Is Jared McIsaac still a prospect?

[Octopus]

For those of you who get to see the Griffs play in GR, would you consider Jared McIsaac a prospect for the Wings or the NHL? Don't hear much about him and he hasn't played that much this year. Has he been injured or healthy scratched? Feedback would be be useful.

 

[letsgowings9999]

I'd say at this point one day like layoff did when injuries mount but I'd say no

Edvinsson coming,wallinder,Cleveland,buium etc... in the pipeline. I'm not expecting to ever see him

 

[RedHawkDown]

I'd say at this point one day like layoff did when injuries mount but I'd say no

Edvinsson coming,wallinder,Cleveland,buium etc... in the pipeline. I'm not expecting to ever see him

It’s cute that you slipped Cleveland in there

 

[Filppula]

Nope, he’s done as a prospect. It’s sad because when he was drafted I thought for sure he’d be a top 4 lock for many years. Injuries absolutely killed him though, he lost so much pivotal development time from nursing various injuries, especially shoulder injuries.

 

[GoBoltz56]

Naw

 

[jaster]

It’s easy to point to his injuries and missed development as a reason for why he didn’t make it, and that’s fair to an extent, but his defensive IQ was insufficient too. Every time I watched him he made poor decisions in his own end while trying to defend. I found him a pretty frustrating defender. His physical play was good though, at least until all those injuries piled up.

 

[GMR]

Another jobber that Holland drafted.

 

[Oddbob]

No.

 

[Go Wings]

It’s easy to point to his injuries and missed development as a reason for why he didn’t make it, and that’s fair to an extent, but his defensive IQ was insufficient too. Every time I watched him he made poor decisions in his own end while trying to defend. I found him a pretty frustrating defender. His physical play was good though, at least until all those injuries piled up.

Sounds like Brendan Smith who amazingly is still in the NHL.

 

[SantosHalper]

Career AHLr

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

It’s cute that you slipped Cleveland in there

Not to hijack or derail the thread, but why the Cleveland hate? Is it because he was taken so high? 100+ PIMS in the NTDP last season, is it dumb penalties, or is he a Gudas/Schenn physical/fighting type?

 

[norrisnick]

Not to hijack or derail the thread, but why the Cleveland hate? Is it because he was taken so high? 100+ PIMS in the NTDP last season, is it dumb penalties, or is he a Gudas/Schenn physical/fighting type?

He has the offense of a goalie. Even the most defensive non-offensive NHL D showed at least 2nd pairing offense in juniors. He must never make an outlet pass of any kind to never pick up a second assist on a rush.

So yes, picked comically high. Well comically if a different team had picked him. Tragically since it's our pick...

 

[Christien]

He's in his D+5(?) and is regularly scratched for GR. Not much of an NHL prospect

 

[Octopus]

Thanks everyone. It's a shame. He played well for Canada at the WJC and I was hoping for him to make it as a regular.

 

[PelagicJoe]

It’s cute that you slipped Cleveland in there

What a steamer of a prospect.

 

[sepster]

I always hated that pick and figured he would be another flame-out like our other notable D picks like Sproul, Cholowski, Saarijarvii, etc.