Prospect Info: 2024-25 Prospect Info (CHL, NCAA, Europe)

[RoyIsALegend]

Hard to see him being on the Avs next year, with Blackwood re-signed and Wedgie having another left on his deal. Unless he comes over, impresses in camp, and forces the Avs to trade Wedgewood. We already know he doesn't want to play in the AHL.

We do?

I must have missed that.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

We do?

I must have missed that.

Hasn't it been reported by @The Mars Volchenkov that he doesn't want to come over and play in the A?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Hasn't it been reported by @The Mars Volchenkov that he doesn't want to come over and play in the A?

I don’t recall reading that.

The Avs would never hand him an NHL spot guaranteed without proving himself in the AHL for at least a season.

My ideal situation:

25/26 Avs: Blackwood/Wedgewood
25/26 Eagles: Nabokov starter

26/27 Avs: Blackwood/Nabokov

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

I don’t recall reading that.

The Avs would never hand him an NHL spot guaranteed without proving himself in the AHL for at least a season.

My ideal situation:

25/26 Avs: Blackwood/Wedgewood
25/26 Eagles: Nabokov starter

26/27 Avs: Blackwood/Nabokov

 

[Bender]

Are you sure you agree?????

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Are you sure you agree?????

Yes

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Hasn't it been reported by @The Mars Volchenkov that he doesn't want to come over and play in the A?

That has not been reported.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

That has not been reported.

Thank you for clarifying.

 

[Foppa2118]

I don’t recall reading that.

The Avs would never hand him an NHL spot guaranteed without proving himself in the AHL for at least a season.

My ideal situation:

25/26 Avs: Blackwood/Wedgewood
25/26 Eagles: Nabokov starter

26/27 Avs: Blackwood/Nabokov

Yeah, I think this is the most likely plan/hope they have. Wedge will have to play poorly or have an injury for them not to go with him next year. This is pretty clearly a two year plan with the Wood duo.

Giving Nabokov a year in the AHL, while Wedgewood's deal is up after next season anyway, so the timing works perfectly for Nabokov to get a chance at earning the backup role.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

 

[expatriatedtexan]

How long of a swim is it from Magnitogorsk to the Colorado River?

Also, I loved this quote: "Andrei Vasilevskiy, Sergei Bobrovsky, Igor Shesterkin—these are Russian goalies who have won the Vezina Trophy as the best goalies in the NHL regular season, and I want to join them," Nabokov said to RG in July.

Kid...it's a long way to the top...

Godspeed...

 

[AvsFan4]

So are we Will Zellers fans here? Guy is absolutely lighting it up. Think Scott Wheeler gassed him up a bit in his rankings too.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

So are we Will Zellers fans here? Guy is absolutely lighting it up. Think Scott Wheeler gassed him up a bit in his rankings too.

Best points per game in the USHL is nice to see.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

2+1 for Zellers tonight as well... He's almost at a Goal per game now.


Cant be getting too excited because the Avs scouts haven't heard that trust yet but he's having one hell of a season.


Edit: Make that 3+1 tonight. I believe he's at exactly One goal per game now.

 

[lionsDen]

We need a goal scorer.. pretty badly

 

[AnimalMother73]

Best points per game in the USHL is nice to see.

Not sure how to judge him based on the level of skill around…he basically walked 2 D who should have easily been able to stop. It literally looks like they turned away from him.

 

[BobRossColton]

Not sure how to judge him based on the level of skill around…he basically walked 2 D who should have easily been able to stop. It literally looks like they turned away from him.

Yeah I watched this, the defense is no show and our guy doesn't do much stickhandling

 

[AnimalMother73]

Yeah I watched this, the defense is no show and our guy doesn't do much stickhandling

It honestly looked like they were intentionally not trying to defend him. Goal per game is no joke just wonder given the lack of talent in the league in general.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Zellers is trending well. Very much a boom/bust type of prospect, but you have to love his confidence and that jersey number when scoring goals. Will be intriguing to watch when he makes the transition to college

 

[McMetal]

Yeah, I don't think we'll really know what we have in Zellers until we see him in the NCAA. He's got flashy numbers in the USHL and high school, but the NCAA is a tougher league these days.

 

[dahrougem2]

I would like to know why he didn't play in the NCAA this season. He turns 19 in a couple of months, did he finish high school late or something? Did no schools want him?

Nice to see production no doubt, but it feels pointless and as if he's a full year behind in terms of player development.

 

[McMetal]

I would like to know why he didn't play in the NCAA this season. He turns 19 in a couple of months, did he finish high school late or something? Did no schools want him?

Nice to see production no doubt, but it feels pointless and as if he's a full year behind in terms of player development.

He's committed to UND for next year, and I believe he has been since before he was drafted. The gap year is a little confusing, but it's not the first time we've seen that happening with a prospect. IIRC Clurman and Romaine both did their D+1 years in the USHL as well before going to college. I would guess that he wants to have an intermediate step between Shattuck and the NCAA instead of going right from high school to there, but that's only my best guess and isn't based on anything but a hunch.

 

[Pokecheque]

I’ll take any highlight of any Avs prospect in any league. Gimme. I’ll eat up that morsel of hope like a Victorian-era street urchin finding stale bread in the gutter.