Prospect Info: #70 - Carter Mazur (LW)

[Frk It]

You guys are so good at letting 1 comment absolutely derail a thread.

I could care less how valuable you think bottom 6 forwards are.

Let’s talk about Mazur’s game and why he could or couldn’t become a top 6 forward. Personally I think top 6 is in his range of outcomes. I think he could be a really good complementary player in your top 6 like Tyler Bertuzzi was for us. I think he has a good shot, good scoring instincts, and anticipates the play really well.

 

[Run the Jewels]

For reference, Bert was over a PPG player in his +1 season and put up 43 goals and 98 points in his +2 season in the CHL. He is the exception with our NA prospects, not the rule.

 

[Dotter]

If Wings were to draft a line of players from 3rd-5th round that rival the likes of prime McCarty-Draper-Maltby line, would that be HUGE?

What if Mazur becomes 1/3 of that impact line?

 

[Henkka]

If Wings were to draft a line of players from 3rd-5th round that rival the likes of prime McCarty-Draper-Maltby line, would that be HUGE?

What if Mazur becomes 1/3 of that impact line?

That future line will be Hanas-Kasper-Mazur.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

That future line will be Hanas-Kasper-Mazur.

I have higher hopes for all of them but if they become a really tough shutdown 3rd/4th I wouldn’t be too mad.

 

[Dotter]

I have higher hopes for all of them but if they become a really tough shutdown 3rd/4th I wouldn’t be too mad.

If TML had an impact 3rd/4th line like that, they might make it further in the playoffs. As Toronto proves year after year, you NEED those guys.

 

[norrisnick]

I have higher hopes for all of them but if they become a really tough shutdown 3rd/4th I wouldn’t be too mad.

In the playoffs the Grind Line was a 2/3 not a 3/4.

 

[Detroit Knights]

In the playoffs the Grind Line was a 2/3 not a 3/4.

sometimes were even a 1/2 with who they were deployed against

 

[Snuggs]

Scoring a lot lately. No ones really mentioning how well he's done lately. Just thought I'd bump this.

 

[Shaman464]

Scoring a lot lately. No ones really mentioning how well he's done lately. Just thought I'd bump this.

Not really, he has 6 in his last 10 in 25 games with 15 points. He's literally been scoring at his seasonal pace.

 

[lgrws91]

Scoring a lot lately. No ones really mentioning how well he's done lately. Just thought I'd bump this.

Get rid of copp for ntn and bring this kid up

 

[SantosHalper]

Get rid of copp for ntn and bring this kid up

Mazur is more likely Fabbri's replacement.

2024 Perron out, Berggren in
2025 Fabbri out, Mazur in

 

[Macoun]

Mazur is more likely Fabbri's replacement.

2024 Perron out, Berggren in
2025 Fabbri out, Mazur in

I’d call those both upgrades since Fabbri can’t stay healthy or consistent for a full season and Perron is old and slow now

 

[Snuggs]

Not really, he has 6 in his last 10 in 25 games with 15 points. He's literally been scoring at his seasonal pace.

?

" Alot lately" has some relevance.

6 is the last 10 is a lot of scoring, but, 6 in his last 8 is even more since he started scoring consistently. He walked into this season hurt.

Just so you grasp it. He played 17 games prior, and only scored 4 goals.

So... " Not really" is just, a wild response.

 

[Snuggs]

Mazur is more likely Fabbri's replacement.

2024 Perron out, Berggren in
2025 Fabbri out, Mazur in

Seems reasonable.

 

[GreatGordie9]

Seems reasonable.

Carter got his 10th goal tonight but GR winning streak stopped at 5

 

[Snuggs]

Carter got his 10th goal tonight but GR winning streak stopped at 5

Yeah I watched.

I was really rooting for and pimping up Amedeus Lombardi in the offseason but dang he looked bad last night, so did Marco Kasper, and I don't think either guy is playing top minutes, they looked sheltered... Disappointing.

 

[Filppula]

Another G+A tonight.

31 points in 47 games this season, including 9 in the past 6.

His trajectory is very similar to Bertuzzi.

I could see him becoming a 20-20 guy at NHL level.

 

[lilidk]

Good pick. Next Bertuzzi.

But how did you know?

 

[SantosHalper]

But how did you know?

Because Draper was behind of both picks

 

[Crunchy]

Another G+A tonight.

31 points in 47 games this season, including 9 in the past 6.

His trajectory is very similar to Bertuzzi.

I could see him becoming a 20-20 guy at NHL level.

Also considered for best defensive forward of the year in college last year.

You have a 20/20 guy who's good on D and good on PK who can play on the PP as a realistic outcome, with a chance for some additional upside.

I'll take that in the 3rd round.

 

[Dotter]

But how did you know?

They both have a goofy face

 

[Astyanax]

if something super mundane if relatively uncommon like getting a regular bottom 6 guy in the 3rd would qualify as "huge" then what do you even call something like getting a Zetterberg in the 7th?

when you overuse superlatives you run out of room to differentiate these things and you just sound ridiculous

I do appreciate that bottom 6 players are relatively easy to find, although the quality certainly varies quite a bit. That said, the percentage of players that manage to play even a handful of games in the NHL after the 2nd round is in the single digits. Thus, when you draft a helm in 5th round and he plays for years, I would call that a huge get in the 5th. So, if carter somehow does so as a third would that at least be big, big? (According to the Pixies big, big = gigantic, by the way.) Now I'm personally undecided if huge is truly a superlative. Obviously, big, bigger, biggest is easy, but I think huge is just a comparative. To wit, it only has value/meaning relative to the comparison. "Oh my god that's a huge wasp!", one might say and yet it would be a tiny eagle. Therefore, in conclusion I do believe a relatively mundane common nhl player can be a huge get depending on when he was taken.
P.S.
Personally, I am not yet ready to say any of this about carter, but thanks for listening.

 

[Astyanax]

I'm almost at Bingo for this year!

Yeah, this is hilarious!!! I wish I was playing. Do you guys just make up your own cards, or is there a random generator?

 

[wingerdinger]

He has Guentzal potential. He's just a kid who gets it. Hockey sense is off the charts.