Great snipe by Leonard for the first goal of the game.
have the game on and missed it. Went back and watched. he made a great play on the previous rush and bodied a guy up to keep in zone but then they turned it over. Was kinda back cherry picking but sweet drag to the middle before sweet shot!Great snipe by Leonard for the first goal of the game.
His "advisors" need to stfu. lol
O’Brien was a point-per-game center in the OHL last season as a 16-year-old... O'Brien is also a competitive center who gets to the net, wins pucks and plays with good tempo... He has a lot of potential as a scoring forward.
It will be interesting to see if any of those guys get contracts. Patrick Thomas was signed a PTO for Hershey last year as a black ace but then released (which i think was more of a roster size limit).It's too soon IMHO to start thinking about draft prospects that will be available when the Caps pick rolls around, in large part because I have no idea where the Caps will pick and don't follow these guys too closely.
But I'd been meaning to pop in here and ask if anyone had insight into Patrick Thomas, playing for (Captaining) the Brantford Bulldogs. He was the Caps 4th round pick in 2023, turned 20 in August, and is at 1.29 PPG. (4 goals, 18 assists in 17 games). I don't exactly think he's a top prospect or anything like that, just wondering if he may have a legitimate shot at an NHL future. He's unsigned still, his rights would expire June 2025. Obviously, the Caps have a logjam in their contract count prior to June 1. Along with Thomas, their rights to Hanelt and Hyland will expire June 1. Rights to David Gucciardi and Brent Johnson will expire in August 2025.
But when I was looking at Thomas, wondering if his assist count is high because he's playing with another top prospect (FWIW Thomas also had good numbers last season), I did notice Jake O'Brien, who Pronman had at 15 on his draft rankings. If we assume the Caps have watched Thomas some so far this year, it stands to reason they've also seen O'Brien quite a bit. Wouldn't be the first time they went after a prospect/guy because he was former teammates with one of their own.
Also, random blast from the past in that ranking: #25 Sascha Boumedienne. Yes, son of Josef. God I'm old.
I was wrong on the total points for some reason unless the whl stats are updated close to something real time. Looks like he's at 28 points good for 12th with just 10 game played. McKenna is at 39 points in 20 games.Cristall with 1+3 on Wednesday evening. Should take him up to 31 points so in the middle top 10 in point.
Parascak versus Cristall on Friday.
This.UConn has a player named "Viking Gustafsson Nyberg"
BC's PP is terrible
They played like shit, definitely thought they had the win before they took the ice.Lenny adds a couple of assists as BC loses 5-4