Abbotsford Canucks Thread | Prospects Starting to Heat Up

[Nucker42]

up update on Blais?

 

[Bleach Clean]

A nice article on Lekkerimaki:

Canucks prospect Lekkerimäki is a goalscoring machine in the AHL

Jonathan Lekkerimäki's goalscoring pace in the AHL at 20-years-old compares favourably to several NHL stars.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

[arttk]

A nice article on Lekkerimaki:

Canucks prospect Lekkerimäki is a goalscoring machine in the AHL

Jonathan Lekkerimäki's goalscoring pace in the AHL at 20-years-old compares favourably to several NHL stars.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

my god, the list of names includes the crappier Granlund

 

[LemonSauceD]

up update on Blais?

He came back into the game. I think he’s fine.

 

[Blue and Green]

not surprising, most underrated player in the org.

Aside from that ridiculously low ranking by Wheeler, I think most people at this point are aware that Kudryavtsev is a decent prospect.

Blais shaken up but he’s been really good. Hopefully he gets a contract soon, would be a great energy guy for the big club. With the way he’s playing he probably doesn’t leave the line up if he gets in.

Not really seeing it myself. Has size and decent hands but slow, doesn't PK, is behind Di Giuseppe and Bains on the depth chart.

 

[VanJack]

A nice article on Lekkerimaki:

Canucks prospect Lekkerimäki is a goalscoring machine in the AHL

Jonathan Lekkerimäki's goalscoring pace in the AHL at 20-years-old compares favourably to several NHL stars.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

Wow! The fourth highest goals per game total in the AHL for a 20 year in the last 20 years. Just think where he'd be if he hadn't spent 11 games basically playing eight minutes a night in Vancouver?

Looking at that list of 20-year-olds who have torched the AHL, I'd settle for Connor, Palmieri, Norris, Tyfoli or even more recent kids like Stankoven and Jason Robertson, all day long. Canucks should be treating this kid as 'untouchable' until they at least figure out what they have.

But it really underscores how impressive the seasons have been in Abbotsford for D-Petey and Kudryavtsev, at basically the same age. It's far tougher to transition into the AHL as a 20-year old blueliner, than it is for a scoring winger like Lekkerimaki.

 

[Scumbag Frank]

Not really seeing it myself. Has size and decent hands but slow, doesn't PK, is behind Di Giuseppe and Bains on the depth chart.

Agree here, I don't see anything from Blais beyond the AHL level. He's a decent player there but he doesn't jump off the page like Aman/Bains/Karlsson/Raty/Lekkerimaki/Sasson.
And it's not like he's a Tom Wilson physical menace out there either. Slow like you said. Can body people off the puck sometimes but that's about it.

I made a comment earlier in the year that PDG >> Blais on an NHL 4th line but then PDG also strangely looks worse then Blais in the AHL.