2023-24 #2: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc.

[Curufinwe]

Crazy that the line-up includes only 6 actual prospects.

Yeah, I posted it cause I didn't recognize half of the players

 

[Larry44]

Yeah, I posted it cause I didn't recognize half of the players

Who are the 6 actual prospects? Tuomaala, Andrae are iffy prospects. Maybe Samson, Grans and Avon? Is Wisdom still a prospect with prospects of an NHL career?

 

[captainpaxil]

Who are the 6 actual prospects? Tuomaala, Andrae are iffy prospects. Maybe Samson, Grans and Avon? Is Wisdom still a prospect with prospects of an NHL career?

The majority of guys who can take a shot have gotten one. With a thin prospect pool there's more projects than prospects which should gradually improve the next two years

 

[Curufinwe]

Phantoms have 17 games left and are in 6th place in the Atlantic, which would get them into the expanded AHL playoffs where 23 out of 32 teams qualify (72%).

2024-25 Qualification Rules

theahl.com

 

[trostol]

so question..what level is ACHA Div 1 compared to ya know regular ncaa

 

[FLYguy3911]

so question..what level is ACHA Div 1 compared to ya know regular ncaa

 

[trostol]

so they are basically club teams...that's what i thought

 

[Larry44]

He was a second round pick by the kings who have been much better at grooming dmen than we have.

Grans played pretty well at the WJC, partnered with Andrae, so the Flyers scouts had seen him.

 

[Larry44]

The majority of guys who can take a shot have gotten one. With a thin prospect pool there's more projects than prospects which should gradually improve the next two years

They really need to draft some top end talent, not just middling mehs.

 

[captainpaxil]

I'd look into ufas as the incoming class doesn't impress.

 

[iceman42]

I'd look into ufas as the incoming class doesn't impress.

Or we can look at 3-4 mid-20s European UFAs who can fill out that bottom 6

 

[VladDrag]

I was checking in on Rizzo - he’s been out with a high ankle sprain… I found highlights of this season.

 

[GKJ]

Phantoms just getting anybody to play goal right now

 

[BritainStix]

I was checking in on Rizzo - he’s been out with a high ankle sprain… I found highlights of this season.

So what's with the lack of hype around this guy?

Footspeed? Size? Level of competition?

 

[VladDrag]

So what's with the lack of hype around this guy?

Footspeed? Size? Level of competition?

In short, his pathway is very odd. Not many offensively-oriented players have followed his path. That’s probably where most of the skepticism originates.

This is his best season by far, at 22. His previous seasons in college are no where near as productive. He also came from the BCHL, a step below the CHL. The league just doesn’t produce a lot of NHL players. He’s also a late round pick who came into the flyers program last year.

His offensive game is either NHL-ready or very close to NHL. I am unsure of the rest. I just want to see him play in the AHL and see how he goes. He’s very intriguing.

 

[mr4tno]

In short, his pathway is very odd. Not many offensively-oriented players have followed his path. That’s probably where most of the skepticism originates.

This is his best season by far, at 22. His previous seasons in college are no where near as productive. He also came from the BCHL, a step below the CHL. The league just doesn’t produce a lot of NHL players. He’s also a late round pick who came into the flyers program last year.

His offensive game is either NHL-ready or very close to NHL. I am unsure of the rest. I just want to see him play in the AHL and see how he goes. He’s very intriguing.

He is also not signing with the with the Flyers so the point is moot

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

He is also not signing with the with the Flyers so the point is moot

Are you his agent?

 

[renberg]

He is also not signing with the with the Flyers so the point is moot

If I was a young center who had aspirations of playing in the NHL, the Flyers system is where I’d want to be. Aside from Desnoyers there isn’t a young prospect in the system at that position. (Frost is in the League and not a prospect)

 

[FLYguy3911]

Cutter Gauthier says otherwise.

 

[VladDrag]

Cutter Gauthier says otherwise.

Didn’t you hear, he’s a winger

 

[mr4tno]

If I was a young center who had aspirations of playing in the NHL, the Flyers system is where I’d want to be. Aside from Desnoyers there isn’t a young prospect in the system at that position. (Frost is in the League and not a prospect)

No prospects to block just the coach. If you were a young player, Tortorella would be about 37th on your list of coaches to play for.

 

[Magua]

Didn’t you hear, he’s a winger

How quickly the Flyers pivoted off Gauthier being a center post-trade, referring to him only as a LW, tells you all you need to know that their process was always sound for a player they drafted with the belief he was a potential 1C.

Flahr in September of this year:

“I think ideally, if we can turn him into an NHL center – a top NHL center – we want to do that. We know he can play the wing. We know he has the size, he can skate and shoot. But yeah, I think that we’ll give him every chance to be a center if he can.”

 

[TheKingPin]

So any chance we get Grans or Andrae up with the Flyers?

 

[dats81]

So any chance we get Grans or Andrae up with the Flyers?

No.

 

[FLYguy3911]