2024-25 Prospects Thread: As We Wait For Alexander

[DaveG]

Wow, first Rantanen refuses to sign, then Lucas Mercuri? The hits just keep coming

LOL

and what's this now?

 

[CandyCanes]

did we lose a general prospect thread or did we not have one for this year?
just wondering what people think of some of the swede prospects, seems like I hear they're doing alright a bit after they're drafted then I never hear about them ever again

Wouldn’t mind a prospect thread brought back to life

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

Speaking of bottom 6 possibilities:

Genuinely don't remember anything about him

 

[bleedgreen]

So, speaking of questioning where we really are with Chicago….whats up with Gleb? He played 20 games in 2024 and had I think 2pts, then disappeared and I think there was talk of injury. I just checked and he’s getting credit for two games in late Feb early March with zero pts and again hasn’t played since.

He’s obviously not contributing much but do we have any idea about injury here?

FUS is officially being outscored by some dude named Skylar, also back to my original point. I know he’s still very young.

 

[htdoc]

One of the things I am not a fan of is this NCAA loophole. It seems like teams aren’t as well and I wonder if this is one of the few contentious items in CBA talks…. Seems counter and unbalanced compared to other developmental paths that players drafted going to university and immediately becoming UFAs if they don’t like the team that drafted them for some reason just by holding out from turning pro and staying in school…

Obviously the player has to be good enough to call their shot and catch on somewhere else, and give up 3-4 years of development instead of making the show faster….

But this is a situation where Mecuri really could have made it and been an nhler with us potentially as soon as next season. He looked like he could be a good fit for us watching his games at UMass while also watching Morrow. Good at faceoffs, could be a good PKer…. Not a huge scorer but could chip in a few with how we play and decent linemates…

Ugh.. sucks…

 

[CandyCanes]

So, speaking of questioning where we really are with Chicago….whats up with Gleb? He played 20 games in 2024 and had I think 2pts, then disappeared and I think there was talk of injury. I just checked and he’s getting credit for two games in late Feb early March with zero pts and again hasn’t played since.

He’s obviously not contributing much but do we have any idea about injury here?

FUS is officially being outscored by some dude named Skylar, also back to my original point. I know he’s still very young.

I just saw a tweet the other day that Gleb has been shut down for the season due to injury.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Mercuri is a good bottom-6 prospect, but again, the best opportunity for guys like him are usually teams with bottom-tier prospect pools, like Tampa, for example.

 

[To Be Determined]

not exactly prospects related, more former farm-hands related...

was checking some ahl stats, and our boy andrew poturalski is leading the league in scoring.

even better? number three is honest to god no sarcasm ahl legend chris terry. with 12 more points, he'll be top ten all time in ahl scoring. given he's still a top scorer, i'm guessing he won't hang 'em up any time soon, so good for him.