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It would be very good for us if he could become a full time C
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No, while people have noticed a decrease in the volume of points, the development staff has been really working with him. He takes draws, he plays the point on the power play (usually cycles from the half wall) he kills penalties and his play without the puck has improved immensely.
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pfft, too many haters in here. I, for one, still get faint joy from hungover boxscore scrolling and seeing that our 2020 6th rounder got 1 A in a 6-2 stomping of substandard NCAA competition last night (as Joe Miller did for Harvard against St Lawrence College last night woooooo)
Malinoski 1 G 1 A. On a mini tear and his points/game is now at 0.74, up from 0.51 last year.
1 goal and 2 apples for Hirvonen last night... HIRVONEN HATERS IN THE MUD
Hildeby SV% has now dropped to .899... I'm not a regular Marlies watcher, so can't comment on his recent play, but he's looked great in the few AHL games I have seen, albeit clearly not ready in his NHL games. Hope he's not falling off.
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Although, seriously, what more can you expect from our 2021-24 drafts at the moment?
- Knies graduated with aplomb (easy to take for granted what was a hell of a pick!)
- Minten's ceiling may be low (he's only a 2nd rounder...) but he's doing fine in his first pro season
- Cowan's scoring is a bit down but he's still looking like a great late 1st (WJC performances are an overrated signal...)
- Danford's boxscore numbers are never going to excite (and you're welcome to argue for other picks we should have made!), but he's a late 1st rounder captaining one of the top OHL teams (and trading down is why we currently have a 2025 2nd rounder + 7th rounder Mayes)
- Grebenkin looking like a clever mid-round pick
- Despite recent wobbles, I think we can feel good about Hildeby and AA developing on the Marlies (and our goalie depth in general)
- Among other mid-late rounders, can pick out both encouraging (Chadwick, Johansson, McCue, Malinoski) and disappointing (Moldenhauer, Voit, Peksa) signs.
Repeating myself from previous posts, the 2020 draft looks disappointing, but that year's extra picks were quantity over quality, our 1st rounder died, and we've probably spent too much time debating a pair of late 2nd-early 3rd picks (Hirvonen, Niemela) from a poor draft year.
Sure, wring your hands about the general shallowness of our prospect pool after years of trading picks while trying to go for it in the playoffs, as is inevitable for any 'perennial contender' (I say that with some irony! But that's a separate debate...) Adjusting your expectations accordingly, the picks we have made are looking ok.
Malinoski 1 G 1 A. On a mini tear and his points/game is now at 0.74, up from 0.51 last year.
1 goal and 2 apples for Hirvonen last night... HIRVONEN HATERS IN THE MUD
Hildeby SV% has now dropped to .899... I'm not a regular Marlies watcher, so can't comment on his recent play, but he's looked great in the few AHL games I have seen, albeit clearly not ready in his NHL games. Hope he's not falling off.
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Although, seriously, what more can you expect from our 2021-24 drafts at the moment?
- Knies graduated with aplomb (easy to take for granted what was a hell of a pick!)
- Minten's ceiling may be low (he's only a 2nd rounder...) but he's doing fine in his first pro season
- Cowan's scoring is a bit down but he's still looking like a great late 1st (WJC performances are an overrated signal...)
- Danford's boxscore numbers are never going to excite (and you're welcome to argue for other picks we should have made!), but he's a late 1st rounder captaining one of the top OHL teams (and trading down is why we currently have a 2025 2nd rounder + 7th rounder Mayes)
- Grebenkin looking like a clever mid-round pick
- Despite recent wobbles, I think we can feel good about Hildeby and AA developing on the Marlies (and our goalie depth in general)
- Among other mid-late rounders, can pick out both encouraging (Chadwick, Johansson, McCue, Malinoski) and disappointing (Moldenhauer, Voit, Peksa) signs.
Repeating myself from previous posts, the 2020 draft looks disappointing, but that year's extra picks were quantity over quality, our 1st rounder died, and we've probably spent too much time debating a pair of late 2nd-early 3rd picks (Hirvonen, Niemela) from a poor draft year.
Sure, wring your hands about the general shallowness of our prospect pool after years of trading picks while trying to go for it in the playoffs, as is inevitable for any 'perennial contender' (I say that with some irony! But that's a separate debate...) Adjusting your expectations accordingly, the picks we have made are looking ok.
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