Isles Prospect Talk 2020-21 Pt. III

[The Real JT]

If you’re starved for Isles hockey news fear not.

William Dufour is back tonight in the Sea Dogs first game in 7 weeks.

 

[doublechili]

William Dufour is back tonight in the Sea Dogs first game in 7 weeks.

One game every 7 weeks. He'd fit in well with the Isles this year.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

What happened to Bolduc this year

Was thinking the same thing. Probably is not getting the Offensive mins with Salo in this year. Based on his rookie year, where he looked like the best Isles prospect in BP to me, I watched a handful of games. This is a let down. Still he is a big lanky guy, and a wily ol GM once said, you give more time to big lanky guys to fill out and to get their coordination.

 

[Osakahaus]

The Isles need to unearth a gem. One thing is getting your 1st rounders right, but we could desperately need that player picked in the late rounds that proved an absolute steal. It's been long time since we did that, and for me that is the cruncher for the scouts and where they really make their living.

It's why I beg that we hit on Rajaniemi or Liukas or Malinen. We need those guys to be big parts of this team in some way. Given how Tampa pulls out a Ruuta or Katchouk or Palat out of their asses, when are we finding that talent?

 

[The Real JT]

William Dufour scores his 23rd goal of the year in a 4-0 win.

 

[Osakahaus]

William Dufour scores his 23rd goal of the year in a 4-0 win.

that shot makes me beg he becomes an Alex Tuch type

 

[IslesNorway]

It's why I beg that we hit on Rajaniemi or Liukas or Malinen. We need those guys to be big parts of this team in some way. Given how Tampa pulls out a Ruuta or Katchouk or Palat out of their asses, when are we finding that talent?

To be fair, I don't think any one of them projects to more than fringe NHLers at best. They may well get signed but it's long way from there to making it on the Island. You need some special qualities to make it as a late round pick, and I'm not sure if they have that. The good thing is that they seem to be doing fairly well in a grown men's league in Finland, so transition to Bridgeport should be easier.

Dufour seems to be the one closest to being really excited about of the late picks.

 

[Osakahaus]

To be fair, I don't think any one of them projects to more than fringe NHLers at best. They may well get signed but it's long way from there to making it on the Island. You need some special qualities to make it as a late round pick, and I'm not sure if they have that. The good thing is that they seem to be doing fairly well in a grown men's league in Finland, so transition to Bridgeport should be easier.

Dufour seems to be the one closest to being really excited about of the late picks.

To me, I think that if they at the very least get to the AHL, that is a start. Then we can hope they help the farm team, because Bridgeport desperately needs to stop being awful

 

[seafoam]

It's why I beg that we hit on Rajaniemi or Liukas or Malinen. We need those guys to be big parts of this team in some way. Given how Tampa pulls out a Ruuta or Katchouk or Palat out of their asses, when are we finding that talent?

I don’t think Rajaniemi and Malinen will amount to anything, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Liukas became a journeyman grinder.

 

[SI]

To be fair, I don't think any one of them projects to more than fringe NHLers at best. They may well get signed but it's long way from there to making it on the Island. You need some special qualities to make it as a late round pick, and I'm not sure if they have that. The good thing is that they seem to be doing fairly well in a grown men's league in Finland, so transition to Bridgeport should be easier.

Dufour seems to be the one closest to being really excited about of the late picks.

Agreed - I am intrigued by Berg though

 

[The Real JT]

Well that was quick.
3:45 into the first period Dufour scores again.

Maybe we can have good things.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Dufour is in action just now and has two goals after 40 minutes of play.

His team leads Rimouski 6-2 at this point.

 

[The Real JT]

Dufour is in action just now and has two goals after 40 minutes of play.

His team leads Rimouski 6-2 at this point.

Here’s his second goal.

 

[Osakahaus]

Update on Liukas. dw it's positive

 

[Osakahaus]

Here’s his second goal.

I can pretty much see his ceiling being Alex Tuch or a higher end version of Clutterbuck

Come to bridgeport next year, then we will start getting back to business

 

[doublechili]

a higher end version of Clutterbuck

That's been my comparison.

 

[The Real JT]

a higher end version of Clutterbuck

That's been my comparison.

Don’t sell yourself short.

I bet you’d be way less of a d!ck if you were interviewed by Shannon.

 

[doublechili]

Don’t sell yourself short.

I bet you’d be way less of a d!ck if you were interviewed by Shannon.

Not sure what you mean exactly, but if Dufour becomes a high end 3rd liner who gets close to 20 goals a year while playing a physical style, I'd do a jig. If he turns out better than that, then great. But for a 5th round pick (give or take), a better-scoring Clutterbuck would be a great outcome.

 

[Osakahaus]

Not sure what you mean exactly, but if Dufour becomes a high end 3rd liner who gets close to 20 goals a year while playing a physical style, I'd do a jig. If he turns out better than that, then great. But for a 5th round pick (give or take), a better-scoring Clutterbuck would be a great outcome.

it would most likely be good given the way the NHL is shifting. we can only hope that Dufour can be a good prospect anyways

 

[The Real JT]

Not sure what you mean exactly, but if Dufour becomes a high end 3rd liner who gets close to 20 goals a year while playing a physical style, I'd do a jig. If he turns out better than that, then great. But for a 5th round pick (give or take), a better-scoring Clutterbuck would be a great outcome.

And I thought you were being sarcastic comparing yourself to Clutter. Guess I misread that one.

I’m sure your shot is more accurate anyway.

As for Dufour, so far so (really) good.

 

[isles55]

I haven’t watched Dufour play, but he only has 20 pims on the season. Not exactly Clutterbuck numbers.

 

[sebsisles]

I haven’t watched Dufour play, but he only has 20 pims on the season. Not exactly Clutterbuck numbers.

For what its worth, Clutterbuck only has 8 PIMS

 

[saintunspecified]

Very shallow observation about the two prospects that seem to be producing - Raty produces in a lot of different ways, and Dufour scores a lot off the rush. Dunno if that says anything about Dufour (maybe more about the Q). Pretty exciting, though, to see the ways Raty can contribute.

 

[Osakahaus]

Very shallow observation about the two prospects that seem to be producing - Raty produces in a lot of different ways, and Dufour scores a lot off the rush. Dunno if that says anything about Dufour (maybe more about the Q). Pretty exciting, though, to see the ways Raty can contribute.

Raty just seems to be a very skilled swiss army knife guy the more I think about it. For the isles, that's extremely good to know

 

[xECK29x]

+ = on IR or just hurt

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Noah Dobson	D	2018 round 1 #12	1	New York Islanders	37	6	11	17	8	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	RW/LW	2018 round 1 #11	2	New York Islanders	36	10	8	18	37	1
Samuel Bolduc	D	2019 round 2 #57	3	Bridgeport Islanders	32	1	1	2	8	-6
Aatu Raty	C	2021 round 2 #52	4	Oulun Karpat	6	0	1	1	2	1
				* Jukurit	25	9	15	24	16	15
				Finland U20 (all)	11	7	13	20	4	1
Robin Salo	D	2017 round 2 #46	5	Bridgeport Islanders	14	2	6	8	0	-1
				* New York Islanders	18	1	3	4	4	-4
Bode Wilde	D	2018 round 2 #41	6	Vasterviks IK	29	1	5	6	4	-6
Simon Holmstrom	RW/LW	2019 round 1 #23	7	Bridgeport Islanders	39	6	13	19	2	-5
Kieffer Bellows	LW	2016 round 1 #19	8	New York Islanders	20	3	6	9	9	0
William Dufour	RW	2020 round 5 #152	9	Saint John Sea Dogs	30	25	25	50	20	24
Ruslan Iskhakov	C/RW	2018 round 2 #43	10	Adler Mannheim	8	1	6	7	0	5
Sebastian Aho	D	2017 round 5 #139	11	New York Islanders	12	0	2	2	0	-6
Alex Jefferies	LW	2019 round 4 #121	13	Merrimack College	24	5	11	16	8	0
Reece Newkirk	C	2019 round 5 #147	13	Bridgeport Islanders	12	0	1	1	10	-3
				* Worcester Railers	15	3	9	12	10	-3
Otto Koivula	C/LW	2016 round 4 #120	14	* Bridgeport Islanders	35	9	21	30	18	0
				New York Islanders	3	0	1	1	0	-1
Grant Hutton	D	FA	15	* Bridgeport Islanders	28	5	6	11	6	-9
				New York Islanders	5	0	0	0	0	0
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	18	4	4	8	2	-3
				Sweden U20 (all)	8	1	1	2	0	-2
Matias Rajaniemi	D	2020 round 6 #183	20	* Lehden Pelicans	42	0	4	4	18	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	22	3	4	7	4	-3
Cameron Berg	C	2021 round 4 #125	HM2	Univ. of Nebraska Omaha	27	7	8	15	10	2
Blade Jenkins	LW/C	2018 round 5 #134	HM3	Bridgeport Islanders	33	7	4	11	2	-2
Arnaud Durandeau	LW	2017 round 6 #165	HM4	Bridgeport Islanders	41	6	17	23	20	0
Aleksi Malinen	D	2021 round 6 #189	HM5	JYP	4	0	0	0	0	-3
				* JYP U20	25	2	11	13	8	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	33	6	1	7	20	-5
				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.	28	2	5	7	47	-8
Jacob Pivonka	C	2018 round 4 #103		Univ. of Notre Dame	13	0	4	4	2	1
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	10	0	3	3	4	0
				Czechia U20	2	0	1	1	0	0
Logan Cockerill	LW	2017 round 7 #201		Boston Univ.	22	4	3	7	6	-3
GOALIES					GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
Tristan Lennox	G	2021 round 3 #93	17	Saginaw Spirit	21	3.21	.886	0	6-14-0
Jakub Skarek	G	2018 round 3 #72	17	Bridgeport Islanders	26	2.76	.911	1	12-8-5
Henrik Tikkanen	G	2020 round 7 #214		Kalpa	2	4.95	.765	0	0-2-0
				* MoDo Hockey	15	2.67	.904	1	10-3-0

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