Player Discussion Jesse Ylonen #56

[Estimated_Prophet]

Why would he? MSL made his mind up long ago on him. Much like Houle with Mysak.

Ylonen is soft and afraid of contact, it is super frustrating to watch. These narratives about the coach having a personal agenda against a player are almost always nonsense and in MSL's case you can remove the "almost".

The Mysak scenario is total fan b.s. as well. He is not an offensive player and was being given the correct play style advice. Mysak has a good shot and can bang in rebounds but when he tried to be too fancy with the puck he was sabotaging his career. Houle was giving him the same message that would and likely did come from upper management and very likely MSL as well. Houle's comments were predictably misinterpreted by posters as all he was doing was steering Mysak into a play style that was more likely to not only get him into the NHL but to also lead to improved offensive output.

 

[Habs13]

Does RFA Jesse Ylonen get a QA this summer? At best, I think he should get a QA and get waived to play in the AHL for next season. Really disappointed by his this season. RHP too.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Now that everyone who needed a contract is signed, hopefully HuGo can now focus on unloading some dead weight prior to the season.

In order to make room for guys like Ylonen, RHP, Heineman, and Farrell among others to battle for spots. Even if some end up in Laval, at least they will have a chance to make the team and not be forced down due to dead weight.

Xhekaj and Barron both need contracts.

The Ylonen contract is decent. He gives us some depth at forward. If he can't make the team, we'll see if he clears waivers. If he can't, it's not a big deal. If he does clear, we have a legit scoring forward for Laval.

 

[Rapala]

Does RFA Jesse Ylonen get a QA this summer? At best, I think he should get a QA and get waived to play in the AHL for next season. Really disappointed by his this season. RHP too.

At what point do you start scouting younger stronger players who can bring a physical presence and aren't afraid to mix it up.
His production will be very easy to replace and he's obviously not suited for a 4th line role and nor is he able to crack our top 9.
He isn't the only one.

 

[morhilane]

Does RFA Jesse Ylonen get a QA this summer? At best, I think he should get a QA and get waived to play in the AHL for next season. Really disappointed by his this season. RHP too.

I wouldn't QA Ylonen personally, Habs can make better use of that contract slot.

 

[cphabs]

I wouldn't QA Ylonen personally, Habs can make better use of that contract slot.

Trade him to the avalanche lmfao

 

[The Great Weal]

Lol I thought we extended him and I got so confused

 

[Vachon23]

Lol I thought we extended him and I got so confused

Same ! I was like WTF no

 

[StCaufield]

Im sure he’s heading to Europe next year

 

[StCaufield]

At what point do you start scouting younger stronger players who can bring a physical presence and aren't afraid to mix it up.
His production will be very easy to replace and he's obviously not suited for a 4th line role and nor is he able to crack our top 9.
He isn't the only one.

Yeah players like Ylonen aren’t hard to find as much as I like the guy. His style doesn’t fit when it comes to a 4th liner. The team needs a good vet on wing that can bring more energy and sandpaper. We have such an easy bottom 6 to play against even when fully healthy. Leadership and grip on the 4th please

 

[red devil]

Xhekaj and Barron both need contracts.

The Ylonen contract is decent. He gives us some depth at forward. If he can't make the team, we'll see if he clears waivers. If he can't, it's not a big deal. If he does clear, we have a legit scoring forward for Laval.

This was thread bumped from July to ask if the Habs are going to qualify Ylonen

 

[A55P2]

We'll lose Pearson and White this offseason. So there's a chance he gets a contract if we can't find a replacement. But yeah not a great season.

 

[MXD]

We'll lose Pearson and White this offseason. So there's a chance he gets a contract if we can't find a replacement. But yeah not a great season.

I mean, he's already the replacement...

 

[WeThreeKings]

I would QO him, there's literally no harm in that. But he has not earned the right to avoid waivers anymore.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

K, people quit bumping these threads and making me think useless players got extended.

 

[Hacketts]

I wonder how Scherbak would of done with MSL, because if he had the same amount of opportunities as Ylonen.. he may of made something of himself.

 

[morhilane]

We'll lose Pearson and White this offseason. So there's a chance he gets a contract if we can't find a replacement. But yeah not a great season.

They don't need a replacement for Pearson/White, Habs have 13 forwards signed for next season without Ylonen (this 13 count Roy making the team at the start of the next season) and they will only be able to carry 13 forwards since they are going to have 8 Ds up. That is all before some hypothetical off-season trade, but so far, Hughes tend to bring in cap dump so they don't open roster spot.

And if a forwards gets injured long term again, just pick some waiver fodder to replace them.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Ylonen is f***ing useless. Most everyone in the bottom 6 is completely expendable and I look forward to seeing him and the rest of the deadweight gone in the offseason.

This team has zero depth and they’ll have to address is moving forward. If Gally and Anderson can become somewhat useful as bottom 6 players long enough to trade or buy them out, it’ll be a blessing. Bottom 6 needs a total revamp.

 

[Hannibal]

Useless bottom 6 player.

Dump him.

 

[Habs]

Who is more useless based on this season? Ylonen, White, Pearson or RHP? Tough call from this garbage heap Kent seems to enjoy.

 

[SpeedyPotato]

Who is more useless based on this season? Ylonen, White, Pearson or RHP? Tough call from this garbage heap Kent seems to enjoy.

Well at least Ylonen and RHP showed something last year and they’re young enough.. not keeping my hopes up but I think they’re the ones with the highest chance of being useful next year.

 

[Naslundforever]

Lol I thought we extended him and I got so confused

I was like wat 5 pages already?

This almost beats the Koivu retirement bump of the week.

 

[Hacketts]

Ylonen is f***ing useless. Most everyone in the bottom 6 is completely expendable and I look forward to seeing him and the rest of the deadweight gone in the offseason.

This team has zero depth and they’ll have to address is moving forward. If Gally and Anderson can become somewhat useful as bottom 6 players long enough to trade or buy them out, it’ll be a blessing. Bottom 6 needs a total revamp.

a very unexciting group of players.

Let Gally sit in a bathtub of red wine for a few months, and send Anderson to the jungle to work with a shaman.. Hopefully the others can all be replaced sooner than later.

 

[Habs]

Well at least Ylonen and RHP showed something last year and they’re young enough.. not keeping my hopes up but I think they’re the ones with the highest chance of being useful next year.

RHP looks done, his miracle season was a blip in the Matrix.

 

[BLNY]

Who is more useless based on this season? Ylonen, White, Pearson or RHP? Tough call from this garbage heap Kent seems to enjoy.

I think that's unnecessarily harsh to Hughes.

RHP had 20 points in 32 games last year and looked like he was tracking upwards. Injuries this year have really hampered him.

Pearson was part of getting rid of DeSmith. The hope was he could be flipped at the deadline for an asset, but it's clear he's cooked. It's an expiring contract.

White was a waiver pick up because, as bad as he is, he's better than Gignac. He's not a long term plan.

Ylonen showed himself to be an NHL body, but that was in part because he got more minutes in a thinner lineup. A one year two-way deal is a show me deal. Not a commitment. Ylonen has shown that he's not capable of filling a bottom six role.

What they all have in common is they're stop gap players. Not guys an organization hitches their wagon to. And Hughes hasn't hitched his wagon to any of them.