C Dean Letourneau - St. Andrew's College, CAHS (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.