Prospect Info: Bruins Prospects XXV

[Mick Riddleton]

Thanks Eric, I was coming here to post the one I found on youtube. It shows all the young guys (Lysell, Potsy, Merk and Brunet) involved in his goals, nice to see some of the potential future. If they can get an extended look.

 

[Patdud]

I don’t really like fluto as a writer but I do find this to be an interesting concept to help explain the current situation. Let the kids push for something meaningful and let the JAGs suffer through this mess.

Bruins prospects Fraser Minten and Matt Poitras have no business being part of the end

After selling off five players at the trade deadline, the Bruins have made their bed and must lie in it.

www.nytimes.com

 

[GordonHowe]

Prospects Report: Minten Notches Hat Trick for P-Bruins | Boston Bruins

Center was acquired by trade from Toronto earlier this month

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[pucksindeep92]

Who do you all think is expected to have the higher ceiling? Zellers or Minten? Feel like either would be drafted well above where they were in a re-draft today. General consensus seems to be that Minten will be a middle 6 player…

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Who do you all think is expected to have the higher ceiling? Zellers or Minten? Feel like either would be drafted well above where they were in a re-draft today. General consensus seems to be that Minten will be a middle 6 player…

Zellers has in theory the higher ceiling, if for no other reason than he hasn't played yet at a level where his weaknesses might be exposed yet. So we can still dream that maybe he becomes a top line wing.

 

[The Andrew Peeke Fan]

Who do you all think is expected to have the higher ceiling? Zellers or Minten? Feel like either would be drafted well above where they were in a re-draft today. General consensus seems to be that Minten will be a middle 6 player…

Zellers is fun to watch, he's for real, I think

 

[Ratty]

Who do you all think is expected to have the higher ceiling? Zellers or Minten? Feel like either would be drafted well above where they were in a re-draft today. General consensus seems to be that Minten will be a middle 6 player…

Hard to formulate an opinion when most here have not seen them play. Check back in a few months. All we can go on is what others have seen at lower levels.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Zellers has in theory the higher ceiling, if for no other reason than he hasn't played yet at a level where his weaknesses might be exposed yet. So we can still dream that maybe he becomes a top line wing.

Zellers has a higher ceiling because he’s a goal scorrr. If he hits he’ll hit because he’s scoring.

 

[pucksindeep92]

Zellers is fun to watch, he's for real, I think

I’ve watched a solid hour of footage. He looks ready to rip and obviously dominates at his level. Hope it translates through the next few league tiers

 

[pucksindeep92]

Zellers has a higher ceiling because he’s a goal scorrr. If he hits he’ll hit because he’s scoring.

What perturbs me was seeing how pure and raw Pasta was upon entry. Kid could barely keep on his skates for more than half a shift, but you knew the speed, drive, and stick was there. We haven’t seen that much of a leash since then save for Poitras, which was pushed along by the OHL/pro factor. He obviously is small, but the skill and intelligence was known immediately, and not through 4 years of minors and AHL slogging. Sometimes I wish there was a little more trial by fire and not necessarily trust, but lack of a need for 100% defensive responsibility for younger players. Lindholm makes 7.75 and effs up,why do you need to hold them to a higher standard? Seems like Lysell and Merk have a similar offensive nature, but we’ve made them change so much about them to fit into our system, rather than accepting the player for who they are, and trying to imprint some two-way qualities on them during development.

 

[bruins4thecup65]

What perturbs me was seeing how pure and raw Pasta was upon entry. Kid could barely keep on his skates for more than half a shift, but you knew the speed, drive, and stick was there. We haven’t seen that much of a leash since then save for Poitras, which was pushed along by the OHL/pro factor. He obviously is small, but the skill and intelligence was known immediately, and not through 4 years of minors and AHL slogging. Sometimes I wish there was a little more trial by fire and not necessarily trust, but lack of a need for 100% defensive responsibility for younger players. Lindholm makes 7.75 and effs up,why do you need to hold them to a higher standard? Seems like Lysell and Merk have a similar offensive nature, but we’ve made them change so much about them to fit into our system, rather than accepting the player for who they are, and trying to imprint some two-way qualities on them during development.

Agree bigtime

 

[yazmybaby]

I’ve watched a solid hour of footage. He looks ready to rip and obviously dominates at his level. Hope it translates through the next few league tiers

He has similar stats vs Kyle Connor at the same age.
Let's hope Zellers can light it up at College next year.
20-25 goals next year would be nice.

 

[TCB]

 

[yazmybaby]

Welcome to the AHL, hope he can contribute.
This makes 9 defensemen on the P Bruins roster now.
Four are only 22 YO and one is 21 YO.
Let's hope they can develop into NHL dee.

 

[Saxon Eric]

1. Zellers
2. Poitras
3. Letourneau
4. Minten
5. Pelosi
6. Lysell
7. Merkulov
8. Brunet
9. Groenewold
10. Gasseau

Locmelis and Johansson just missed
Injury to Jellvik hurts his ranking otherwise he's a lock

 

[HustleB]

1. Zellers
2. Poitras
3. Letourneau
4. Minten
5. Pelosi
6. Lysell
7. Merkulov
8. Brunet
9. Groenewold
10. Gasseau

Locmelis and Johansson just missed
Injury to Jellvik hurts his ranking otherwise he's a lock

Love the list. Couple surprises. Excited to see you still like Letourneau’s potential after a tough freshman year.

 

[GordonHowe]

Prospects Report: Minten Notches Hat Trick for P-Bruins | Boston Bruins

Center was acquired by trade from Toronto earlier this month

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Ideally, Mittelstadt can be the 2C going forward, with Lindholm as defensive 3C.

Minten might well help. I would still select a center if possible.

 

[BlackFrancis]

The most amazing thing about Gallagher was when he was a freshman at BU. If you tuned in, you'd wind up saying, "Huh, looks like he can play."

Then you'd notice he was only playing like 14 minutes - not something outlandish for a college freshman but disappointing. By the second period, it would start to sink in that he was losing time to this guy named Case McCarthy, who Pandolfo would send out there on epic shifts until he just about rolled over and puked before heading back to the bench.

Out of all the BU games I saw that season, I remember seeing Gallagher start a PP once. Pretty sure I made a post here to mark the occasion.

Losing time and PP time to Lane Hutson is 100% completely understandable. Case McCarthy? Yeesh.

 

[Kegs]

1. Zellers
2. Poitras
3. Letourneau
4. Minten
5. Pelosi
6. Lysell
7. Merkulov
8. Brunet
9. Groenewold
10. Gasseau

Locmelis and Johansson just missed
Injury to Jellvik hurts his ranking otherwise he's a lock

I obviously like Locmelis a little too much.

 

[yazmybaby]

Ideally, Mittelstadt can be the 2C going forward, with Lindholm as defensive 3C.

Minten might well help. I would still select a center if possible.

We have holes at dee/wing and center, take the best player available is my thought.
If Jackson Smith is around at 9 or 10 I would to take him. He is the second best dee in the draft, 6'3 can skate, plays physical, has 48 points this year.
Misa/Hagens/Frondell and Desnoyers all have the potential to be #1 Centers, highly doubt they will be around when we pick.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

I obviously like Locmelis a little too much.

I'm with you, I swap him with Merkulov and I love the list

 

[GordonHowe]

We have holes at dee/wing and center, take the best player available is my thought.
If Jackson Smith is around at 9 or 10 I would to take him. He is the second best dee in the draft, 6'3 can skate, plays physical, has 48 points this year.
Misa/Hagens/Frondell and Desnoyers all have the potential to be #1 Centers, highly doubt they will be around when we pick.

I agree that they should take the best player available.

Captain Obvious says get as much talent as you can on the wing, especially in free agency. There's always plenty of talent out there in that regard. It's the easiest way to improve your club.

Select a center at some point whom you can groom and develop in your own system.

Has Mark Divber recently pointed out, rather than have someone, say, go through the system in Buffalo, which is not exactly a winning culture, and then try to convert them to the Bruins Way, draft your own and go homegrown.

That is certainly the case with centers, at least in my mind.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Who do you all think is expected to have the higher ceiling? Zellers or Minten? Feel like either would be drafted well above where they were in a re-draft today. General consensus seems to be that Minten will be a middle 6 player…

Minten.

And I think it's way too early to say if Zellers would go higher, lower or about the same. At this point it's still difficult to compare prospects taken in last year's draft because they are playing in vastly different leagues.

One prospect is scoring 1.5 ppg another is scoring .30 ppg. Seems like an easy comparison that the first guy is better. But what if the high scorer is doing it as a D+1 in the USHL while the .30 is doing it as a D+1 in the SHL?

Zellers is basically leading the USHL in scoring, and that's great (he's 2nd but has a higher ppg than the guy ahead of him). He's doing everything you want a guy on his path to be doing.

But... look at the next 30 guys below him on the list of USHL scoring. Not a single drafted player. They are either a year younger and draft eligible this year, or guys who were passed over in the draft.

Minten playing and doing well at a higher level is more impressive to me.

But the Zellers thing is an interesting comparison to someone like Letourneau. Would Letourneau be scoring more points than Zellers if he was in the USHL? Would Zellers have more than 3 pts if he was in the NCAA? Something tells me that Dean wouldn't be scoring like Zellers is in the USHL.

Whether that's a good or bad thing.. I'm not sure.

 

[ODAAT]

what`s his game like folks, decent stats but can he play D?

 

[The Storm]

1. Zellers
2. Poitras
3. Letourneau
4. Minten
5. Pelosi
6. Lysell
7. Merkulov
8. Brunet
9. Groenewold
10. Gasseau

Locmelis and Johansson just missed
Injury to Jellvik hurts his ranking otherwise he's a lock

Letourneau at #3 seems like a stretch. No goals at the NCAA level. Seems like a bust or a 4th line center at best. Sure hope I am incorrect, because maybe guys with his size need more time to grow into their bodies?