Prospect Info: Marlies & Prospect Discussion

[Isaac Nootin]

I heard the same from other people.well it's easy to cut 18 year Olds
But I doubt anyone anyone says Cowan is outclassed
Hockey canada knows what Cowan can do .if he gets gut I'm sure they will win gold .lol

Did you find those Twitter links that said Cowan was invisible?

 

[fahad203]

For the first point, that would the second concussion in relatively quick succession, not good.

Just seems like he's having a tough go of it early over here, although he is undersized and not exactly the fleetest of foot.

He's undersized perhaps but he's not like 4 feet. He's the same size as Robertsson, minus the skills
Tough series of injuries no doubt but Andreas Jhonsson started his NA career the same way and so did Robertsson

Marlies management are probably taking their time with him. He'll be fine once he gets few strings of games together

 

[hullsy47]

Did you find those Twitter links that said Cowan was invisible?

Some guy on Twitter at the game said he was saying Cowan didn't help his cause

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Some guy on Twitter at the game said he was saying Cowan didn't help his cause

Link?

 

[weems]

Some guy on Twitter at the game said he was saying Cowan didn't help his cause

Cowan might have been terrible but you also have to remember there's alot of people who would love to see this draft pick totally flop because of their instant reaction to it on draft night.

The rage over this pick was insane and the general concensus was that it was a horrific selection and that he's at best a 3rd liner in the NHL.

He's also not a lock to make this team, so if he ends up getting cut that doesn't all the sudden mean he's not that good.

 

[ChazzMichaelMichaels]

Cowan lining up with Barkey and Matthew Wood today on the 3rd line.

Hopefully he can push for a spot

 

[SprDaVE]

Cowan lining up with Barkey and Matthew Wood today on the 3rd line.

Hopefully he can push for a spot

 

[The Iceman]

Lining up on the 3rd line with 3Fs scratched I think means he is battling for a spot on the 4th line

 

[hullsy47]

Did you find those Twitter links that said Cowan was invisible?

steve ellis on twitter

 

[horner]

steve ellis on twitter

I also heard that when he played with celebrini he looked great but when he played with selfish players he didn't.

He's playing with barkey today and wood

 

[horner]

I think minten made the team
Didn't play in either exhibition game

Minten and Cowen are pretty much untouchable

 

[Twine Tickler]

I could be completely wrong, and I will preface what I am about to say with the fact that I did not watch the first game at Camp. But if Cowen was dressed as the 13F in a game where they want to get eyes on bubble players, I feel like that is a strong indicator that they already know what they have in Easton.

Why throw Easton in a situation like that if you have question marks on his game? That's not a good way to answer those questions.

Again, I didn't watch the game and I am only going off of what I am reading in this forum.

I do think lining up with a familiar face in Denver Barkey is more in line with what Hockey Canada envisions Easton's usage to be.

My guess is they wanted Easton to get a couple extra reps being an 18 year old competing for a roster spot on a tournament roster that is traditionally won by teams with large amounts of 19 year olds. Keep in mind Easton was not invited to the summer development camp, so this is the first time Hockey Canada is getting eyes on him.

By no means do I think Cowen is a lock for this team, but I certainly won't be putting much stock into a scrimmage where he "no showed" as the 13th forward.

I think todays game will be far more telling TBH. If he makes this roster, it will likely be on the line he is set to take the ice with today IMO

 

[Squiffy]

Hildebeast been as good as the stats and a couple Hockey News articles seem to suggest, anyone seen a bunch of him?

 

[TheDoldrums]

I mean Minten is good so this sounds like I'm dumping on him and all but they have plenty of good defensively responsible centers on that team. Cowan's a PK machine and a much bigger threat on the ice.

and yet here we are with Minten being treated as a lock since the beginning of camp and Cowan fighting for a spot, only the most handsome among us could have seen this coming

 

[SprDaVE]

and yet here we are with Minten being treated as a lock since the beginning of camp and Cowan fighting for a spot, only the most handsome among us could have seen this coming

Team Canada never have made bad decisions when making their roster?

But really, this is just my opinion that I think Cowan is a superior player right now. But I ain't a coach or a scout.

 

[hullsy47]

I could be completely wrong, and I will preface what I am about to say with the fact that I did not watch the first game at Camp. But if Cowen was dressed as the 13F in a game where they want to get eyes on tbubble players, I feel like that is a strong indicator that they already know what they have in Easton.

Why throw Easton in a situation like that if you have question marks on his game? That's not a good way to answer those questions.

Again, I didn't watch the game and I am only going off of what I am reading in this forum.

I do think lining up with a familiar face in Denver Barkey is more in line with what Hockey Canada envisions Easton's usage to be.

My guess is they wanted Easton to get a couple extra reps being an 18 year old competing for a roster spot on a tournament roster that is traditionally won by teams with large amounts of 19 year olds. Keep in mind Easton was not invited to the summer development camp, so this is the first time Hockey Canada is getting eyes on him.

By no means do I think Cowen is a lock for this team, but I certainly won't be putting much stock into a scrimmage where he "no showed" as the 13th forward.

I think todays game will be far more telling TBH. If he makes this roster, it will likely be on the line he is set to take the ice with today IMO

They got waxed 6,-1 today. Can't say they could evaluate anyone lol

 

[Kiwi]

Never know though he does remind me of point a bit and he’s strong defensively and bigger than marner or will be

I think he's one of those guys that will give you quality 2-way play but he's better suited to the wing, a lot like Marner

I don't think they will want to give him a new position to learn because of the amounts of defensive responsibility and special teams he's going to get loaded with

 

[TheDoldrums]

Getting nervous about Cowan

 

[Judas Tavares]

Getting nervous about Cowan

I'm nervous as well. It's a 19 year old's tournament and they may cut him knowing he has another chance next year. But by then, it may be too late as he's contributing for the Leafs.

I feel like there is probably a massive list of 18 year olds who got cut and by 19 they were NHL regulars. Would be interesting to see how much talent Canada missed out on in that scenario over the years.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

Unfortunately getting the sense he might get cut now, we’ll see.

I’ll guess:

Vidicek
Dumais
Barkey Ludwinski

 

[TheDoldrums]

Unfortunately getting the sense he might get cut now, we’ll see.

I’ll guess:

Vidicek
Dumais
Barkey Ludwinski

Coaches seemed to indicate Dumais had done enough to make the team in quotes I saw

 

[Mitch nylander]

So is Cowan getting cut?

 

[arso40]

Coaches seemed to indicate Dumais had done enough to make the team in quotes I saw

Uh oh

 

[hullsy47]

So is Cowan getting cut?

It's not his year .he is 1 of the best junior players in Canada
His age and politics might screw him

 

[arso40]

It's not his year .he is 1 of the best junior players in Canada
His age and politics might screw him

which is crazy to think that isn’t he second in ppg in the ohl or something??