Prospect Info: 2024-25 Prospects Thread (CHL/NCAA/Euro)

[montreal]

Goal 0:08
Hage Several Shifty Moves 2:32
Shot 2:41
Tip Chance 4:45
Deke 6:56
Possible Injury 8:11

 

[overlords]

that would have been the 1st ever SO for Croteau in the NCAA until his own teammate knocked the puck into his net in the final 5 mins of the game. While he was on the ice he kicked the Princeton skater and was ejected from the game. wild, don't think i've ever seen that before.

 

[montreal]

 

[montreal]

Save 1:01
3 on 1 Save 4:27
Save 9:03
Partial Breakaway Save 11:25

 

[KevSkillz4]

Logan Sawyer show really intriguing potential!! 5 pts in 9 games, not bad at all!

 

[Adam Michaels]

Prospect recap from yesterday (Nov. 10th):

- EURO -

- Gornyak lost 7-1 to AKM
Gordin with 0 pts / -2 / 2 SOG / 13:54 TOI
Season So Far: 13 pts (9G, 4A) in 16 GP

- CHL -

- Brantford won 6-3 vs. Mississauga
Protz with 0 pts / 2 SOG
Season So Far: 7 pts (2G, 5A) in 16 GP

- Vancouver lost 5-4 in OT vs. Prince George
Thorpe with 0 pts / +1 / 4 SOG / 2 PIM
Season So Far: 15 pts (7G, 8A) in 17 GP

- NCAA -

- Boston College won 3-0 vs. Maine
Fowler with 26 saves on 26 SOG for the Shutout
Season So Far: 8 GP (3-1-0) / 1.26 GAA / .950 SV%

- 5 NATIONS -

- Sweden U20 won 2-0 vs. Finland U20
Bergqvist with 0 pts
Tournament So Far: 0 pts in 3 GP
Koivu with 0 pts / 6 SOG
Tournament So Far: 3 pts (1G, 2A) in 3 GP

- GERMANY CUP -

- Austria lost 6-0 to Germany
Rohrer with 0 pts
Tournament So Far: 1 assist in 3 GP

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Prospects in action today (Nov. 11th):

- Demidov @ 8:30AM ET
- Konyushkov @ 11AM ET

- Merrill @ 5PM ET

 

[Adam Michaels]

Khanin is playing in the MHL today.

Khanin with an assist. Game is tied 1-1 in the 2nd.

 

[montreal]

Shot 4:02
Shot 4:36
Nice Chance 7:37
Backhand Shot 8:37
So Close 11:35

 

[Adam Michaels]

Konyushkov with an assist so far. Torpedo is up 4-1 on Sochi after 1.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Konyushkov with another assist. Torpedo up 5-1 in the 2nd.

 

[montreal]

Khanin is playing in the MHL today.

Khanin with an assist. Game is tied 1-1 in the 2nd.

you can see the assist if you go to his thread on the prospect board,

LW Makar Khanin - Dynamo St. Petersburg, VHL (2024, 210th, MTL)

Still just 18, doesn't turn 19 for a couple months. Undrafted last summer. Great production for a teenager in the 2nd tier pro league in Russia. Tied with Carolina's sleeper pick last draft, Alexander Rykov, for top u20 point scorer right now in the VHL. 25 points in 34 games. Tons of skill. For...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[Adam Michaels]

Third assist for Konyushkov. They're up 7-1 in the 3rd.

 

[Intangir]

Logan Sawyer show really intriguing potential!! 5 pts in 9 games, not bad at all!

I hadn't paid much attention to Sawyer last year so I've watched a couple of his games in the NCAA this year to try and see if what our scouts said about Sawyer's "top-6 upside" was true; and long story short it is.

Unfortunately, there's a caveat to that, and of course there would be when it comes to a prospect that was still available after the first two rounds of the NHL draft.

For those who haven't seen him play, Sawyer is simply put still very, very raw. He looks like the kind of player that only started playing Hockey when he was 12-13.

But the offensive toolset, the "touch" on Sawyer's passes, the skill plays to shield the puck, the quick reads, the skating, it was all there on display when I checked-in. And I don't know about you, but those to me pretty much scream "top-6 upside", stats notwithstanding.

All of that was the positive, but in those same games I also saw Sawyer "force the play" quite a few times where a simple pass and working on cycle/possession would have worked a lot better, get straight-up outmuscled in various areas of the ice, lose board battles that he had body placement AND angle advantages on, lose his man in coverage more than once, backcheck way too gingerly, get lost "puck-watching", fail to block passing lanes, and more besides.

It was only a couple games, but those flaws that Sawyer exhibited made me realize that he'll require time, and a lot of it, before he's anywhere near ready for the pro leagues. Even if Sawyer starts filling-in the stat-sheet for some reason he needs the reps and time in the NCAA to work on those fundamentals if he ever wants to even sniff an NHL locker room.

So yeah, it's still very early days, but I think that even with good development Sawyer will need at least another 2-3 more years in the NCAA before he turns pro.

Hopefully Sawyer turns out good for us, but at this point he should be considered a "secondary" boom/bust prospect for us until he shows more polish in all three zones for Providence.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Prospect recap from yesterday (Nov. 11th):

- EURO -

- SKA lost 2-1 to Avangard Omsk
Demidov with 0 pts / 4 SOG / 13:55 TOI
Season So Far: 19 pts (6G, 13A) in 26 GP

- Torpedo won 7-1 vs. Sochi
Konyushkov with 3 assists / +1 / 3 SOG / 21:54 TOI
Season So Far: 8 pts (1G, 7A) in 26 GP

- MHK Dynamo Moscow lost 6-3 to MHC Spartak
Khanin with 1 assist / -2 / 5 SOG / 16:45 TOI
MHL Season So Far: 5 pts (1G, 4A) in 5 GP

- BCHL -

- Penticton won 7-3 vs. Trail Smoke
Merrill with 2 goals / *Named 1st Star*
Season So Far: 8 goals in 18 GP

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Prospects in action today (Nov. 12th):

- Gordin @ 8:30AM ET

in Champions League action:

- Eriksson @ 1PM ET
- Bergqvist @ 1:30PM ET
- Rohrer @ 1:30PM ET

 

[montreal]

he started off slow with just 1 pt in 10 gms but since has started to heat up with 7 goals in the last 8 games. These are all of his goals.

 

[overlords]

he started off slow with just 1 pt in 10 gms but since has started to heat up with 7 goals in the last 8 games. These are all of his goals.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Prospect recap from yesterday (Nov. 12th):

- EURO -

- Gornyak lost 2-1 in the SO to Ryazan
Gordin with 0 pts / -1 / 3 SOG / 19:27 TOI
Season So Far: 13 pts (9G, 4A) in 17 GP

- CHAMPIONS LEAGUE -

- Skelleftea lost 5-0 to Bremerhaven
Bergqvist with 0 pts / 1 SOG / 8:45 TOI
CL So Far: 2 assists in 7 GP

- ZSC Lions won 4-2 vs. Straubing Tigers
Rohrer with 0 pts / -1 / 1 SOG / 18:18 TOI
CL So Far: 4 pts (3G, 1A) in 7 GP

- Vaxjo won 1-0 vs. Fribourg
Eriksson was in the line-up but did not see any ice time
CL So Far: 4 pts (3G, 1A) in 6 GP

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Prospects in action today (Nov. 13th):

- Demidov in action now
- Konyushkov @ 11:15AM ET

- Protz @ 7PM ET

 

[montreal]

Shot 0:53
Shot 1:28
PP Chance 5:08