All-Purpose Prospect Thread v17.0

[hawksfan50]

Domenic James should sign soon if Hawksare signing him..

 

[dj Mahoney]

Wow Denver folded last night like a house of cards

 

[Putt Pirate]

Wow Denver folded last night like a house of cards

That 3rd goal was a Huet level softie.

 

[TheFridge]

Curious when our College kids sign ? Has to be soon

 

[hawksfan50]

Lardis and Pridham both healthy scratches today in final regular season games for Brantford and Kitchener respectively...Both teams resting sone top playets for the upcoming playoff games..
Teams want to avoid injury to key players in a meaningless game forvthe final standings..
In the Q ,Monctin healthy-scratched Caleb Drsnoyers for their final 2 games on the regular season.

Saginaw woukd be crazy to not rest Misa I their final game today ...they already rested Zayne Oarekh ladt game prior to this one.

So this practice of scratching healthy keybojayers is bad for maximizing season stats for top players ..but from thevteam perspective ,why risk injury ina nothing game as playoff opponents already determined anyway.

 

[MTU34]

Brad Berry out at North Dakota so that would feed into any transfer speculation about Boisvert (personally haven’t seen anything about it but I’d imagine it’s a distinct possibility now)

 

[dj Mahoney]

Martin Misiak finished his Jr career with a 1st star 3 A , 60 Games 23 G 36 A 59 pts (playoffs still)

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Lardis, Vanacker and Brantford (1) are taking on the North Bay Battalion (8) in the first round

Jack Pridham and the Kitchener Rangers (3) are taking on the Flint Firebirds (6)

Alex Pharand and the Wolves (6) taking on the Kingston Frontenacs (3)

Martin Misiak, Ty Henry and the Erie Otters (5) are taking on the Saginaw Spirit (4)

AJ Spellacy and the Spitfires (2) are taking on the Soo Greyhounds (7)

 

[dj Mahoney]

Lardis, Vanacker and Brantford (1) are taking on the North Bay Battalion (8) in the first round

Jack Pridham and the Kitchener Rangers (3) are taking on the Flint Firebirds (6)

Alex Pharand and the Wolves (6) taking on the Kingston Frontenacs (3)

Martin Misiak, Ty Henry and the Erie Otters (5) are taking on the Saginaw Spirit (4)

AJ Spellacy and the Spitfires (2) are taking on the Soo Greyhounds (7)

Erie vs Saginaw more than likely will feature the next Blackhawks 1st rder from (2025) Misa or Schaefer

 

[Putt Pirate]

Brad Berry out at North Dakota so that would feed into any transfer speculation about Boisvert (personally haven’t seen anything about it but I’d imagine it’s a distinct possibility now)

Was wondering how he made it this long to be honest. That program needs a better coach and recruiter. I hope Boisvert goes to a program that will let him blossom and have some linemates for that as well. not knocking his at ND per se but he was pretty much solo it seemed.

 

[TLEH]

Brad Berry out at North Dakota so that would feed into any transfer speculation about Boisvert (personally haven’t seen anything about it but I’d imagine it’s a distinct possibility now)

I think the NCHC is my favorite conference for developing prospects but selfishly I would like him to come to the east coast so I could see him in person.

 

[MTU34]

I think the NCHC is my favorite conference for developing prospects but selfishly I would like him to come to the east coast so I could see him in person.

selfishly I would like to see him at Michigan Tech

 

[hawksfan50]

I had expected Hawks to sign Domenic James by now...have heard no announcement yet..Did the NCAa give him an extra year due to his missing all but 2 games in the 23/24 season.?..on latecFebrurary there were articles that Hawks would sign him to an ELC right after Minnesota -Duluth sesson ends....which it has ...but still nonews of a signing yet. Have the plans changed? ?

 

[MHO]

I had expected Hawks to sign Domenic James by now...have heard no announcement yet..Did the NCAa give him an extra year due to his missing all but 2 games in the 23/24 season.?..on latecFebrurary there were articles that Hawks would sign him to an ELC right after Minnesota -Duluth sesson ends....which it has ...but still nonews of a signing yet. Have the plans changed? ?

I'm starting to get just a little concerned about Dominic James as I feel like if he were going to sign, he would have by now. This is how you can have 'too many' draft picks as he might see an easier path to the NHL with a different team.

He's going to have to compete with Slaggert, Dach, Greene, Hayes, Savoie, Thompson, Moore, and Lardis for what might be available bottom 6 roles. The alternative for him is just wait until August and he can sign with any team he wants. I'm sure he'll have interest throughout the league. This phenomenon is exactly why KD has been doing trades like moving picks to go from 20 to 18 or whatever.

 

[Putt Pirate]

if James isn't willing to fight it out then whatever. Not like this org is going to live and die by signing him.

 

[Mrfenn92]

No reason to panic yet

 

[MHO]

if James isn't willing to fight it out then whatever. Not like this org is going to live and die by signing him.

I won't either. I'm just trying to drive the point that having more draft picks isn't necessarily better than having less draft picks because too many draft picks creates this kind of problem. It's by no means the worst kind of problem to have but when people scream that we didn't sell Donato for a 2nd, or when we trade 2 2nds to move up 2 spots or whatever we did in the Boisvert thing, this is the reasoning behind those kinds of moves.

 

[CallMeShaft]

I legit do not know if Dominic James would even make it in a Top 25 Prospects list for us. He's someone I honestly keep forgetting exists.

I'd rather us sign him than not, but I won't lose sleep over it if he walks. Almost certainly not an NHL player in the future.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Sweating over a 6th round pick signing is crazy

 

[MHO]

Sweating over a 6th round pick signing is crazy

I'm not sweating. Maybe I should have worded it with 'doubt' instead of 'concern'

 

[Northernhawk]

Sweating over a 6th round pick signing is crazy

James is a Norm MacIver(MinnDul) find…he’ll sign with Blackhawks