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Prospect Info: Caps Prospects General Discussion Thread - 2024-25

I think Leonard was more NHL ready than Smith but a reminder that young guys have a tough time hacking it in the NHL. This nugget was in an article in The Athletic this morning.

Will Smith was a healthy scratch against the Kings on Thursday night and for good reason: He does not look NHL-ready at the moment. The Sharks have done their part to shelter him with the easiest usage on the team, but through six games he has zero points and is sporting one of the lowest xG rates on the team. Some AHL seasoning might be what’s best for San Jose’s prized prospect.
 
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Kolzilla said:
Has anyone been watching Ilya Protas closely? Looks like we just got a steal this past draft...
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Prefacing this with I haven't seen him play.. Promising stats, but he's playing with Greentree who is certainly no slouch. That team is relatively stacked across the board. I can't help but think of Burakovsky with McDavid and Suzdalev with Bedard.
 
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AlexBrovechkin8 said:
I think Leonard was more NHL ready than Smith but a reminder that young guys have a tough time hacking it in the NHL. This nugget was in an article in The Athletic this morning.

Will Smith was a healthy scratch against the Kings on Thursday night and for good reason: He does not look NHL-ready at the moment. The Sharks have done their part to shelter him with the easiest usage on the team, but through six games he has zero points and is sporting one of the lowest xG rates on the team. Some AHL seasoning might be what’s best for San Jose’s prized prospect.
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Between Leonard's slow start at BC and Smith, I'm wondering if Leonard belongs in the AHL next year.
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Prefacing this with I haven't seen him play.. Promising stats, but he's playing with Greentree who is certainly no slouch. That team is relatively stacked across the board. I can't help but think of Burakovsky with McDavid and Suzdalev with Bedard.
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Burakovsky would be a great result for younger Protas, but I agree that Suzdalev is the cautionary tale. It's a reminder to be excited but also not to go overboard.
 
Kazer said:
Burakovsky would be a great result for younger Protas, but I agree that Suzdalev is the cautionary tale. It's a reminder to be excited but also not to go overboard.
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Oh yeah, definitely no question, that kind of NHL output for a 3rd round pick would be great. And though I sort of implied a different meaning, it wasn't intended.

My post was intended to be more of just a reference to how Junior stats can be inflated by playing with highly skilled linemates, and they can look more skilled than they are. It can be tough to tell if, for example, a guy is a great passer or if his passee just has really high hockey IQ and skill at accepting passes and acting on them.
 
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wickedwitch said:
Cam Allen is putting up a nice season. He's leading his team in points... as a defenseman.

(His team is not good at the whole hockey thing. I expect him to get traded to a better team before ~January.)
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And never mind.... Luchanko just got sent back to Guelph, so they should get better.

BTW, Leonard's sample size has been 3 games. He's been very good, just snake bitten.
 
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Cristall already into the top 15 in points(only 5 off the league lead), in half the games played as the other leaders. If he keeps up this PPG rate he'll easily surpass everyone and finish as the scoring leader by a mile.

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Leonard's been really good all season, but this game showed so much of what he does well. He was good on the PK, his speed was evident, and he was creating scoring chances all night. And the first goal, especially the steal and the pass, was great.
 
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wickedwitch said:
Leonard's been really good all season, but this game showed so much of what he does well. He was good on the PK, his speed was evident, and he was creating scoring chances all night. And the first goal, especially the steal and the pass, was great.
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So true, he was just a little snake bit so far. This was beautiful.
 
Damn watched the first two periods of the BC game but not the third. Fun fact they have Jellvik centering Leonard and he's never played center at BC before.
 
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