Player Discussion Jayden Struble Part 2

[Holystik]

Was Struble the 'greek god'?
I forgot who Bergevin nicnamed like that.

 

[montreal]

Was Struble the 'greek god'?
I forgot who Bergevin nicnamed like that.

yes

 

[Gally11]

Was Struble the 'greek god'?
I forgot who Bergevin nicnamed like that.

Timmins nicknamed him that

 

[montreal]

Timmins nicknamed him that

pretty sure it was MB

 

[Gally11]

pretty sure it was MB

You’re right, for some reason I thought Timmins said it post draft but was MB at draft table

 

[KevSkillz4]

My favorite D prospect behind Guhle.

He is the D prospect who have all things combined to dominate in NHL.

Guhle, Struble, Romanov... they are going to make big impact on Habs roster, we are going to enjoy very good defensive group for long time!

 

[KevSkillz4]

Charlie McAvoy, a 6’ 208 lbs excellent two-way dman, produced 26 pts in 38 games in his 2nd NCAA season. Jayden Struble, a 6’ 205 lbs two-way dman produced 12 pts in 18 games (pro-rated to 26 pts in 38 games) in his 2nd NCAA season, without 1st PP & a Clayton Keller type player.

I know McAvoy is pretty good defenseman, but the stats are there and Struble have all tools to dominate too.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

If he can stay healthy all season he'll be an absolute force. When he's rolling he can take an entire shift over on his own with his physicality and his puck carrying.

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

The award he won is the defender of the week!

 

[cheeseburgers]

don't know if it will ever get out but something about it seems fishy to me. There's a thread on Bouchard a few pages in, I got to run to catch the Northeastern game

A fellow NCAA fan I see. It's nice to see that division has a full set of teams this year.. looks like the Bobcats took care of them, though- that could be a good sleeper college hockey team.

 

[montreal]

A fellow NCAA fan I see. It's nice to see that division has a full set of teams this year.. looks like the Bobcats took care of them, though- that could be a good sleeper college hockey team.

yes, long time NCAA fan, I saw the first period and Quinnipiac looked good, NU was having trouble with them for sure. Hockey East should be a lot of fun this year between UMass, BC, BU, NU, Providence and whoever else. I watched a little of the BU-UConn game last night and I was surprised to see how well UConn was doing against BU.

 

[salbutera]

I was at the Northeastern game yesterday, Harris was pretty putrid, Struble though not great had a superior game.... again

Seen all 3- Northeastern games, Harris is not at all impressive. Struble has been the more impressive prospect & he’ll get the benefit of the doubt... a really big boy who seems to have put on more mass over the summer

 

[1909]

I was at the Northeastern game yesterday, Harris was pretty putrid, Struble though not great had a superior game.... again

Seen all 3- Northeastern games, Harris is not at all impressive. Struble has been the more impressive prospect & he’ll get the benefit of the doubt... a really big boy

Is Harris injured ? Is he regretting not signing last Spring with the Habs ?

 

[salbutera]

Is Harris injured ? Is he regretting not signing last Spring with the Habs ?

I’ve got no way of telling if Harris is hiding an injury, skating stride seems normal, but he just doesn’t have any aspect of his game that’s a notch above to make him standout.

Struble on the other hand is a mean SOB, hits to hurt (which also has its negative aspects.. mainly getting out of position), so even if he isn’t trying to lead a rush or generating anything offensively has the physical element at his disposal.

Will be curious to see how they do vs BC on Friday

 

[1909]

I’ve got no way of telling if Harris is hiding an injury, skating stride seems normal, but he just doesn’t have any aspect of his game that’s a notch above to make him standout.

Struble on the other hand is a mean SOB, hits to hurt (which also has its negative aspects.. mainly getting out of position), so even if he isn’t trying to lead a rush or generating anything offensively has the physical element at his disposal.

I thought (was told) that Harris had elite skating and stickhandling + great positioning for a D....

 

[salbutera]

I thought (was told) that Harris had elite skating and stickhandling + great positioning for a D....

Harris is a better skating Josh Gorges, can he take that next step remainder of this season & potentially AHL? Remains to be seen.

Struble has boom potential because of his athleticism but does he possess the ability to learn & quickly process teachings into execution at the next level?

 

[1909]

Harris is a better skating Josh Gorges, can he take that next step remainder of this season & potentially AHL? Remains to be seen.

Gorges was a very couragous and hard working d-man.

 

[salbutera]

Gorges was a very couragous and hard working d-man.

Exactly - Harris is a very good skater which will help, but I don’t see more than a 3rd pairing NHL Dman one day ...if that.

 

[aresknights]

I’ve got no way of telling if Harris is hiding an injury, skating stride seems normal, but he just doesn’t have any aspect of his game that’s a notch above to make him standout.

Struble on the other hand is a mean SOB, hits to hurt (which also has its negative aspects.. mainly getting out of position), so even if he isn’t trying to lead a rush or generating anything offensively has the physical element at his disposal.

Will be curious to see how they do vs BC on Friday

TY for the feedback

 

[montreal]

I was at the Northeastern game yesterday, Harris was pretty putrid, Struble though not great had a superior game.... again

Seen all 3- Northeastern games, Harris is not at all impressive. Struble has been the more impressive prospect & he’ll get the benefit of the doubt... a really big boy who seems to have put on more mass over the summer

I have only watched parts of the last 2 games but Harris was better then Struble imo, I only saw the 1st period in the last game but he was far from putrid, he didn't even make a single mistake. Struble looks faster to me but still can't do much with the puck in the offensive zone.

 

[salbutera]

I have only watched parts of the last 2 games but Harris was better then Struble imo, I only saw the 1st period in the last game but he was far from putrid, he didn't even make a single mistake. Struble looks faster to me but still can't do much with the puck in the offensive zone.

Struble made two boneheaded (bad decision) plays that lead to Quinnipiac goals - that’ll be the ultimate question can he develop the NHL level anticipation (read & react) skills required for next level of play?

Other than skating Harris does everything avg vs peers (shooting, passing, vision, anticipation), and has nowhere near the natural athletic ability of Struble

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Struble made two boneheaded (bad decision) plays that lead to Quinnipiac goals - that’ll be the ultimate question can he develop the NHL level anticipation (read & react) skills required for next level of play?

Other than skating Harris does everything avg vs peers (shooting, passing, vision, anticipation), and has nowhere near the natural athletic ability of Struble

Not sure what you are talking about as Harris has well above average vision and passing skills. The only knocks on Harris are size and perhaps his shot. The kid has a high hockey IQ and has the potential to be a very good PMD at the NHL level if he can learn to mitigate his size/strength disadvantage.

 

[salbutera]

Not sure what you are talking about as Harris has well above average vision and passing skills. The only knocks on Harris are size and perhaps his shot. The kid has a high hockey IQ and has the potential to be a very good PMD at the NHL level if he can learn to mitigate his size/strength disadvantage.

Would recommend actually watch him play at Northeastern.... he’s ok not much more.

Quinnipiac was the first good team they played (yesterday). Both Bentley & Holy Cross were mediocre teams and Harris was not impressive

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Would recommend actually watch him play at Northeastern.... he’s very meh. Quinnipiac was the first good team they played (yesterday). Both Bentley & Holy Cross were mediocre teams and Harris was not impressive

I have watched him play and I do not value your opinion on his play as it seems to be grossly ill informed and unqualified.