F Adam Fantilli - Univ. of Michigan, NCAA (2023 Draft)

[Belloco]

Great year to draft @ No. 3 imo.

Top 4. Leo Carlsson's sports performance is really huge. The possibility of seeing him in front of Michkov is being studied.

 

[Captain97]

Top 4. Leo Carlsson's sports performance is really huge. The possibility of seeing him in front of Michkov is being studied.

Lol then the 5th place Consolation of Yager

 

[Faceboner]

Lol then the 5th place Consolation of Yager

Top 10 is already stacked without the usual midseason risers a great year to have multiple picks in the top four rounds

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Fantilli had at least 3 assists tonight vs BU.

I say at least because the boxscore stopped updating after Michigan went up 4-0 and he had 2 assists at that point, their twitter page tells me he had another assist on the 7th goal...overall they ended up scoring 9 goals.

EDIT: The boxscore on the Michigan website has all the goals listed and I can confirm he concluded the night with 3 assists. That gives him 7 points in 3 games this season.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Fantilli had at least 3 assists tonight vs BU.

I say at least because the boxscore stopped updating after Michigan went up 4-0 and he had 2 assists at that point, their twitter page tells me he had another assist on the 7th goal...overall they ended up scoring 9 goals.

Exactly the NCAA's website is crap. Couldn't find an actual boxscore anywhere during the game.

 

[Breakers]

His cross ice pass on the PP is lethal.
Say it utilized a bunch today.

It is so instantaneous to the bumper or net front presence for the tip
Even used the Slap pass which they said he suggested to the PP unit this season

 

[bishop12]

THis looks like a Jack Eichel

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

THis looks like a Jack Eichel

Closer to Larkin than Eichel.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Great year to draft in the first round

FTFY

 

[Dion TheFluff]

could he surpass Bedard and Michkov if he keeps up this level of production??
A big 1st line center would certainly be difficult to pass up on.

 

[CoSi]

could he surpass Bedard and Michkov if he keeps up this level of production??
A big 1st line center would certainly be difficult to pass up on.

With Michkov's contract situation he's already passed him.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

could he surpass Bedard and Michkov if he keeps up this level of production??
A big 1st line center would certainly be difficult to pass up on.

Michkov probably yes because of Russia.

Bedard will be very difficult. Would take a significant level of underperformance from Bedard and Fantilli to continue to produce at a 2 ppg pace, both of which are highly unlikely IMO. Even then, Fantilli is like 8-9 months older than Bedard which scouts will take into consideration.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Michkov probably yes because of Russia.

Bedard will be very difficult. Would take a significant level of underperformance from Bedard and Fantilli to continue to produce at a 2 ppg pace, both of which are highly unlikely IMO. Even then, Fantilli is like 8-9 months older than Bedard which scouts will take into consideration.

Fantilli outperformed Bedard at the recent U18. If the same happens at the upcoming WJC, there will be more than one team that will consider Fantilli as the better NHL prospect.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Fantilli outperformed Bedard at the recent U18. If the same happens at the upcoming WJC, there will be more than one team that will consider Fantilli as the better NHL prospect.

I mean...no he didn't lol

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Fantilli outperformed Bedard at the recent U18. If the same happens at the upcoming WJC, there will be more than one team that will consider Fantilli as the better NHL prospect.

This is completely false. Bedard was very obviously the best player on team Canada. Did you even watch the games?

Bedard has as many goals as Fantilli did points, and Fantilli made a brutal giveaway vs Finland to end Canada's tournament.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

This is completely false. Bedard was very obviously the best player on team Canada. Did you even watch the games?

Bedard has as many goals as Fantilli did points, and Fantilli made a brutal giveaway vs Finland to end Canada's tournament.

Fantilli drove the play much more than Bedard. Even Bedard commented on Fantilli's great speed and offensive skill.

 

[bigdog16]

Fantilli drove the play much more than Bedard. Even Bedard commented on Fantilli's great speed and offensive skill.

Fantilli was pretty underwhelming if I recall. Bedard was a tier ahead

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Fantilli was pretty underwhelming if I recall. Bedard was a tier ahead

We will have a chance to assess both players in a few months at the WJC. If Fantilli outperforms Bedard, then you will see a few cracks in the façade of the prevailing consensus.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Fantilli outperformed Bedard at the recent U18. If the same happens at the upcoming WJC, there will be more than one team that will consider Fantilli as the better NHL prospect.

Fantilli was very underwhelming in the tournament. Bedard was far and away Canada’s best player.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

We will have a chance to assess both players in a few months at the WJC. If Fantilli outperforms Bedard, then you will see a few cracks in the façade of the prevailing consensus.

That would be a very HF thing to do and has little bearing on how NHL teams evaluate players.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Fantilli drove the play much more than Bedard. Even Bedard commented on Fantilli's great speed and offensive skill.

Bedard was noticeably better than Fantilli at the U18s. This is indisputable.

 

[Satan]

We will have a chance to assess both players in a few months at the WJC. If Fantilli outperforms Bedard, then you will see a few cracks in the façade of the prevailing consensus.

 

[Mrb1p]

Fantilli drove the play much more than Bedard. Even Bedard commented on Fantilli's great speed and offensive skill.

Lol, youre just making stuff up right now.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

With Michkov's contract situation he's already passed him.

Too early to say that. He could. It’s all a toss-up. Some executives are not going to drop Michkov because of his contract status and others will, so to convince those people that aren’t dropping his stock, it’ll take Fantilli being better than Michkov.

 

[Bubbles]

Too early to say that. He could. It’s all a toss-up. Some executives are not going to drop Michkov because of his contract status and others will, so to convince those people that aren’t dropping his stock, it’ll take Fantilli being better than Michkov.

In this league where a majority of teams seem to be "all in", they can't wait 3 years for him to help the team. Especially for a GM on the hot seat to be fired.

Maybe teams like Arizona or Seattle because they're nowhere close to contending. Or somehow he drops to Washington who have no problems drafting Russians.