If Lou is involved you won’t find out until training camp rosters are announcedIt's been what, 18 hours? And still no announcement from Meyers? Every hour that goes by increases our chances.
[I read MN and DET are the strong favorites, but we can hope]
Exactly, if there's no announcement by the end of the weekend our chances are much better. If there's no announcement by August, we can pencil him onto our roster.
keep in mind Hubderdeau did this in 67 games out pacing his teammates by 10 points. Very impressive for his draft year. Dufour is cruising to game 58 next which is impressive as well while outpacing his teammates by almost 20 points. Not saying at all Dufour is a Huberdeau talent, just pointing out some facts
You can say it even though it may not be true. Sounds real good though.
don't want to pump tires or knuckle snap prospects like other fan bases in the Tri sate area. We all have been down that road before. Still waiting for Hector Marini
| PLAYER | POS | ACQUIRED | HFB RANK | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| Noah Dobson | D | 2018 round 1 #12 | 1 | New York Islanders | 69 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 7 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | RW/LW | 2018 round 1 #11 | 2 | New York Islanders | 65 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 54 | -2 |
| Samuel Bolduc | D | 2019 round 2 #57 | 3 | Bridgeport Islanders | 54 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -5 |
| Aatu Raty | C | 2021 round 2 #52 | 4 | Oulun Karpat | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jukurit | 41 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 26 | ||||
| * Jukurit (Playoffs) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Finland U20 (all) | 11 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Robin Salo | D | 2017 round 2 #46 | 5 | * Bridgeport Islanders | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | ||||
| Simon Holmstrom | RW/LW | 2019 round 1 #23 | 7 | Bridgeport Islanders | 64 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 8 | -1 |
| Kieffer Bellows | LW | 2016 round 1 #19 | 8 | New York Islanders | 35 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17 | -1 |
| William Dufour | RW | 2020 round 5 #152 | 9 | Saint John Sea Dogs | 57 | 48 | 54 | 102 | 36 | 49 |
| Ruslan Iskhakov | C/RW | 2018 round 2 #43 | 10 | Adler Mannheim | 25 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 8 |
| Sebastian Aho | D | 2017 round 5 #139 | 11 | New York Islanders | 29 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | -8 |
| 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 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -3 |
| Worcester Railers | 36 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Otto Koivula | C/LW | 2016 round 4 #120 | 14 | Bridgeport Islanders | 54 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 32 | 0 |
| * 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 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -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 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | -3 | ||||
| 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 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | -1 |
| Arnaud Durandeau | LW | 2017 round 6 #165 | HM4 | Bridgeport Islanders | 64 | 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 | |
| * TPS (Playoffs) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| 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 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -6 | ||||
| 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 | 36 | 3.31 | .897 | 1 | 16-14-5 | |
| 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 |
The fact that everyone knows Trotz prefers the vets over a rookie doesn’t help. Most of these guys sign with a club where they have a chance to play immediately
Asking young players to play key roles early in career isn’t usual recipe for success on ice, they’ve brought Dobson along slowly and it is paying off. I think Trotz gets too much flack for young player development when I think it’s actually opposite in that he is giving young players the opportunity to learn and grow at right pace.
Agreed, I never said give young guys prominent roles. But also having a rep like Trotz where young guys aren’t likely to get much ice time isn’t a great enticement for young players to sign with the Isles. Ben Meyers who was the top NCAA free agent just signed with the Avs. That organization seems to do ok playing young players. So young players will sign there.
Yes I agree for sure that these college free agents specifically it’s tough for isles to offer up ice time or even specific path to league because of lack of roster spots and spots we do want to fill are going to be attempted to be filled by legit NHL players. Avs will have spots in their bottom six(Burokofsky Is UFA, Compher is too I think ) that a kid like Meyers could be looking at as opportunity and it fits Avs because of cap space.
Isles could have done the same thing. Why resign Cal? Couldn’t isles have offered Myers his spot instead? I’m not suggesting Myers is a better player than Cal. However the Isles need to add youth when the opportunities exist. And if not Myers then another younger player who better fits that role.
The player leading the team in total ice time this season is a year younger than Meyers, so I'd be surprised if age was the primary factor here.
With Trotz and Lou involved in the decision making you can be sure it’s age/experience. Just look at how slow Dobson and Wally were brought along. And they were high draft picks.
Wahlstrom and Dobson being picked at the same place and being the same age, while one is getting advanced way further than the other, would make your example serve more to indicate that age isn't the primary factor. That Dobson has outplayed Wahlstrom by a fair margin, and been given much more ice time and responsibility accordingly, makes it seem much more likely that one's play is the primary factor here.
You are both actually making my point. Wally hasn’t earned increased ice time with his play and it took until year 3 for Dobson to get meaningful playing time. So why would either of you think Trotz would give an undrafted NCAA free agent immediate ice time? Hasn’t history shown young players need to earn ice time under Trotz?
Let's put to rest the fallacy that Trotz "hates kids". Trotz is giving ice time to those who can help the team win, regardless of age and experience. Wahlstrom got a fair shot to impress in various aspects of the game and fell flat as the season went on. Dobson on the other hand was a healthy scratch once this season and his game flourished since then. Sebastian Aho got enough games in the NHL this season that a fair judgement could be made about him. Now Grant Hutton is getting a good look by the staff.
