Prospect Info: CBJ Prospect Thread XI

[stevo61]

well, I'm comparing them as prospects rather than comparing a 18-year-old elick to a 26-year-old peeke.

as a prospect, peeke was seen as more of a two-way puck mover who had some athletic tools. elick's tools are very one-way (mobility + physicality + reach).

in the NHL, peeke developed (out of necessity) into a defense-only guy, but his strengths defensively are different than elick. peeke is more of a netfront/down low defender. elick looks like a potentially elite rush defender, but the other parts of his game (particularly offensively) are not inspiring.



again, comparing elick to a young gudbranson rather than present day. particularly in the "lights dudes up in open ice" stuff. he loves to step up and make huge hits.

I'm sure they'll try to work on improving his puck game, but I don't think it's ever going to be a true NHL level asset. that was how things were with gudbranson, too. part of me wonders if they're going to instead focus on getting him to be an elite shutdown guy rather than rounding out his game. his ability to defend the rush at a high level makes him a good eraser next to someone like mateychuk or even werenski.

if you put the 2024 draft version of charlie elick into the draft 15 years ago he wouldn't profile much differently than erik gudbranson or griffin reinhart. his skating is at a higher level than those guys were, and he has the size/mean streak that teams overvalued back then.

Gudbranson was seen as a skilled big man who could skate and a future leader. Elick could turn out to be a player and I hope he does because I love open ice hitters but that one skill is gaining him more hype than he should at this point. If he didn't make open ice hits he would be talked about less than Marrelli

 

[cbjthrowaway]

Gudbranson was seen as a skilled big man who could skate and a future leader. Elick could turn out to be a player and I hope he does because I love open ice hitters but that one skill is gaining him more hype than he should at this point. If he didn't make open ice hits he would be talked about less than Marrelli

fwiw I do think marrelli is a better prospect at this point.

 

[Doggy]

Is LDBB still a prospect? He had a goal and assist today for the Monsters.

I know he's not a prospect but Rocco had five assists in two games this weekend!

 

[Xoggz22]

Is LDBB still a prospect? He had a goal and assist today for the Monsters.

I know he's not a prospect but Rocco had five assists in two games this weekend!

Yes, he's still a prospect. Hasn't played enough NHL games to graduate.

 

[Doggy]

Gonna add to my post above, Ivanov shut out CSKA today stopping 35 shots and picking up an assist in a 2-0 win.

That lowers his GAA to 2.39 and raises his Save Percentage to .932 over his last seven games. Kid is hitting another hot streak. Hoping he rolls this way through the end of the season (late March). Fourteen games left in their season. Too bad his contract doesn't end with the final game of the season or he could have come over and joined Jet in Cleveland for a playoff run.

Ivanov continues his hot streak stopping 28 of 29 shots in a 4-1 win against CSKA. That lowers his GAA to 2.21 and raises his Save Percentage to .935 over his last eight starts.

For the season his GAA drops to 3.02 and his Save Percentage rises to .910.

 

[CBJx614]