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Prospect Info: Blues 2024-2025 Prospect Thread

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Wanted to check McIsaac out. Played very sound D against Tri City. Unafraid shot blocker. Calm in his own end. Reminds me a lot of Mayich. Just very solid defensively.

Have to say Jackson Smith is far better a prospect than Mrtka. Good in his own end and shifty with the puck. Not bad on the PP. Really good skater. He did a far better job against Cristall and Catton. It’s not close. He’s a top 10 pick.

Owen Martin is a good player for a possible late round pick. He is relentless.
 
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PerryTurnbullfan said:
Wanted to check McIsaac out. Played very sound D against Tri City. Unafraid shot blocker. Calm in his own end. Reminds me a lot of Mayich. Just very solid defensively.

Have to say Jackson Smith is far better a prospect than Mrtka. Good in his own end and shifty with the puck. Not bad on the PP. Really good skater. He did a far better job against Cristall and Catton. It’s not close. He’s a top 10 pick.

Owen Martin is a good player for a possible late round pick. He is relentless.
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I think Smith is a real possibility for us around 8-10.
 
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Mike Liut said:
Besides Broberg, who are the other LD you are concerned about?

Just curious, which side does Ralph, Juricek, Fischer and McIsaac play?
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Don't forget Lindstein

IDC what hand D we get.... as long as they can play on the top pair someday. Prefer RHD if i have the choice though. Parayko won't last forever and hopefully faulk is out of town relatively soon.
 
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PerryTurnbullfan said:
Wanted to check McIsaac out. Played very sound D against Tri City. Unafraid shot blocker. Calm in his own end. Reminds me a lot of Mayich. Just very solid defensively.

Have to say Jackson Smith is far better a prospect than Mrtka. Good in his own end and shifty with the puck. Not bad on the PP. Really good skater. He did a far better job against Cristall and Catton. It’s not close. He’s a top 10 pick.

Owen Martin is a good player for a possible late round pick. He is relentless.
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McIsaac was one of the only defenseman I thought stood out in our last prospect tourney. Seemed calm, made good passes, seemed to break up plays. Not flashy and not a high draft pick, but seemed overall solid against his peers.
 
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Ralph didnt seem overly physical when I saw him. I’d love to have my bottom 4 all Joel Edmundson types.
 
How would this D fair? No wisenheimer answers because there are 4 Edmundson’s lol

Broberg / Fowler - Parayko
Edmundson - Edmundson
Edmundson - Edmundson
 
ChicagoBlues said:
We had two bruisers on the Cup team. That’s good enough as long as the others aren’t too soft.
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I don't think having Bruisers really matters all too much. What we had was size, good skaters and reliable defensive players. Dunn was the exception to that - but he also was extremely competitive and added and element of offense. We also had Pietrangelo who could add in offensively. We're still lacking that a bit, but the way Parayko has been playing this year we have another element added. I just think we went too far searching for offense from the backend with Faulk/Krug. It helps if they're elite enough to control the game while they're on the ice.
 
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Mike Liut said:
How would this D fair? No wisenheimer answers because there are 4 Edmundson’s lol

Broberg / Fowler - Parayko
Edmundson - Edmundson
Edmundson - Edmundson
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Badly.
You'd be spending more than half the game pinned in your defensive zone.
What you ideally want is something more like this:
Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-(Edmundson)
(Edmundson)-(PuckMover)

You've gotta be able to get the puck out of your zone or your (Edmundson) types will get overworked and exposed. You're not bruising anyone if you're dead on your skates.
 
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kimzey59 said:
Badly.
You'd be spending more than half the game pinned in your defensive zone.
What you ideally want is something more like this:
Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-(Edmundson)
(Edmundson)-(PuckMover)

You've gotta be able to get the puck out of your zone or your (Edmundson) types will get overworked and exposed. You're not bruising anyone if you're dead on your skates.
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Makes sense
 
BleedBlue14 said:
I don't think having Bruisers really matters all too much. What we had was size, good skaters and reliable defensive players. Dunn was the exception to that - but he also was extremely competitive and added and element of offense. We also had Pietrangelo who could add in offensively. We're still lacking that a bit, but the way Parayko has been playing this year we have another element added. I just think we went too far searching for offense from the backend with Faulk/Krug. It helps if they're elite enough to control the game while they're on the ice.
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Totally agree. Overall toughness is what I really want. Up and down the lineup, I want physicality.
 
Mike Liut said:
I get it, but we tried that with Leddy, Krug and the other Smurf. I just didn’t like it. I want some bruisers
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Ralph and Peru are wildly different players. Neither is overly physical, but I don't think how Peru played with us has any bearing on how Ralph will do for us.
 
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