Prospect Info: CHL Playoffs (Road to the Memorial Cup)

[Whitesnake]

6-4 1:07 left.

 

[Richard Bolton]

6-5.

And so it ends.

 

[Ezpz]

Seems like Wright's coach didn't even have him on the top line.

 

[Whitesnake]

End of series. 6-5. At least they finished strong.

 

[Hacketts]

Better game for Wright, strong 3rd. Could of had a few pts in that period.

 

[Whitesnake]

Seems like Wright's coach didn't even have him on the top line.

Well he decided to mix his first 2 lines. So he was playing with Chromiak and Wisdom. But it didn't gel as much. Though Wright played a MUCH MUCH better game tonight.

 

[Ezpz]

Well he decided to mix his first 2 lines. So he was playing with Chromiak and Wisdom. But it didn't gel as much. Though Wright played a MUCH MUCH better game tonight.

I just hope if he's our guy he's a good one. I've been watching this team be bad for too long.

 

[Gael]

I just hope if he's our guy he's a good one. I've been watching this team be bad for too long.

I believe

 

[Justin11]

Get him out of Kingston. Glad it’s over.

 

[Adam Michaels]

North Bay wins the series with a 6-5 win.
- Vrbetic with 30 saves on 35 SOG for a .857 SV%

Windsor wins their series with a 3-2 win (after being down 2-0).
- Sobolev with 0 pts / -1 / 1 SOG


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So the Conference Finals for the OHL Playoffs will be:

Hamilton vs. North Bay (Mysak & Xhekaj vs. Vrbetic)
Windsor (Sobolev) vs. Flint

Unless Flint wins it all, there will be at least a prospect(s) in the Memorial Cup from the OHL.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Glad Wright played a better game though could still have had more want.

Lets see if there's an injury.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Glad Wright played a better game though could still have had more want.

Lets see if there's an injury.

When an entire fanbase is hoping a player is injured for his own sake haha

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

That was a much better game by Wright

 

[Jack Skellington]

One thing he needs to stop doing (that a good coach will hopefully tell him) is passing it off to the lead man when he’s coming through the neutral zone with speed and his teammate is handcuffed by the blue line.

 

[le_sean]

One thing he needs to stop doing (that a good coach will hopefully tell him) is passing it off to the lead man when he’s coming through the neutral zone with speed and his teammate is handcuffed by the blue line.

Knowing Wright, his thought process is that he is going to keep being followed by at least two defenders so he’s creating space for a safer entrance. It’s almost as if he processes the game as a mathematician.

 

[Nedved]

I’m not sure how you can watch that Kingston team and be shocked by wright. Put him on a top team and this doesn’t even exist. Looking forward to the world juniors.

 

[tooji]

Knowing Wright, his thought process is that he is going to keep being followed by at least two defenders so he’s creating space for a safer entrance. It’s almost as if he processes the game as a mathematician.

It’s interesting to realize that certain moves wright does will work better in the pros than they do in junior. His whole game revolves around his teammates being almost as smart as he is. It’s why you see some guys produce better in the NHL than the AHL due to the lack of structure in the latter.

The paradox is that if he was smarter he would realize his teammates aren’t thinking the game at the same level as him, so he would play more selfishly. The problem is that this would mean he basically has to play “dumber” to compensate for his teammates. Kind of a weird trait to develop.

tldr; hockey IQ can only go so far in junior

 

[morhilane]

It’s interesting to realize that certain moves wright does will work better in the pros than they do in junior. His whole game revolves around his teammates being almost as smart as he is. It’s why you see some guys produce better in the NHL than the AHL due to the lack of structure in the latter.

The paradox is that if he was smarter he would realize his teammates aren’t thinking the game at the same level as him, so he would play more selfishly. The problem is that this would mean he basically has to play “dumber” to compensate for his teammates. Kind of a weird trait to develop.

tldr; hockey IQ can only go so far in junior

He's been focusing on playing an NHL ready game over getting points this season according to the team DG (Kory Cooper).

I'm pretty sure he is aware his team is crap. He also has the personality of someone who wants others to do better (otherwise he wouldn't be an elite support player), so maybe he thinks he's helping them playing a pro-NHL games that way instead of taking over.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Today starts the second round of the QMJHL playoffs, also a Best-of-5 series.

- Kidney vs. Simoneau & Trudea @ 2PM ET (Game 1 between Acadie-Bathurst and Charlottetown)
- Roy @ 3PM ET (Game 1 vs. Blainville-Boisbriand)


Meanwhile, the conference final series between Hamilton and North Bay will start next Friday. And there is yet to be a schedule released for the Edmonton/Winnipeg conference final in the WHL. So that will give the Q the chance to catch up to the OHL and WHL in time for every one to start the 3rd round around the same time.

 

[Whitesnake]

Trudeau scores! One-timer.

 

[Whitesnake]

Charlottetown will be too much for Bathurst. Watch Kidney closely 'cause it's about to end. But we will see Simoneau and Trudeau though!

 

[Adam Michaels]

Trudeau scores! One-timer.

Trudeau is having himself a good playoff. It's his 3rd goal of the playoffs. It's his 3rd game.

 

[Whitesnake]

Awesome play by play guy for Charlottetown.....lol...

''Ben Boyd....he's 6'3'' everytime he steps on the ice''

 

[Adam Michaels]

Charlotettown up 4-0 after 1.


Sherbrooke is up 1-0 with a few minutes left in the 1st period. Roy was not involved in the goal. I say we trade his ass right now if he won't be involved in every goal.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The Kingston team was generally so bad during these playoffs that's impossible to fairly evaluate Wright on it. Overall, he did ok. He had a strong end to the regular season, a poor start, an ok middle, and a train wreck of a playoffs, especially 2nd round.

Consistency is obviously one area of improvement, but we'll see how things work out.

Scouting season is over for him.