Prospect Info: [2024 - 130th] Tyler Thorpe (RW) - Vancouver Giants (WHL)

[Adam Michaels]

His season with the Vancouver Giants start in 3 days so i guess they didn’t want him to miss some games.

Also why Protz isn't at the main camp also. Both Thorpe and Protz have their regular seasons start in a few days so they were both sent to their junior teams to prepare for that.

I agree with WTK that you want to give someone like Thorpe a little something after his good games over the weekend. But I can understand the organization knowing that they won't make the team want them to go back ASAP to get ready for their respective seasons.

 

[Habssince89]

I'm curious about his cycling/playmaking. I could see him being a bit like Anderson where shooting/hands is really his main weapon. If he can scan the zone better than Andy he could be a decent player, maybe 50-60 points (ceiling)

 

[the valiant effort]

At least we can have some confidence that they sat down with Thorpe for a positive conversation and didn’t just email him a bus ticket

 

[WeThreeKings]

At least we can have some confidence that they sat down with Thorpe for a positive conversation and didn’t just email him a bus ticket

That's pretty graceful of you - Bergevin definitely just didn't tell them about the bus and left them standing in the rain wondering where the team was.

 

[montreal]

When we drafted him I thought the word was he skated pretty well. How slow is he ? Still think he's a good pick, just thought he was faster

I don't recall hearing that but the good news is that he's not in as bad of shape as Ben Merrill.

 

[Twisted Sinister]

Loved this pick when we made it. Scouted him heavily during our board drafts this year. This player will make our team. If his skating improves, it's a mega steal.

 

[Team_Spirit]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837352992984412437

 

[WeThreeKings]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837502445288845638

 

[MasterD]

I don't recall hearing that but the good news is that he's not in as bad of shape as Ben Merrill.

Guess I haven't kept up as much as I used to - what's up with Ben Merrill?

 

[montreal]

Guess I haven't kept up as much as I used to - what's up with Ben Merrill?

skating is terrible

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837581892649980318

Tyler "not Thorpedo" Thorpe
1G(OT winner) and 1A

 

[calder candidate]

Honestly there were a few pick I didn’t like but after looking at this guy at rookie camp he feel like a NHL player…

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

At least we can have some confidence that they sat down with Thorpe for a positive conversation and didn’t just email him a bus ticket

Remember when Reinbacher told the Swiss media last year that the Habs told him he was cut by giving him his flight information?

Er wollte schnell Essen holen, dann hiess es: «Um vier geht dein Flug, eine gute Saison»

Einst waren sie seine Helden auf der Playstation. Nun stand David Reinbacher mit den Stars der Montreal Canadiens auf dem Eis. Heute gibt er in Biel sein Comeback.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

He'll need a lot of work on those feet.

He grew a foot in less than two years. I suspect he will find his feet again once re gets recoordinated

 

[Redux91]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837581892649980318

Tyler "not Thorpedo" Thorpe
1G(OT winner) and 1A

Gonna have a monster year boy

 

[Tyson]

Gonna have a monster year boy

3 points in 2 games....expecting a solid season

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837581892649980318

Tyler "not Thorpedo" Thorpe
1G(OT winner) and 1A

Yeah, it's WHL and all, but beating a goalie with what appeara to be a clean look, not deflected is pretty damn good imo.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

We have a proper development department now, I'm confident they'll be able to work with Thorpe in the next few years and focus on some of the weaker aspects of his game i.e. the skating. You can't make him a 10 skater, but with a lot of work he can be a 6, which is all he needs to be at that size.

 

[Gaud]

I htink the kid went up in the rankings over at habs central. Good rookie camp for sure!

 

[SlafySZN]

Nice pass from Thorpe!

 

[Whitesnake]

I would have expected Thorpe to crush it....he's not doing it so far.

 

[Treb]

I would have expected Thorpe to crush it....he's not doing it so far.

Stuck behind Cameron Schmidt who's a small guy potential first rounder that is among the league leaders with phenom McKenna and a bunch of 20 years old, but yeah I expected a bit more.

 

[montreal]

I would have expected Thorpe to crush it....he's not doing it so far.

He will need a bit of work for sure, you can tell at least early on that his conditioning wasn't great, I don't know if I put any of it in the 1st game of the season for him but when they would go to commercial timeouts he would have to keeping dropping to one knee as he looked gassed.

It looks like he has really heavy feet, you see him coast a lot but when he gets moving then you got to look out as he can smash into people pretty good but he will need so much work on being more explosive that I would assume he will need several years to work on things. Interesting pick though as this is one for the development staff as he has a number of holes to fix but if you can figure it out then you got a shot at least of a possible very interesting prospect since his shot is so heavy and he looks to have some hands, is a good PKer at least in juniors but that long stick really helps him cover ice.

It didn't take me long last year to get really impressed with Xhekaj last year and I have hope for Thorpe but so far it looks like he will need more work then Xhekaj who while he still badly needs to work on lower body strength and adding more mass, he just moves much better then Thorpe though he can coast from time to time but not nearly as bad as Thorpe.

 

[Habs4Life]

I would have expected Thorpe to crush it....he's not doing it so far.

agreed i dont think many of our prospects are "crushing it" right now except Hage, Demidov well thats excusable because he doesn't get ice time, but the rest meh

 

[Whitesnake]

agreed i dont think many of our prospects are "crushing it" right now except Hage, Demidov well thats excusable because he doesn't get ice time, but the rest meh

Yep. It's rather quiet on othe prospect front....Still a young season. But it's Hage....and average.