Prospect Info: CBJ Prospect Thread XI

[cbjthrowaway]

Just for fun and obviously premature, but with how he's looked in the AHL and WJC do we think Jiricek would go #1 in a 2022 re-draft?

he is the best nhl-drafted player outside the nhl right now IMO.

 

[Doggy]

he is the best nhl-drafted player outside the nhl right now IMO.

That's a bold statement. Also reminds me of Jarmo claiming Elvis was the best goalie in the world not in the NHL (back when he was in Switzerland). Look how that has worked out so far.

 

[stevo61]

That's a bold statement. Also reminds me of Jarmo claiming Elvis was the best goalie in the world not in the NHL (back when he was in Switzerland). Look how that has worked out so far.

Atleast this one is debateable. I dont like making claims like this but there are no surefire superstars not in the NHL so its atleast a real discussion. There will probably be some random mid round pick that comes out of nowhere and blows people away eventually also (Dumais? ).

 

[CBJx614]

That's a bold statement. Also reminds me of Jarmo claiming Elvis was the best goalie in the world not in the NHL (back when he was in Switzerland). Look how that has worked out so far.

Goalies aren't exactly known for being stable and go through high and low swings more often than skaters.

 

[Doggy]

Goalies aren't exactly known for being stable and go through high and low swings more often than skaters.

Your comment reminds me of a joke that is NSFW and won't be shared. But safe to say Elvis had like a 25 game peak his rookie year and a 2 1/2 season valley since. His numbers are progressively more dreadful year after year. He's becoming Steve Mason.

 

[CBJx614]

Your comment reminds me of a joke that is NSFW and won't be shared. But safe to say Elvis had like a 25 game peak his rookie year and a 2 1/2 season valley since. His numbers are progressively more dreadful year after year. He's becoming Steve Mason.

Yeah he hasn't been great lately, but that's not say when Jarmo made that comment he wasn't at his peak and was playing like one of the best goalies outside of the NHL.

 

[Doggy]

Yeah he hasn't been great lately...

Understatement of the season perhaps? Dead last in the league in GAA and Save Percentage. I am rooting for the guy 100% but let's call crap play exactly what it is...crap play.

 

[CBJx614]

Understatement of the season perhaps? Dead last in the league in GAA and Save Percentage. I am rooting for the guy 100% but let's call crap play exactly what it is...crap play.

You see how well you play when don't have a defense in front of you and then your own fan base makes death threats towards your wife and newborn child.

Not to mention he watched his best friend die in front of him. It doesn't matter how long ago it was, that's not something that you easily recover from. Even without all the pressure of being a professional athlete.

It's easy to see how he could be off. I'm not judging him to harshly this season.

 

[majormajor]

That's a bold statement. Also reminds me of Jarmo claiming Elvis was the best goalie in the world not in the NHL (back when he was in Switzerland). Look how that has worked out so far.

So because he's currently struggling (which goalies tend to do) that says something about how good he was five years ago? Not really.

More like having the best goalie not in the NHL isn't that valuable because goalies are so erratic anyways. That doesn't apply to Jiricek.

he is the best nhl-drafted player outside the nhl right now IMO.

I'd rank him 1st but it's admittedly not a great draft. Slaf is still very intriguing, I love Mintyukov, a lot of guys a tiny bit behind him.

 

[Doggy]

You see how well you play when don't have a defense in front of you and then your own fan base makes death threats towards your wife and newborn child.

Not to mention he watched his best friend die in front of him. It doesn't matter how long ago it was, that's not something that you easily recover from. Even without all the pressure of being a professional athlete.

It's easy to see how he could be off. I'm not judging him to harshly this season.

1) I don’t condone any threats by fans. I don’t condone threats against anyone.

2) all fans were saddened by Kivy’s death and I have no doubt it’s hard to overcome when it’s your close friend and while I don’t ever expect him to forget at some point he needs to overcome if he wants to be an NHL goalie. Maybe he needs a different goalie coach, or maybe he needs a change of scenery but if he can’t make the situation in Columbus work the current scenario is untenable in the long term.

In all seriousness, how many years do you give him a pass?

Like I said, I percent want him to succeed but that doesn’t change the narrative. He’s been beyond bad and gotten progressively worse year after year.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Why are we talking about Elvis in the prospect thread. I think from here forward we should not be.

 

[KJ Dangler]

 

[barriers]

Dmiri injured? or perhaps in Kazan's doghouse if he plans to comes to Ohio for next season?

 

[Monstershockey]

Dmiri injured? or perhaps in Kazan's doghouse if he plans to comes to Ohio for next season?

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

 

[stevo61]

I think its kind of hard to quantify the AHL numbers vs others. Obviously its impressive no matter what but also had that lethal PP with Marchenko and Bemstrom down there.

That said hes still been killing it all year and absolutely dominating the WJC, if he even remotely keeps up his pace after the WJC it would be about as great of a draft+1 season you could ever hope for.

 

[CBJx614]

I think it's more likely he turned into Seth Jones than Adam Fox, but I'd gladly be wrong.

 

[majormajor]

 

[koteka]

Any other guys with “Del” in their name that Sarnia can acquire?

 

[tunnelvision]

That's exciting. Haven't watched OHL this year but by taking a brief look at Sarnia's roster there shouldn't be a lot of competition for 1C which is good news for DBB right? For me Ty Voit is one of the most entertaining junior players currently in the CHL, if he and DBB are the top line duo and PP1 regulars with Kyrou supporting the offense from blueline, would think Luca's TOI and production rate should be increasing from here on.

 

[barriers]

I like to think Dmitri was making aggressive eye-contact with the goalie while skating in.

 

[barriers]

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

Jiricek named to AHL All Stars:

 

[ViD]

Dumais with 8 points in his last 5 games. I guess that qualifies as a slow down by his standards?

 

[DarkandStormy]

Dumais is currently on the 9th best points per game pace in the Q since Crosby's '04-'05 season. Some NHL "misses" in there, sure, but those guys were almost exclusively 19 or 20 year olds. Very mew misses in this stratosphere if a guy is 17 or 18 scoring at that pace.