F Andrew Cristall - Kelowna Rockets, WHL (2023, 40th, WSH)

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

Remember that Cristall almost made Washington out of training camp. Given the caps are maybe the best team in the league, how many other teams would he have made if he were with a different organization?

I am excited to follow Cristall’s development.

But I wouldn’t read too, too much into having a cup of coffee with the Caps. I look at it more as a development strategy: stoke his hunger by indicating he’s on the cusp; soften the blow/monotony of one more junior year, stuff like that.

But he did not look out of place. And he is close. But I still don’t think any team would ice him permanently this year. My opinion is that he still needs to work on his straightaway speed. But he’d look fine on an NHL PP2.

 

[895]

I am excited to follow Cristall’s development.

But I wouldn’t read too, too much into having a cup of coffee with the Caps. I look at it more as a development strategy: stoke his hunger by indicating he’s on the cusp; soften the blow/monotony of one more junior year, stuff like that.

But he did not look out of place. And he is close. But I still don’t think any team would ice him permanently this year. My opinion is that he still needs to work on his straightaway speed. But he’d look fine on an NHL PP2.

No I think he genuinely was deserving of a roster spot on the Caps. He performed better than Lapierre, Milano, who all made the final roster. It's just that he's easy to send down while cutting the others would have been hard due to contract status.

 

[Bubbles]

1G 4A tonight.

 

[hockeykid87]

That line of he, Catton and Van Olm is ridiculous. Best line in the WHL by a country mile. At times they are damn near unstoppable.

 

[Kshahdoo]

So why didn't he play at any WJC U20?

 

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

Hope he gets CFHL player of the year. Although Dickinson and McKenna are deserving as well. Misa leads the CHL in points (110 to Cristall’s 105 - in 8 more games).

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

So why didn't he play at any WJC U20?

Team Canada was too dominant and overwhelming offensively, scoring goals regularly and with ease, so they didn’t need a player with his skill set.

(Sarcasm)

There’s no good reason, especially not this past year.

 

[Dominance]

So why didn't he play at any WJC U20?

Because our management’s roster building decisions were bad enough to warrant an investigation into bribery from the opposing teams the team of eligible-but-not-selected would have wiped the floor with the guys who did go!

 

[frontsfan67]

Hope he gets CFHL player of the year. Although Dickinson and McKenna are deserving as well. Misa leads the CHL in points (110 to Cristall’s 105 - in 8 more games).

It’ll be Misa, McKenna or Cristall for sure. Dickinson and Parekh are good too but they’ll be going for the defenceman of the year award

Q has absolutely nobody to challenge this year but next year the Q will have 19 year old Masse, Poirier, Xavier Villeneuve will be a great 18 year old draft guy, Maddox Dagenais will be 17 in his draft year and probably take a huge leap that’s the ones I’d look at next year.

 

[895]

Hope he gets CFHL player of the year. Although Dickinson and McKenna are deserving as well. Misa leads the CHL in points (110 to Cristall’s 105 - in 8 more games).

Is it still true that whl is harder to score in?