Prospect Info: Hartford Wolf Pack/Bloomington Bison Thread: Part XV


"Lucas Edmonds is all hands. He delays, beats a player, spins back, tries again, and again, and again, and then maybe one more time. He clearly reads the hands and feet of incoming defenders, and uses his eyes, puck positioning, and body to manipulate them. -EliteProspects 2022 NHL Draft Guide"

He likes to stickhandle the puck and there’s where his strengths lie—Hockeyprospect.com 2019
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"Lucas Edmonds exploded offensively for the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) during the 2021-22 season. As a rare 21-year-old rookie who was drafted into the junior league in 2017, he led the OHL in assists with 79 and earned the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy as the top-scoring right winger. He added 34 goals and put on a stamp on his impressive regular season with 11 points in 11 playoff games before Kingston fell to the North Bay Batallion in the Eastern Conference Semifinal."

"Edmonds is a playmaking winger with excellent puck control skills and the ability to finish. His tendency to stickhandle and create space can slow the play down in front of him and allow for teammates to set up well in high-danger areas in the offensive zone. His vision and creativity enabled the high assists total in the OHL last year after his offensive production in Sweden was not nearly as impressive"

"He did a lot of damage on the power play from the point position as a distributor, helped by the offensive touch of teammate and projected first-overall pick Shane Wright. Despite the role, he still found enough opportunities to showcase his ability to score from the flank position with the man advantage. He also contributed to Kingston’s penalty-killing unit this year. Peter Harling of Dobber Prospects complemented Edmonds for “getting his stick into lanes and intercepting passes and blocking shots” from the top of the defensive zone in shorthanded situations.

"Edmonds will need to improve his skating to succeed at the NHL level, a statement true among a high percentage of prospects entering the draft. Harling described him as “more quick than fast” because of his lack of linear, breakaway speed. The ability to control the puck effectively and create space to set up teammates can sometimes offset a lack of speed."
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This the Rangers fault for not drafting quality defenseman that have real potential. Korczak should have been dealt for a dman. Hartford has enough forwards
Over the last 4 years, we've only had 3 1st round picks and 1 2nd round pick. Maybe we could have made some different decisions with the picks we had, but there's only so much you can do to keep the farm stocked with limited draft picks.
 
The guy they traded Korczak for. He's not even really a prospect. He's a fourth line winger who will probably be gone in the summer. What kind of defenseman do you think he'd return? An AHL/ECHL tweener? Demand for Korczak was obviously not high so I think the Rangers probably took what they could get.

If you want a good AHL defenseman you're going to have to surrender more than Ryder Korczak.
 
The guy they traded Korczak for. He's not even really a prospect. He's a fourth line winger who will probably be gone in the summer. What kind of defenseman do you think he'd return? An AHL/ECHL tweener? Demand for Korczak was obviously not high so I think the Rangers probably took what they could get.

If you want a good AHL defenseman you're going to have to surrender more than Ryder Korczak.
I would like the organization to trade for Springfield’s (St. Louis Blues) defenseman Matt Kessel.
I wonder if they would take Zac Jones for Kessel and a 2026 4th?
 
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The guy they traded Korczak for. He's not even really a prospect. He's a fourth line winger who will probably be gone in the summer. What kind of defenseman do you think he'd return? An AHL/ECHL tweener? Demand for Korczak was obviously not high so I think the Rangers probably took what they could get.

If you want a good AHL defenseman you're going to have to surrender more than Ryder Korczak.
I won’t be surprised if we learn that Korczak asked to be moved. He wasn’t going to become a grinder - his game is skilled and he wasn’t getting these opportunities even in Hartford. For the Rangers organization he was just too far down the line and with each year he’d only fall further once he wasn’t able to impress early on.
 
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I won’t be surprised if we learn that Korczak asked to be moved. He wasn’t going to become a grinder - his game is skilled and he wasn’t getting these opportunities even in Hartford. For the Rangers organization he was just too far down the line and with each year he’d only fall further once he wasn’t able to impress early on.
This seems obviously the case and good on the Rangers for letting him try to stick somewhere else. Careers can be pretty short in minor league hockey...
 
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