F Sasha Pastujov- San Diego Gulls, AHL (2021, 66th, ANA)

[peconcan]

Howcome when Kane went to the OHL after the NTDP he was considered a rookie but Pastujov isnt?

 

[Artorius Horus T]

The most consistent goal, point producer of the OHL this season so far.

0+0 only twice this season and four games without a goal.

14 goals, 26 points, in just 15 games. Avg:n 4.5 shots on goal per game.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

goal, assist, 6 shots on goal

6 game goal streak, 7 game point streak

just 20 shots on goal out of triple digits

 

[mratch19]

He really caught my attention at u18s.. always seemed to put himself in excellent shooting position despite his skating. I think 'anticipation' is an incredibly important attribute for a player that isn't the most dynamic skater and he has it in spades!

 

[All Mighty]

Kid is dabbing on the OHL

 

[StormWatcher]

What's encouraging is that the vast majority of his points are coming from him skating hard and being relentless – I think those were two of the biggest concerns he had pre-draft. His skating (and explosiveness) and strength still needs a lot of work, but seems that he is doing the right things for eventually adopting to the pro game.

Any Storm fans can chime in with what they see? Is that team 2nd in the division really as much because Pasta as the stats show?

I wouldn't say that Guelph being where they are in the standings is because of Pasta alone. This team is scoring by committee. Karabela and Bowman have stepped up, '20 OHL first rounder Poitras hit the ground running.

I'm a storm STH so I have a lot of viewings. Pasta has a very deceptive shot. He can shoot from odd angles and score/create chances off rebounds, one minute he isn't facing the net and next the puck is off his stick and in the back of the net. He is drawing a lot of defensive attention from opposing teams but is still putting up points. I would love to see if Guelph could aquire McTavish at the deadline what Pasta and McTavish could do as linemates in the O. Slim chance it happens but I think he is putting in the work here and is seeing results. I would love for him to stay next year instead of heading to the AHL. In my opinion the OHL > AHL for development... yes the players in the AHL are bigger, but if speed is what he is working on, the OHL is a good place to get into that pace.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Howcome when Kane went to the OHL after the NTDP he was considered a rookie but Pastujov isnt?

iirc sometime between then and the mid-2010s they changed the rule. Now I believe you have to be in your 1st or 2nd year of OHL eligibility as a rookie. Too often a player in their 3rd year or 4th year of OHL eligibility were winning

 

[Artorius Horus T]

1 goal in his last 7 games, but now finally gets a goal again and his 20th goal, congrats!.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Anyone know if his skating has improved?

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Anyone know if his skating has improved?

based on highlights, it still looks like he skates slow.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Anyone know if his skating has improved?

I watched a couple of his recent games, I would want to pull up some footage from earlier in the year and look at it side by side but it looked like it might be a bit better. Longer strides, bit better edgework, hard to tell though without side by side footage.

 

[bootzycollins]

I was excited to see him live for the Storm considering the numbers he was putting up early on - I wasn't all that impressed. Skating was very average, he didn't create much on his own - stayed to the perimeter most of the time. Honestly I don't see much translating to the NHL level. If he is gifted a spot in a top 6 role with linemates who drive play up ice and can gain controlled entries in to the O Zone to set up shop, I can see him being an ok finisher - but he's not going to do much on his own

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Is Underhill losing her touch? Pastujov went to Guelph to work on his skating. That was supposed to be his only weakness. Surprised the rest of his game is not great.

 

[Lavar Ball]

Absolute Blast

 

[Lavar Ball]

 

[bsu]

Bottle poppin

 

[Kalv]

Bottle poppin

We already have Zegras and McTavish who excell at that spot on the PP, he will have to learn new tricks

 

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[Lavar Ball]

First goal with Sarnia:

 

[GunnarStahl]

Notably omitted from the USA WJC team.

 

[BondraTime]

Notably omitted from the USA WJC team.

And it's a very weak forward group

 

[Static]

Shades of bobby Ryan. He is a terrible skater and the coaches didn't trust him during the summer to even have on the ice.

 

[GunnarStahl]

And it's a very weak forward group

That’s what trips me up on this. If this was the gold medal team from a couple years ago and your looking at players like pasta or Boucher for your bottom six/scratch to be the round out the roster, sure, bring Boucher to be a brute because Zegras and Caufield and boldy and so on will carry the offense but they are overflowing with role players and have little offensive firepower so it feels silly.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He should’ve made it, but the coaches didn’t trust him the December and August tournaments, he’s not the best skater or the fastest or the best defensively, and then the CHL factor.

 

[William H Bonney]

He wasn't omitted because it's a weak forward group, which isn't even true, although it is a young forward group. He was omitted because he's one dimensional, a bad skater, and wasn't trusted to take a regular shift in August. The staff clearly didn't think he'd shown anything this season to think of him as more than a guy that plays PP only.