Regardless of the semantics, it's still his D+2 season. Most players drafted out of the CHL are still in the CHL in their D+2 season. Othmann was drafted in the same draft and is still in the CHL. He's only 3 1/2 months younger.
Not sure what to make of him? good 2 way center like Derek Stepan or more like a Derek Brassard type?
Good question. If I’m choosing between those two, I’d say more like Stepan with more size and better speed.
For some reason I pictured Dom Moore when drafted. hope his offense continues as he makes the AHL next summer hopefully.
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Both players bring that agitator style. Does BMCB have that in his game? Would be great if he did.
That was me, and I don't think BMB has the skating ability like Cirelli to be that type of player down the middle. He's a good, maybe even very good, skater, but I think his best attribute is being able to find open areas and get his shot off. He's quick too, so I think he'll be able to translate it to a faster pace.
Considering they have Trochek, Zib, and potentially Chytil (depending on the next contract) in place for the foreseeable future, he should have plenty of time to develop without pressure. Being under the hype radar should be good for him.
It would actually just be nice to have a young center with top-6 potential playing for the Pack
Yep and he has 139 SOG already compared to 152 last year. 3.76 shots per game against 2.24 last year. I've mentioned that every time I've watched him, he has been very involved. This is part of it. He gets a good amount of shots on net. Last season he had guys like Rory Kerins and Tanner Dickinson to compete with. This year he's "the guy" both in terms of his role and also being the captain. I don't think Soo has any other drafted forwards and they don't have any overage players going crazy. He has really stepped up.
Thinking this is the best route for like 90% off the prospects. Delaying gratification is a good thing here. Hope the rangers can learn it.
I don't think he is, or should be, part of the near future. At some point the Rangers will not be able to afford Tro-Zib-Fil if Fil keeps improving. I think Fil has one more contract and then decisions have to be made. If BMB keeps developing, he becomes part of the potential solution. Hopefully, at worst he is a trade asset to improve the team. Only time will tell, but I think the story will be told 3 or more years from now.
Hopefully the Rangers can keep this center axis for 3 more years (or at least 2) by signing Chytil to a team friendly deal. This timeline seems well matched with BMB development milestones (one more year in juniors following by at least another full year or 1.5 in the AHL). Maybe they will get a cheap placeholder for a year if needed or have Goodrow as 3C during this time.
It's two years to sign a CHL guy. One of those years unfortunately was the bad COVID year and Vierling didn't play anywhere. Then last season he did play and was really mediocre. I watched a lot of him and he didn't show much. I mean at times you could see why we liked him but most of the time he was just another guy out there. I thought it was 50-50 they'd give him a contract; they evidently didn't like him enough to offer one. Now he's having a very good season statistically, but he's an overage player so it's not really surprising. There's another overage player on his team that's also doing really well. I think at this point the likelihood is that he gets an AHL or ECHL deal at the end of the year. I'd be surprised if he received an ELC from anyone else.
