Prospect Info: Joshua Roy Part 2

[Bouboumaster]

He was solid tonight

 

[Hins77]

He deserves to stay in the NHL. He already showed he was good enough for the AHL. I watched him cllosely tonight, he was back checking. And when the puck is on his stick close to the net, his shot is just lethal. Right now, this is the best time to evaluate him with all the injuries. I rather like to have him here and to be ready for the next season than sending down. Guy is just 20. He has the potential to be a reliable top 6 imo

 

[Gillings]

He deserves to stay in the NHL. He already showed he was good enough for the AHL. I watched him cllosely tonight, he was back checking. And when the puck is on his stick close to the net, his shot is just lethal. Right now, this is the best time to evaluate him with all the injuries. I rather like to have him here and to be ready for the next season than sending down. Guy is just 20. He has the potential to be a reliable top 6 imo

I personally don’t know what we are going to do with him when he shows he’s a 1st line player lol

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I personally don’t know what we are going to do with him when he shows he’s a 1st line player lol

Dach needs some wingers

 

[LesCanadiens]

I personally don’t know what we are going to do with him when he shows he’s a 1st line player lol

Once Dach and Newhook are back, we'll have basically line 1A and line 1B. Love Monahan. I'm torn between keeping or trading him. But my gut tells me we trade him more because he's 29 and he probably wants to go to a current contender. And we'll likely get good value for him right now.

So top six next year:

CC (23yo)-Suzuki (24yo)-Slaf (19yo)
Newhook (22yo)-Dach (22yo)-Roy (20yo)

Looks damn nice to me. What an awesome core top six and so young.

 

[Nicko999]

Hockey IQ is the single most important attribute in a hockey player and Roy might be the player on the team with the highest one. He will be a top 6 player for a very long time.

It's why I've been saying he is the best prospect for the past year+.

 

[Kennerback]

Armia plays well lately. He's so strong along the board. I like that Roy see and learns this aspect. He seemed a lot better along the boards in this game.

If Armia always played like that i'd say this looks like a hell of a 3rd line for a competing team.

What we saw tonight is what we hoped to see from Joshua. I'm pleased with the progression. He's gonna be good... cool.

Perhaps there’s more seasoning or a trade in the works, but there is some burgeoning synergy with Money and Armia right now.

 

[Habssince89]

Once Dach and Newhook are back, we'll have basically line 1A and line 1B. Love Monahan. I'm torn between keeping or trading him. But my gut tells me we trade him more because he's 29 and he probably wants to go to a current contender. And we'll likely get good value for him right now.

So top six next year:

CC (23yo)-Suzuki (24yo)-Slaf (19yo)
Newhook (22yo)-Dach (22yo)-Roy (20yo)

Looks damn nice to me. What an awesome core top six and so young.

It's nice to know that those 6 could get shuffled as needed. I know Dach+Caufield is a good combo, I could also see

Newhook-Suzuki-Slaf
CC-Dach-Roy

 

[Guess]

He deserves to stay in the NHL. He already showed he was good enough for the AHL. I watched him cllosely tonight, he was back checking. And when the puck is on his stick close to the net, his shot is just lethal. Right now, this is the best time to evaluate him with all the injuries. I rather like to have him here and to be ready for the next season than sending down. Guy is just 20. He has the potential to be a reliable top 6 imo

He's good enough to stick in the NHL but I'd rather see him help Laval make the playoffs, he'll probably get sent back when Anderson returns since I doubt management wants him playing on the 4th line.

 

[Guess]

It's nice to know that those 6 could get shuffled as needed. I know Dach+Caufield is a good combo, I could also see

Newhook-Suzuki-Slaf
CC-Dach-Roy

I like Roy with Suzuki since they're both slow the play down as cerebral players. Not sure if Roy could do the forechecking role that Slaf does but it would be fun to see him with Zuke and Cole.

Dach, Newhook, Slaf are more about speed, they would look good together.

 

[Guess]

Hockey IQ is the single most important attribute in a hockey player and Roy might be the player on the team with the highest one. He will be a top 6 player for a very long time.

It's why I've been saying he is the best prospect for the past year+.

I'm also really high on Roy, he's my favorite forward prospect (although our talent pool at forward is pretty weak). He'll probably adjust pretty quickly to the NHL. Monahan is a really nice fit for him right now as he's gaining in confidence.

 

[JianYang]

Hockey IQ is the single most important attribute in a hockey player and Roy might be the player on the team with the highest one. He will be a top 6 player for a very long time.

It's why I've been saying he is the best prospect for the past year+.

Roy showed alot of smarts with the way he played that 2 on 1.

He recognized that he had the space to drop back and enter the slot area whereas a traditional 2 on 1 would have seen him on the other side of the post more or less parallel to Monahan. That is what the Devils dman was expecting and why he looked so out to lunch, but it was Roy's intelligence and awareness that made it possible.

 

[Jaynki]

Great game yesterday. He made the most of his 12min of icetime and was a menace in his every shift. Although not explosive, skating is not a problem. The crow are early and good.

 

[26Mats]

I like Roy with Suzuki since they're both slow the play down as cerebral players. Not sure if Roy could do the forechecking role that Slaf does but it would be fun to see him with Zuke and Cole.

Dach, Newhook, Slaf are more about speed, they would look good together.

I always thought it would be:
Caufield - Suzuki - Roy
Newhook - Dach - Slaf

But Nick and Cole may need Slaf's big body.

 

[bcv]

You’ve heard of a thing called contracts right?

He has a PP clause in his contract or what? Plenty of bad contracts not playing on PP.

 

[Goalfield13]

Gotta keep CC-NS-JS together. CC and JS are starting to click. Roy can play with Dach and whomever.

 

[LaP]

Wawa is a smooth player. The way he caught that pass yesterday and casually passed it to Monahan on the 2 on 1 was smooth as hell. It looked like there was glue on his stick.

 

[Trabdy2]

Roy is seeming to be a quick study. I like how he's engaging physically on the boards, and any time you get 5 shots in a game you're doing some things right.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Absolute maestro of a player

 

[Team_Spirit]

Craig is excite /Borat

 

[Shred]

Perhaps there’s more seasoning or a trade in the works, but there is some burgeoning synergy with Money and Armia right now.

Enticing package for a team who needs a playoff ready third line. Did wonders for Tampa in their cup years.

 

[Kennerback]

Craig is excite /Borat

Habs caught a big break. If he was born 35 days later, he was in Slafkovky’s draft. A same league comparable, Nathan Gaucher went at 22. With Roy’s ridiculous 50 goals 120 point he would have gone before Gaucher. So he’s definitely a 1st Round talent that by fate was drafted in the 5th round.

 

[Timelord]

Wawa is a smooth player. The way he caught that pass yesterday and casually passed it to Monahan on the 2 on 1 was smooth as hell. It looked like there was glue on his stick.

We've compared him to Toffoli but he looks more graceful and polished, although to Toffoli's credit he reliably gets the job done.

Roy seems to have a knack of making his goals look easy but he makes it easy for himself with his gracefulness and high HIQ.

 

[WeThreeKings]

When you see guys like Roy and Slaf pick up things rather quickly.. you know those are guys whose ceilings can't be defined until they hit them.

 

[Tyson]

What impressed me last night was that he found a way to create enough space to generate 5 shots on goal. I still think in the not too distant future that he returns to Laval. Let him keep developing.