But what we will need to know is his icetime.....15 forwards on the roster right now. Quite a few clearly ahead of him.


Well...after what we're seeing with Trudeau...I think expectations has clearly risen up. Struble, he is still a 2nd rounder with an interesting package. Let just say that my expectations are still there. And Mailloux...well you really expect nothing from him?

Trudeau's preseason play definitely interesting. We'll see, perhaps he'll destroy the Q and rise up the ranks like Xhekaj after an overage season. Struble/Mailloux have tools, but their seemingly always being injured reminds me too much of Olofsson/Ikonen

 

[Adam Michaels]

- KalPa won 4-3 in the shootout
Kapanen with 0 pts / -1 / 1 SOG / 60% FOW / 14:28 TOI

Gordin again wasn't in the line-up for Rostov.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Guindon is at 2C.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Great news! Rohrer is playing. He is listed at 3C.



Roy at 1LW

 

[Adam Michaels]

Rohrer with an assist so far.

Guindon with an assist so far.

Rohrer with another assist.

 

[morhilane]

Go go Habs prospects, destroys the OHL!

 

[HABitual Fan]

Rohrer with another assist.

Hit the goalpost on a breakaway at end of the 2nd period as well

 

[Adam Michaels]

Roy with an assist

Roy with another 2 assists. He has 3 so far.

They retroactively removed one of Roy's assists. So he has 2.

- Sherbrooke won 4-1
Roy with 2 assists / +1 / 5 SOG / Named 2nd Star

- Owen Sound won 5-3
Guindon with 1 assist

- Ottawa won 7-6 in the shootout
Rohrer with 2 assists + shootout goal / 3 SOG

 

[Adam Michaels]

Prospects in action today (NCAA seasons start today)

- Kapanen @ 10AM ET
- Kostenko @ 11AM ET
- Dichow @ noon ET
- Engstrom @ noon ET

- Roy @ 4PM ET
- Kidney @ 6PM ET
- Sobolev @ 7PM ET
- Guindon @ 7:30PM ET
- Davidson @ 9PM ET

- Croteau @ 7PM ET

- Biondi & Smith @ 7PM ET
- Tuch & Hutson @ 7PM ET
- Dobes @ 7PM ET
- Struble @ 7:30 PM ET
- Pitlick @ 8PM ET

 

[Adam Michaels]

Dichow will get his 2nd SHL start today:

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dichow will get his 2nd SHL start today:

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That's awesome. I was worried about how many games he will get.

 

[Adam Michaels]

That's awesome. I was worried about how many games he will get.

I believe it's his second start in the last 3 games.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Engstrom at 7D (his usual spot with the SHL team):

 

[morhilane]

Engstrom at 7D (his usual spot with the SHL team):

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7D is fine, as long as his TOI increase as the season move along.

 

[Adam Michaels]

- KalPa won 4-1
Kapanen with 1 goal (empty netter) / 4 SOG / 46% FOW / 13:29 TOI

 

[Redux91]

Prospects in action today (NCAA seasons start today)

- Kapanen @ 10AM ET
- Kostenko @ 11AM ET
- Dichow @ noon ET
- Engstrom @ noon ET

- Roy @ 4PM ET
- Kidney @ 6PM ET
- Sobolev @ 7PM ET
- Guindon @ 7:30PM ET
- Davidson @ 9PM ET

- Croteau @ 7PM ET

- Biondi & Smith @ 7PM ET
- Tuch & Hutson @ 7PM ET
- Dobes @ 7PM ET
- Struble @ 7:30 PM ET
- Pitlick @ 8PM ET

Stupid Habs game keeping me away from watching Hutson.. sigh lol