Prospect Info: Bakersfield Condors '18-19 Season III | Bird Fight!

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Bouchard is going to be an animal in the AHL next year... if he’s not up with the big boys.

 

[CycloneSweep]

But but I thought Yamamoto sucks... and Bear isn't good either?

Bear is very good at the AHL level but he struggles to handle the physicality. Yamamoto is adapting slow but is still a very good player at this level.

 

[BarDownBobo]

Not gonna count them out yet cuz they've shown they can score in bunches but they'll really have to flip the switch in the intermission here. The wheels completely fell off after the Comtois goal.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Tough game so far, they played well in the 2nd but gave up more than they scored. Hopefully they leave it all out on the ice in the 3rd. Bouchard has shown a lot of growth in the games that I've seen, a solid offseason for him and he'll be banging on the door for the big club.

 

[CycloneSweep]

No matter what happens. The boys had a great season and has shown us greatness in a few of them.

If Holland keeps his word of stacking the AHL with prospects until they are ready our defense down there next year will be unfair. Adding Maksimov and McLeod full time will definitely help too.

 

[CupofOil]

Bouchard is going to be an animal in the AHL next year... if he’s not up with the big boys.

Still needs a lot of work defensively especially in space.
His puck skills are elite though and that's something you can't teach.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

Comtois, the diving champion of the WJC, will fit right in with the Ducks.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Tough game so far, they played well in the 2nd but gave up more than they scored. Hopefully they leave it all out on the ice in the 3rd. Bouchard has shown a lot of growth in the games that I've seen, a solid offseason for him and he'll be banging on the door for the big club.

Ideally you leave him in the AHL all season and if we make the playoffs you inject him into the lineup like Colorado did with their stud prospect.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Bouchard is going to be an animal in the AHL next year... if he’s not up with the big boys.

If he can get a little quicker and even be NHL average defensively he will be a great add to our club.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Ideally you leave him in the AHL all season and if we make the playoffs you inject him into the lineup like Colorado did with their stud prospect.

If we can afford to leave him and Samorukov in the AHL next season, the Condors should have one hell of a team.

 

[CupofOil]

If he can get a little quicker and even be NHL average defensively he will be a great add to our club.

It's not necessarily the foot speed that concerns me (although that needs some work too), it's his awareness defensively which I'm not sure is something that can be fixed. Nurse suffers from the same thing, positioning leaves a lot to be desired so he'll always need a stable Dman to partner with IMO.

 

[CycloneSweep]

If we can afford to leave him and Samorukov in the AHL next season, the Condors should have one hell of a team.

As wild as it sounds, I think Samorukov is definitely more NHL ready right now then...I think almost all our defense prospects.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

It's not necessarily the foot speed that concerns me (although that needs some work too), it's his awareness defensively which I'm not sure is something that can be fixed. Nurse suffers from the same thing, positioning leaves a lot to be desired.

You have noticed this tonight ?

 

[CupofOil]

You have noticed this tonight ?

Not necessarily tonight but yes, in general, at every level.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Not necessarily tonight but yes, in general, at every level.

Oh okay. I’ll keep an eye out more for it.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Bouchard is going to be an animal in the AHL next year... if he’s not up with the big boys.

Give him until the All Star game in the AHL then bring him up

 

[McTonyBrar]

Bear is very good at the AHL level but he struggles to handle the physicality. Yamamoto is adapting slow but is still a very good player at this level.

I think Bear can be used in a MAB role. He does seem better defensively then him. Yamamoto just needs more time JUST like Puljujarvi. People are so quick to give up on both

 

[McTonyBrar]

As wild as it sounds, I think Samorukov is definitely more NHL ready right now then...I think almost all our defense prospects.

Okay NO. People seriously need to stop with this mania. Samorukov is NOT NHL ready just because he's dominating junior. Bear did that. Even Jones was a PPG and neither were NHL ready. Pro level is much different. Players are much faster, more skilled, have more experience, more older and bigger. It's not kids playing against kids. It's a kid playing against men, and that takes time.

Enough with throwing Junior dominating players to the NHL

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Okay NO. People seriously need to stop with this mania. Samorukov is NOT NHL ready just because he's dominating junior. Bear did that. Even Jones was a PPG and neither were NHL ready. Pro level is much different. Players are much faster, more skilled, have more experience, more older and bigger. It's not kids playing against kids. It's a kid playing against men, and that takes time.

Enough with throwing Junior dominating players to the NHL

I hear you but I also think you are reading into the points too much. Samurai has a way better game All around in my opinion.

 

[oobga]

Comtois, the diving champion of the WJC, will fit right in with the Ducks.

How is it possible that the ducks have another dbag like this in the pipeline? They must be making kids do personality tests during their pre-draft interviews. 10/10 on the d-bag scale and you move way up their list.

 

[McTonyBrar]

This Kulevich fool is awful

 

[belair]

That one was all Kulevich.

 

[belair]

Get Bouchard and Jones out there every second shift.

 

[McTonyBrar]

I hear you but I also think you are reading into the points too much. Samurai has a way better game All around in my opinion.

I'm not looking at points. I haven't watched that many games with him but I watched his AHL games last year and a couple playoff games this year. His game is fantastic and pro level. Man amongst boys but that also doesn't mean he is NHL ready

Do what we are doing with Bouchard. Ease him into the AHL as a #7 Dman then give him more responsibility as the season progresses.

OR

throw him into the NHL as a top six 6 dman and see what materializes with an already fragile NHL D core

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I'm not looking at points. I haven't watched that many games with him but I watched his AHL games last year and a couple playoff games this year. His game is fantastic and pro level. Man amongst boys but that also doesn't mean he is NHL ready

Do what we are doing with Bouchard. Ease him into the AHL as a #7 Dman then give him more responsibility as the season progresses.

OR

throw him into the NHL as a top six 6 dman and see what materializes with an already fragile NHL D core

I won’t argue this. Sam sauce better be in the AHL next year.