Prospect Info: 2024 7th OA : Carter Yakemchuk (RHD)

[Stutzlaaaa]

Give him the 9 games and make the decision then. He has earned it more than Addison, jbd, Hamonic and even kleven tbh

Indeed it's a shame that we didn't see more of Kleven I though this was the year where he really shows he blongs in Preseason. I think the fact that Yak took all the spotlight and that he has no real competition for bottom 6LD made him just play without an extra jam probably keep that for regular season.

 

[bert]

I think we may have actually gotten worse going from Martin to green.

While Ullmark from korpisalo is a massive upgrade.

Hopefully that offsets the coaching downgrade.


Different coach. I don’t know if the massive upgrade at goalie is enough to offset the massive downgrade at coach

It's honestly incredible how much stupid shit you say in one day.

They haven't played a regular season game yet.

Ironically were in a Yakemchuk thread where we have pages of your insanely bad evaluation of the prospect and pick as he continues to light it up.

 

[Sting]

That he can hang with NHL players at 18 as a d-man is nothing short of incredible. Truly, the biggest test for a new draftee is to see if you look out of place. He does not. We've got a good one.

As for whether he'll stick I doubt it. I think he needs work on skating/edges to be a good defensive player in this league.

He may actually be our best offensive weapon from the backend though which is saying something.

 

[bert]

Yak attack. Making a case for himself.
What a shot. He blew it past Primeau.
The first Montreal goal he made an error, however our forwards should have been along the wall. But they had blown the zone way too early. They were outside the blueline.

Yeah I mean how could he actually expect 3 nhl players to all blow the zone at once. Terrible give away but I'm sure he was shocked when he looked up.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I haven't been paying much attention to preseason, but Yakemchuk has to be having the best showing of any 2024 draftee right? Even other team's fans are fawning over him.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

The Yak give away looked like a bad bounce off the board. He was trying to get it up the ice. He was getting pressure from both the front and backside, so he tried to move the puck to the only place where there wasn't someone in the lane.

He probably could have dumped it back to Sanderson who then would have had Amadio for support, but you can see why when he checks back to Sanderson he would think that would be the more dangerous play than trying to get it up the ice off the boards. The trajectory of the pass makes no sense, which leads me to believe he either physically made a bad pass, or the board took a weird bounce.

I also don't know the system. Amadio was clearly still back supporting, so it wasn't like all three forwards blew the zone. Whether Amadio was in the right spot, only Travis Green knows.

I haven't been paying much attention to preseason, but Yakemchuk has to be having the best showing of any 2024 draftee right? Even other team's fans are fawning over him.

I try not to get too excited about this stuff when it comes to winning pissing matches against other fanbases over who talked too much crap on draft night, because development isn't linear. People tend to get excited about the players who get somewhere the soonest.

It's nice that he is doing so well because with how our picks have been managed since 2021, we really need something to be excited about. Whether he goes back to Junior after 9 or 39 games, or stays the entire season.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

I think what's especially exciting about Yakemchuk's performance this preseason, is that he was drafted as a raw prospect. I think the feeling when the pick was made was that he had tremendous upside, but had a lot of work to do before he could reach it. The fact that he already looks as good as he has has been a surprise for everyone, and it says that maybe he isn't as far as everyone suspected.

Even if he doesn't make the team hopefully this preseason give him a huge confidence boost he can take into this next year of development.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

His confidence is insane for an 18 year old. Karlsson like.

Believes in himself and his skill level and isn't afraid to show it.

That goal was nice but jeez that play where he walked two Habs to almost make it to the net from the point!