Prospect Info: Jared Davidson

JeffreyLFC

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Hear me out. Could he be the Jake Evans long term replacement?
I see a similar development path as Jake Evans and if we trade him we could promote Davidson and give him some NHL games.
 
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Adam Michaels

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Hear me out. Could he be the Jake Evans long term replacement?
I see a similar development path as Jake Evans and if we trade him we could promote Davidson and give him some NHL games.

Davidson is a winger in Laval. And he will obviously be a winger if he gets called up. So Evans/Dvorak being traded will be more for either Beck, Condotta or Gignac.

Now if/when they move Armia, then I can see them call Davidson up.
 

Tyson

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Davidson is a winger in Laval. And he will obviously be a winger if he gets called up. So Evans/Dvorak being traded will be more for either Beck, Condotta or Gignac.

Now if/when they move Armia, then I can see them call Davidson up.
Davidson is a prospect that is starting to catch the attention of many fans especially those who watch Rocket games. He just seems determined to succeed and I wouldn't bet against him.
 
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Bottomshelf

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I have him replacing Armia as well or any winger injury should trigger him to call up. If 4 line then just plug in Pez if second or third call up Davidson.
 

ChesterNimitz

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Hear me out. Could he be the Jake Evans long term replacement?
I see a similar development path as Jake Evans and if we trade him we could promote Davidson and give him some NHL games.
Different type of player. Davidson lacks Evans fluidity and agility in skating. Davidson plays a much heavier game than Evans and has much more offensive upside than Evans ever had. If you're thinking of a player that Davidson projects to replace on the team's current roster it's Gallagher, not Evans.

Davidson still has to gain greater quickness to be an effective NHL winger. As Roy so demonstratively showed, the gap between the pace of the NHL and the AHL is as wide as the Grand Canyon. It's a gap that very few AHL players are able to cross. But Davidson has shown a high, consistent compete level, fair straightforward speed, a shot that he can score on AHL level goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone, a nose for the net , good physicality and a leadership quality that all coaches and managers look for. Sounds like a bigger, more offensively talented Gallagher . What do you think?
 

JianYang

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Different type of player. Davidson lacks Evans fluidity and agility in skating. Davidson plays a much heavier game than Evans and has much more offensive upside than Evans ever had. If you're thinking of a player that Davidson projects to replace on the team's current roster it's Gallagher, not Evans.

Davidson still has to gain greater quickness to be an effective NHL winger. As Roy so demonstratively showed, the gap between the pace of the NHL and the AHL is as wide as the Grand Canyon. It's a gap that very few AHL players are able to cross. But Davidson has shown a high, consistent compete level, fair straightforward speed, a shot that he can score on AHL level goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone, a nose for the net , good physicality and a leadership quality that all coaches and managers look for. Sounds like a bigger, more offensively talented Gallagher . What do you think?

Younger Gallagher was pretty slippery in the trenches. He had a kind of quickness and relentlessness in the dirty areas which made him hard to tie up.
 

habbubba

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Different type of player. Davidson lacks Evans fluidity and agility in skating. Davidson plays a much heavier game than Evans and has much more offensive upside than Evans ever had. If you're thinking of a player that Davidson projects to replace on the team's current roster it's Gallagher, not Evans.

Davidson still has to gain greater quickness to be an effective NHL winger. As Roy so demonstratively showed, the gap between the pace of the NHL and the AHL is as wide as the Grand Canyon. It's a gap that very few AHL players are able to cross. But Davidson has shown a high, consistent compete level, fair straightforward speed, a shot that he can score on AHL level goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone, a nose for the net , good physicality and a leadership quality that all coaches and managers look for. Sounds like a bigger, more offensively talented Gallagher . What do you think?
I'll take Davidson over Roy any day of the week. The kid can play and gets involved,doesn't wait for the puck to come to him.
 

Estimated_Prophet

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Hear me out. Could he be the Jake Evans long term replacement?
I see a similar development path as Jake Evans and if we trade him we could promote Davidson and give him some NHL games.

He will not replace Evans as Davidson will be a winger if he makes it imo and Evans is a much better skater than Davidson could ever dream of becoming.

I like the jam in his game and he has a great shot but I see him as a bottom six winger who would more likely be part of a meat and potato grind line where he could add the threat of instant offence with his shot.
 
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Estimated_Prophet

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Different type of player. Davidson lacks Evans fluidity and agility in skating. Davidson plays a much heavier game than Evans and has much more offensive upside than Evans ever had. If you're thinking of a player that Davidson projects to replace on the team's current roster it's Gallagher, not Evans.

Davidson still has to gain greater quickness to be an effective NHL winger. As Roy so demonstratively showed, the gap between the pace of the NHL and the AHL is as wide as the Grand Canyon. It's a gap that very few AHL players are able to cross. But Davidson has shown a high, consistent compete level, fair straightforward speed, a shot that he can score on AHL level goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone, a nose for the net , good physicality and a leadership quality that all coaches and managers look for. Sounds like a bigger, more offensively talented Gallagher . What do you think?

The gap is not so much foot speed as it is game speed and AHLers are AHLers because they do not process the game fast enough in their head.

Calling him a more offensively talented Gallagher is laughable as Gallagher was a much more productive player at every level. Gallagher's skill gets overlooked by fans because of his image as a garbage goal scorer but he has always had very good hands and as well as a very underrated shot and great footwork in tight spaces as well has being very strong for his size.
 
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HuGort

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Different type of player. Davidson lacks Evans fluidity and agility in skating. Davidson plays a much heavier game than Evans and has much more offensive upside than Evans ever had. If you're thinking of a player that Davidson projects to replace on the team's current roster it's Gallagher, not Evans.

Davidson still has to gain greater quickness to be an effective NHL winger. As Roy so demonstratively showed, the gap between the pace of the NHL and the AHL is as wide as the Grand Canyon. It's a gap that very few AHL players are able to cross. But Davidson has shown a high, consistent compete level, fair straightforward speed, a shot that he can score on AHL level goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone, a nose for the net , good physicality and a leadership quality that all coaches and managers look for. Sounds like a bigger, more offensively talented Gallagher . What do you think?
Davidson and Tuch future 4th line
 

Leon Lucius Black

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One of the most annoying things about Bergevin was him overpaying bottom six players and leaving minimal space to fill out the more important areas.

Looking forward to our bottom six being filled out with hungrier young guys like Heineman, Davidson, Tuch, Beck etc. on cheap contracts instead of spending $8M on guys like Dvorak/Armia.
 
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The gap is not so much foot speed as it is game speed and AHLers are AHLers because they do not process the game fast enough in their head.

Calling him a more offensively talented Gallagher is laughable as Gallagher was a much more productive player at every level. Gallagher's skill gets overlooked by fans because of his image as a garbage goal scorer but he has always had very good hands and as well as a very underrated shot and great footwork in tight spaces as well has being very strong for his size.
I don't think that's what @ChesterNimitz was saying.

He was saying that Davidson is closer to gallagher's style game than Evans'. And then he listed the reasoning.
 

Estimated_Prophet

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I don't think that's what @ChesterNimitz was saying.

He was saying that Davidson is closer to gallagher's style game than Evans'. And then he listed the reasoning.

He said that Davidson style is similar but explicitly claimed that Davidson might be more skilled, which is a silly take. There really is no other way to interpret his comment.
 

ChesterNimitz

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Makes you wonder if the days of slow footed goal scorers (Lucky Luc) are gone….
It’s an unwise manager, whether in sport or otherwise, who builds his planning in reliance of or on the hope that his exception will prove the rule.

In today’s hockey a big slow player will beat a small slow player. A faster skater, regardless of size, will beat both.
 
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