C Dean Letourneau - Boston College, NCAA (2024, 25th, BOS)

[WarriorofTime]

He's staying in the lineup, and BC likely sees a guy who can be a big piece for them in 2 years. I don't think they're too concerned. With his draft capital, it'd be unlikely he's playing 24 year old college hockey in any event.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

He's staying in the lineup, and BC likely sees a guy who can be a big piece for them in 2 years. I don't think they're too concerned. With his draft capital, it'd be unlikely he's playing 24 year old college hockey in any event.

23 GP, 2 PTS doesn't concern them?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Is this Boston's version of Tyler Boucher?

 

[WarriorofTime]

23 GP, 2 PTS doesn't concern them?

Right now? Playing the role they had for him. If he doesn’t make a step, yeah.

 

[ForsbergForever]

I think this kid is going to have a very John Beecher-esque career.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.

 

[crab]

Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.

So if all goes right the upside is a 20 point 4th liner?

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Look at Mason lohrei and how he panned out.

Mason was almost PPG during his 1st NCAA season and he's a D...

 

[Wieters]

Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.

Kreider, Hayes, Boyle. They're all 6'3"-6'6" forwards who were taken late in the first round, made the jump from prep school to BC, spent 3-4 years in college, and wound up being long-time NHLers. And they all looked varying degrees of raw as freshmen. Would it be nice if Dean had found a way to poke in a goal or two? Sure. But the bigger picture is that there was a plan with Dean based on those guys with similar profiles who came before him, and there's no reason to believe things aren't going according to the plan.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Had moments of solid 4th line play for Boston College last night against Northeastern in the Beanpot Semifinal, had other moments where you wanted more. Not bad though.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Had some decent moments in the 1st period, but really quiet the rest of the Beanpot Final

 

[wintersej]

Kreider, Hayes, Boyle. They're all 6'3"-6'6" forwards who were taken late in the first round, made the jump from prep school to BC, spent 3-4 years in college, and wound up being long-time NHLers. And they all looked varying degrees of raw as freshmen. Would it be nice if Dean had found a way to poke in a goal or two? Sure. But the bigger picture is that there was a plan with Dean based on those guys with similar profiles who came before him, and there's no reason to believe things aren't going according to the plan.

I would argue the jump to NCAA is a bigger jump today than when those guys did it.

Still, you of course wanted to see more from Dean in his first season, but no reason to panic. Next year will be big for him.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

I would argue the jump to NCAA is a bigger jump today than when those guys did it.

Still, you of course wanted to see more from Dean in his first season, but no reason to panic. Next year will be big for him.

If Jay O'Brien is on the worst end of the spectrum, Mark Jankowski is in the middle, and Kevin Hayes & Chris Kreider are at the best end of the spectrum, Letourneau is definitely in between O'Brien and Jankowski. From what I've watched, there's certainly more promise than many would believe, but the production & overall rawness in his game are certainly concerning for a 1st round pick.

 

[WarriorofTime]

They said during the Beanpot broadcast that he was originally going to play in the USHL but the spot opened up when Will Smith went Pro. Makes more sense in that way.

 

[bigdog16]

They said during the Beanpot broadcast that he was originally going to play in the USHL but the spot opened up when Will Smith went Pro. Makes more sense in that way.

Easy to say in hindsight that it was the wrong decision. I still think it would have benefitted him going back to the USHL, or CHL, at Christmas.

 

[Juxtaposer]

He might figure it out, but he needs to stop playing like he's 5'9". He literally tried to duck a hit from 5'10" Cole Hutson, and then Hutson crunched him into the boards. Hard to watch.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He might figure it out, but he needs to stop playing like he's 5'9". He literally tried to duck a hit from 5'10" Cole Hutson, and then Hutson crunched him into the boards. Hard to watch.

This is part of why he’ll take longer. He doesn’t play like he’s 6’6. He’s 5’9 in a 6’6 body. You rarely see someone so big that’s so soft. But it’s teachable to use your size, and you can’t really teach 5’9 to play as 6’6.

 

[KeziaTML]

He was drafted as a project and he remains a project 26 games after his draft. Not a shocker, Probably best if some of you come back to this thread after 4 years instead of breaking out the "i told you so"

 

[Dr Quincy]

Mason was almost PPG during his 1st NCAA season and he's a D...

He was also about 3 years older than Letourneau is as a freshman.

 

[wetcoast]

He was drafted as a project and he remains a project 26 games after his draft. Not a shocker, Probably best if some of you come back to this thread after 4 years instead of breaking out the "i told you so"

He was taken 25th overall so it's fair game.

If he had been taken in the 40-80 spot there would be 1/10th the posts but such a high pick should be showing more here it really that simple.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

He was drafted as a project and he remains a project 26 games after his draft. Not a shocker, Probably best if some of you come back to this thread after 4 years instead of breaking out the "i told you so"

Imagine discussing a prospect on the prospect board. I have never!

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Really interested to see how his D+1 really affects his overall development moving forward. Even the biggest skeptics/critics like myself would have thought the statline would have been better than 28 GP 2 PTS.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think he needs time. It’s not going to happen overnight if you snap your fingers and ask for it. He was not a player who is that close to his ceiling. Playing Prep last year made it a difficult transition for this year.

This thread should stop getting bumped every game he doesn’t score. 6 vs. 15 points this year tangibly makes no difference towards whether he’ll be an eventual success. This was an adjustment year and we’ll see if he comes out ready for next season.

 

[wickedwitch]

I think he needs time. It’s not going to happen overnight if you snap your fingers and ask for it. He was not a player who is that close to his ceiling. Playing Prep last year made it a difficult transition for this year.

This thread should stop getting bumped every game he doesn’t score. 6 vs. 15 points this year tangibly makes no difference towards whether he’ll be an eventual success. This was an adjustment year and we’ll see if he comes out ready for next season.

So I don't disagree in theory. This year doesn't matter, especially given that he's still getting ice time and now special teams opportunities.

But at the same time, he's doing worse than anyone predicted.

(Also, if he actually had 6 points and not 2 points, we would be having a different conversation. I mean, he's tied with Fowler in points.)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

(Also, if he actually had 6 points and not 2 points, we would be having a different conversation. I mean, he's tied with Fowler in points.)

I was saying 6 points because that's a random guess of what he might end the season with.