Laval Rocket: 2023-24 Laval Rocket Thread

[Pompeius Magnus]

Strange how things work....Parker-Jones goes from being very good at the Habs camp to...not Rocket material. lol

You could say the same about Touriny. We just have soo many players in the system right now, doing better than some won't be enough.

 

[Steve Shutt]

Andersson-Mitchell-Armia

Had to google to figure out who Mitchell is - thought we had a new player at camp or the return of Torrey

 

[Wats]

Lines at practice:

Main trios seem to be:

Heineman-Maillet-Roy
Farrell-Stephens-Mesar
Simoneau-Kidney-Andersson

Norlinder-Mailloux
Trudeau-Lindstrom
Struble-P.-Bisson
Beaudin-Keeper
Galipeau

That first pairing is not a good idea..

Davidson, Condotta, Mysak, McKay, Légaré and Bourque are on the ice rotating in.

Brandon Gignac was wearing a gray non-contact jersey

Feel like Mesar is going to find himself benched fairly quickly. Maybe loaned to Slovakia. No way he's better AHLer than Mysak/Davidson right now.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Armia on a line with Stephens and Farrell this morning.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Armia on a line with Stephens and Farrell this morning.

He could do a lot of good in Laval if he goes in with the right attitude, being such a young team and all. I doubt he's the Alzner type though.

 

[red devil]

 

[Habsfan18]

Mesar about to be loaned to Europe is my guess.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Mesar about to be loaned to Europe is my guess.

Kitchener is more likely IMO.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Strange how things work....Parker-Jones goes from being very good at the Habs camp to...not Rocket material. lol

Houle is not a fan for some reason. He prefers the older AHL fodder.

 

[Habsfan18]

Kitchener is more likely IMO.

Doubt he reports. I know he technically would have no choice, but this could get messy.

He wasn’t interested in year 1. Year 2 there could be a disaster.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Feel like Mesar is going to find himself benched fairly quickly. Maybe loaned to Slovakia. No way he's better AHLer than Mysak/Davidson right now.

Holy cow. If he is not better than Mysak, he will be a huge miss as a 1st round pick.

 

[Mrb1p]

Doubt he reports. I know he technically would have no choice, but this could get messy.

He wasn’t interested in year 1. Year 2 there could be a disaster.

They should've done their homeworks. For a team that talks about attitude and being able to handle the heat, it's very weird that they picked Mesar who thinks he's too good for OHL without actually being too good for the OHL.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Mesar about to be loaned to Europe is my guess.

Junior I think.

 

[superdeluxe]

When will we find out if Davidson sticks with the Rockets or gets sent down?

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

When will we find out if Davidson sticks with the Rockets or gets sent down?

He's on the opening night lineup with Laval right now, baring a late decision. He's practicing on a regular line.

 

[superdeluxe]

He's on the opening night lineup with Laval right now, baring a late decision. He's practicing on a regular line.

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Can;'t wait to see him again. Going to miss that guy so much.

 

[Treb]

Looks like Mesar lost to Kidney. I expect him to go back to junior or maybe Europe.

As stated before, not happy with Davidson on the 4th line. Would much prefer him on TR 1st line with PP time and Condotta draws in.

 

[montreal]

that's a lot of bodies, got to think they will need to move some at some point.

 

[montreal]

for the lines I'd flip Simoneau with Heineman. Put Simoneau with Roy and the 2 Swedes can play on a line together. Farrell could rack up a ton of assists as Armia could wreck the league if he wanted to.

 

[jrom]

Houle is not a fan for some reason. He prefers the older AHL fodder.

Maybe it makes more sense to see if JPJ can be a top6 guy in the ECHL and what is his upside vs him playing bottom6 grinder in Laval.

 

[JT3]

Lot of bodies but between the big club and Laval injuries will happen so opportunities will arise. Better to have that depth than not and end up with a decimated farm squad in a few months like the last couple years.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

The top 3 lines could all be a 1st line in the ahl

 

[Adam Michaels]

Looks like Mesar lost to Kidney. I expect him to go back to junior or maybe Europe.

As stated before, not happy with Davidson on the 4th line. Would much prefer him on TR 1st line with PP time and Condotta draws in.

Regarding Davidson on the 4th, I get what you're saying. And if that decision is made to send him down, I'd be all for it. But the way I see it, it didn't hurt Evans to start on the 4th when he turned pro. It also didn't hurt RHP to start there also.

I think Davidson has shown us that he's probably not going to be a 4th line AHL player and that he will eventually work his way up the line-up. I like the potential of Davidson and Mysak. Because both of them have had strong camps since the rookie showcase.

 

[Adam Michaels]

McKay will obviously be sent to 3R. And maybe some time today (if he isn't already sent there and it's just the official announcement hasn't been made yet). 3R started their camp.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Maybe it makes more sense to see if JPJ can be a top6 guy in the ECHL and what is his upside vs him playing bottom6 grinder in Laval.

Yeah, ok. JPJ for me has a ceiling of a longshot 12th to 14th NHL forward, so I am not all that worked up about it.