Prospect Info: 2023-24 Prospect Info (CHL, NCAA, Europe)

[S E P H]

A 6'6 D whose name is Viking??? That's metal as f***. I don't know anything about him but I want the big Swedish berserker in the system.

Yeah he projects as a shutdown bottom pairing defenceman.

 

[hockeyfish]

This is my king of the crop, but there is a chance he stays for another season: J.J. Wiebusch - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

King is okay, projects to a bottom 6 character player with not a lot of outstanding attributes. Could be LOC 2.0, but good chance he doesn't become anything amazing.

Here are others to watch for:

Matt Davis, G (best goaler of UFA class)
Boston Buckberger, D (big fan of him)
Liam McLinskey, C
T.J. Hughes, C (another one of my favs)
Joshua Eernisse, C/W (has the ability to be LOC 2.0)
John Prokop, D
Gleb Veremyev, C
Ryan Kirwan, LW
Riley Thompson, C
Viking Gustafsson Nyberg, D
Albin Boija, G
Kaidan Mbereko, G
Dalton Bancroft, RW (I am listing this guy because he plays at Cornell and Avs have signed/traded for players from them)

Got to think Davis and Buckberger are high possibilities to be signed.

 

[Hasbro]

Guly ain't got time for the AHL.

https://coloradohockeynow.com/2024/08/08/gulyayev-makes-it-clear-what-his-path-to-the-nhl-is/

 

[Pokecheque]

Oh I hope that ends up being his nickname.

 

[McMetal]

Got to think Davis and Buckberger are high possibilities to be signed.

Both of them were invited to rookie camp last summer, so that would seem to indicate that both are on the Avs radar, at the very least. For them, if they got a good impression of the Avs org during those camps, that could give us a leg up this spring. Davis in particular is going to be highly sought after.

I think the Avs are going to be pretty aggressive with college and Euro UFAs in the next few years. We don't have a pick in the top 3 rounds this year or next, and our already shallow prospect pool has lost Ritchie, Kovalenko, and Zellers so far this year. The Avs should be stocking up on every lottery ticket player with years of development already under their belt they can get.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

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[The Merchant]

Well now

 

[McMetal]

I'm much more interested in the season Max Curran is having. Last year in 40GP he had 5 goals and 32 points, for a .125 G/GP and 0.8 P/GP pace. This year, he's on pace for 22 goals and 72 points in 65GP, which is .338 G/GP and 1.1 P/GP. He's 2nd on his team in scoring this year, only 2 points behind Jake Sloan, who is a 21 year old overager. And even though he was drafted last summer, he doesn't turn 19 until the end of August.

That's pretty impressive improvement for a player in his position. The knock on him at the draft was that he was more of a pure passer than a shooter, but his goal scoring output this season is 2.5x his previous pace. He doesn't have a whole lot of help on his team, either, with only two other NHL drafted players on the squad, both defensemen. And in what is essentially his 18 year old season, he's already comfortably above a point per game pace.

This kid might actually have something. We'll see what his ceiling is, but he's made a big leap in his D+1 season already.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I'm much more interested in the season Max Curran is having. Last year in 40GP he had 5 goals and 32 points, for a .125 G/GP and 0.8 P/GP pace. This year, he's on pace for 22 goals and 72 points in 65GP, which is .338 G/GP and 1.1 P/GP. He's 2nd on his team in scoring this year, only 2 points behind Jake Sloan, who is a 21 year old overager. And even though he was drafted last summer, he doesn't turn 19 until the end of August.

That's pretty impressive improvement for a player in his position. The knock on him at the draft was that he was more of a pure passer than a shooter, but his goal scoring output this season is 2.5x his previous pace. He doesn't have a whole lot of help on his team, either, with only two other NHL drafted players on the squad, both defensemen. And in what is essentially his 18 year old season, he's already comfortably above a point per game pace.

This kid might actually have something. We'll see what his ceiling is, but he's made a big leap in his D+1 season already.

Also... 6'3"!!!

 

[McMetal]

Also... 6'3"!!!

So top prospect over Gulyayev and Nabokov, obviously.

 

[Richard88]

I'm much more interested in the season Max Curran is having. Last year in 40GP he had 5 goals and 32 points, for a .125 G/GP and 0.8 P/GP pace. This year, he's on pace for 22 goals and 72 points in 65GP, which is .338 G/GP and 1.1 P/GP. He's 2nd on his team in scoring this year, only 2 points behind Jake Sloan, who is a 21 year old overager. And even though he was drafted last summer, he doesn't turn 19 until the end of August.

That's pretty impressive improvement for a player in his position. The knock on him at the draft was that he was more of a pure passer than a shooter, but his goal scoring output this season is 2.5x his previous pace. He doesn't have a whole lot of help on his team, either, with only two other NHL drafted players on the squad, both defensemen. And in what is essentially his 18 year old season, he's already comfortably above a point per game pace.

This kid might actually have something. We'll see what his ceiling is, but he's made a big leap in his D+1 season already.

Here we go again

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I am very interested in hearing what people think of Curran's defensive game. I know +/- doesn't mean much but that stat is not good for him compare to his teammates.