Isles Prospect Talk 2020-21 Pt. III
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He’s having a nice season. Adding Raty and Dufour next season will only help BPT. I wonder what they do with Wilde.
Seems like Holmstrom is finally putting it together, 11 points in his last 10 games
leeroggy
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Amazing what ice time does to a talented kid who finally had a fully stable non-Covid year. Doesn't even turn 21 until late May but has already played three years in the AHL. He's grown a little too, NHL.com has him now listed at 6'2" and 202. Ten more pounds of muscle and he's excellent size.
From his draft year:
An offensively skilled player who competes hard. Holmström is a good skater and stands out with really good hands and impressive puckhandling skills. Quite shifty and a player that can do the unexpected offensively. Has a good wrister and his two-way game is underrated. Great character and team player. (EP 2019)
Hockeyprospect.com: 2019 - He is trusted to be on the ice in all situations and he is just as good on the box play as he is on the powerplay,
Future Considerations: 2019 - He has elite acceleration and top speed, and he can handle the puck and stickhandle his way through traffic while maintaining high speed
McKeen's Hockey: 2019 - With the puck on his stick, he can be dazzling, whether deking past defenders, or fooling them with passes from the behind the net
Draftin Europe: 2019 - A deft skater with some explosiveness to his game. Has remarkable passing ability and likes to set up teammates from below the goal line
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I think it would be interesting to see him and Raty together in Bridgeport early next year. Hopefully with Holmstrom it's one of those cases he exponentially improves playing with more skilled guys. Hopefully, spot duty in the NHL next year, earning a regular slot in two years.
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We'll see if the reward any of the Bridgeport guys at the end of this season when there's no chance to make the playoffs.
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Well said. I don't think there's any benefit of bringing up AHL kids now. Better for them play meaningful minutes gaining experience during a bit of a playoff chase. After that they can come up and get eased into some NHL playing time.
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List of Calder Cup champions - Wikipedia
Doesn't exactly seem to help the PARENT team very much, when you look at which team wins the Calder Cup . . . a Who's Who of lottery teams for the most part
Unfortunately, Aho is simply a liability on a game to game basis. Sure, he does a few nice things every once and while, but he's in the middle of a goal against EVERY SINGLE GAME. Like smack dab in the middle.
This made a move like calling up Hutton inevitable, and rightly so. The guy has been on fire. The little Islanders have been cruising. He earned a shot at getting another look. Fortunately for BPort, they've got 8 healthy bodies on that blueline, so hopefully having Hutton on the Island won't dent any thing down on the farm.
As far as the organization is concerned, there'd be a great deal of value in having the baby Islanders make the playoffs. I'd even say it's of the utmost importance in light of where the Isles are at just now, with those losses to Boston and Tampa perhaps being THE death knell on this season.
This made a move like calling up Hutton inevitable, and rightly so. The guy has been on fire. The little Islanders have been cruising. He earned a shot at getting another look. Fortunately for BPort, they've got 8 healthy bodies on that blueline, so hopefully having Hutton on the Island won't dent any thing down on the farm.
As far as the organization is concerned, there'd be a great deal of value in having the baby Islanders make the playoffs. I'd even say it's of the utmost importance in light of where the Isles are at just now, with those losses to Boston and Tampa perhaps being THE death knell on this season.
+ = on IR or just hurt
(?) - there are rumors Ben Mirageas was cut from Providence and may be retiring from hockey.
(?) - there are rumors Ben Mirageas was cut from Providence and may be retiring from hockey.
| PLAYER | POS | ACQUIRED | HFB RANK | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2018 round 1 #12 | 1 | New York Islanders | 62 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 8 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | RW/LW | 2018 round 1 #11 | 2 | New York Islanders | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 45 | -2 |
| Samuel Bolduc | D | 2019 round 2 #57 | 3 | Bridgeport Islanders | 49 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -1 |
| Aatu Raty | C | 2021 round 2 #52 | 4 | Oulun Karpat | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| * Jukurit | 41 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 26 | ||||
| Finland U20 (all) | 11 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Robin Salo | D | 2017 round 2 #46 | 5 | * Bridgeport Islanders | 33 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| New York Islanders | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | ||||
| Bode Wilde | D | 2018 round 2 #41 | 6 | Vasterviks IK | 40 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| * Qualification Round | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Simon Holmstrom | RW/LW | 2019 round 1 #23 | 7 | Bridgeport Islanders | 58 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 1 |
| Kieffer Bellows | LW | 2016 round 1 #19 | 8 | New York Islanders | 33 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| William Dufour | RW | 2020 round 5 #152 | 9 | Saint John Sea Dogs | 51 | 45 | 48 | 93 | 30 | 47 |
| Ruslan Iskhakov | C/RW | 2018 round 2 #43 | 10 | Adler Mannheim | 22 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
| Sebastian Aho | D | 2017 round 5 #139 | 11 | New York Islanders | 27 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | -10 |
| Alex Jefferies | LW | 2019 round 4 #121 | 13 | Merrimack College | 33 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | -7 |
| Reece Newkirk | C | 2019 round 5 #147 | 13 | Bridgeport Islanders | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -3 |
| * Worcester Railers | 32 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 31 | 7 | ||||
| Otto Koivula | C/LW | 2016 round 4 #120 | 14 | Bridgeport Islanders | 50 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 32 | 1 |
| * New York Islanders | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grant Hutton | D | FA | 15 | Bridgeport Islanders | 45 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| * New York Islanders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Alexander Ljungkrantz | LW | 2020 round 3 #90 | 19 | Brynas IF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Brynas IF J20 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -4 | ||||
| * HC Vita Hasten | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -10 | ||||
| Sweden U20 (all) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Matias Rajaniemi | D | 2020 round 6 #183 | 20 | * Lehden Pelicans | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 4 |
| Finland U20 (all) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Collin Adams | LW/C | 2016 round 6 #170 | HM1 | Worcester Railers | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -4 |
| * Bridgeport Islanders | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | -4 | ||||
| Cameron Berg | C | 2021 round 4 #125 | HM2 | Univ. of Nebraska Omaha | 37 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 4 |
| Blade Jenkins | LW/C | 2018 round 5 #134 | HM3 | Bridgeport Islanders | 47 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| Arnaud Durandeau | LW | 2017 round 6 #165 | HM4 | Bridgeport Islanders | 60 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 30 | 3 |
| Aleksi Malinen | D | 2021 round 6 #189 | HM5 | JYP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| * JYP U20 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 20 | -1 | ||||
| KeuPa HT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Finland U20 (all) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Eetu Liukas | LW | 2021 round 5 #157 | TPS | 48 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 0 | |
| * Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TPS U20 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| Finland U20 (all) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -1 | ||||
| (?) Ben Mirageas | D | 2017 round 3 #77 | Providence College | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | |
| Christian Krygier | D | 2018 round 7 #196 | Michigan State Univ. | 36 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 79 | -12 | |
| Jacob Pivonka | C | 2018 round 4 #103 | Univ. of Notre Dame | 25 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Tomas Machu | D | 2021 round 7 #221 | HC Vitkovice | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | |
| HC Vitkovice U20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Draci Sumperk | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Dukla Jihlava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| * Youngstown Phantoms | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -2 | ||||
| Czechia U20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Logan Cockerill | LW | 2017 round 7 #201 | Boston Univ. | 30 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | -4 | |
| GOALIES | GP | GAA | SV% | SO | W-L-T | |||||
| Tristan Lennox | G | 2021 round 3 #93 | 17 | Saginaw Spirit | 28 | 3.20 | .888 | 0 | 7-20-0 | |
| Jakub Skarek | G | 2018 round 3 #72 | 17 | Bridgeport Islanders | 33 | 3.08 | .902 | 1 | 16-11-5 | |
| Henrik Tikkanen | G | 2020 round 7 #214 | Kalpa | 2 | 4.95 | .765 | 0 | 0-2-0 | ||
| * MoDo Hockey | 19 | 2.50 | .903 | 1 | 13-4-0 | |||||
| Vaxjo Lakers HC | 1 | 1.00 | .952 | 0 | 1-0-0 |
JKP
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Safe to say at this point Dobber has graduated and isn't a prospect anymore? 
That's been on my mind for sometime now, what's happening with Wilde? Will non-vaccinated players be returning next year? And how has the high ankle sprain healed. Is he progressing, I think he's the forgotten man who might quietly be developing into a viable asset. He is a D-man and that requires more time and the injury set him back for sure lets hope he surprises everyone next year.
Unfortunately, vaccination status aside, can't say he has progressed this year.
Playing in Sweden's 2nd league, the same league Alex Ljungkrantz and Henri Tikkanen are also playing in, he had 1-9-10 in 40 games and now has 1-1-2 in 5 playoff games. He's a combined -1 with 10 total penalty minutes this season.
I guess the absolute best thing to take from this is that he at least finally got in a full, basically injury-free season of play. But absolutely no clue where the offense has gone to or what it all means for next year.
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The Real JT
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Wilde is quite the unknown entity in these parts.
One thing is for sure. His ankle injury should be a non-issue at this point in time. It occurred in August 2020.
Islanders4Cups
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I imagine it is quite an adjustment moving to Sweden and expecting to prove you are NHL bound. He in a way did it to himself but I didn’t expect him to excel in Sweden and hope he recovers and blossoms into more in line with a strong NHL prospect. He is only 22 years old.
The Real JT
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Repeat after me, Dufour and Raty, Dufour and Raty, Dufour and Raty.
It’s good for what ails you.
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Skip To My Lou
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Big factor with the production is probably his ice time, he very rarely sees minutes. I hope he is allowed to come back next season because if he doesn't get back on track... sheesh
Yep, no telling where things will go with the Covid issue next season.
The Islanders were basically the first team to come out and say they demand full vaccination of all of their employees and players.
If the new season were starting now, I can't imagine any team would be taking that stand.
Right?
Size and hands, hopefully it translates to pro hockey because he and Raty are exciting in that they both have size and hands.
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Transitioning from the Sea Dogs to the Sound Tigers should be pretty smooth. Two animals that don't actually exist.
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