Prospect Info: Marlies/Prospects Thread - It's finally puckdrop, baby!

[supermann_98]

Liljegren two steals and clears it out 3 times, very slick penalty killer as well

 

[Morgs]

Lol Liljegren stops another zone entrance and makes a nice stretch pass.

 

[TopChedder]

His stretch passes are gonna get him some points because he zips it around hard and accurate

I noticed that. He rips it hard and fast. Confident and accurate.

 

[stickty111]

OMG Lilly has an insane breakout pass!

I thought man thats risky if it gets batted out of mid air, and then I realized it was on the tape to the Marlies player which started a decent rush.

 

[TopChedder]

I thought man thats risky if it gets batted out of mid air, and then I realized it was on the tape to the Marlies player which started a decent rush.

100%

Right off the boards and onto the tape. Fantastic.

 

[stickty111]

Eh the one rare mistake by Lilly there

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

D'Agostini is clearly in their heads. He's been great

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Same guy Clune fought?

No, different guy.

 

[TopChedder]

I like Brazeau a lot. I like the size.

 

[Thissiteisgarbage]

D'Agostini is clearly in their heads. He's been great

Dude can certainly play in this league.

 

[Knies iT]

Brazeau's training with Antropov paying off. Hands/stop & start skating look much quicker below the goal line. Overall skating in open ice still needs a lot of work but noticeable improvement.

Rubins has realistic bottom pair potential. Limited ceiling but he's not far off.

 

[stickty111]

Another nice breakout play by Lilly to spring a 2 on 1.

 

[Thissiteisgarbage]

Noice!

 

[stickty111]

Anderson with his 2nd goal. 5-1

 

[Thissiteisgarbage]

Sleepy game for Robertson

 

[stickty111]

Marlies win 5-1. They could easily be 5-1 if not 6-0 right now, but 4-2 is a good start

 

[Maplebeasts]

Liljegren is ready. He is the Marlies best player and I don't think it's close. Forget top 4 as his upside I see a potential #1 if his game translates.

 

[Super Mega]

Lilly was dominant that game. I really liked the play of Joey Anderson even without his production tonight, he was a bit of a pest and breaking up plays, etc. Feels like a surefire bottom 6 guy in the NHL.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I don't think there have been disappointments besides that Kivihalme-Hollowell pairing thus far. They have made far too many defensive mistakes and while Kivihalme has had a few nice offensive plays, he is like a worse version of Rosen. Hollowell is worse, and hasn't done anything offensively.

All of the young guys who have played thus far look like they can do well in the AHL except for maybe Stevenson and Trott. They look like they need a year or two in the ECHL but they've only played limited minutes on the 4th line thus far and that is nothing unexpected.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Liljegren is ready. He is the Marlies best player and I don't think it's close. Forget top 4 as his upside I see a potential #1 if his game translates.

At this point he's controlling the game at the AHL level like Josi does at the NHL level.

strapping him to Muzzin for a few weeks would really help his confidence translate imo. If he keeps playing like this you almost have to give him a few looks in place of Bogosian.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Dermott is who I thought Liljegren would be.

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

I don't think there have been disappointments besides that Kivihalme-Hollowell pairing thus far. They have made far too many defensive mistakes and while Kivihalme has had a few nice offensive plays, he is like a worse version of Rosen. Hollowell is worse, and hasn't done anything offensively.

All of the young guys who have played thus far look like they can do well in the AHL except for maybe Stevenson and Trott. They look like they need a year or two in the ECHL but they've only played limited minutes on the 4th line thus far and that is nothing unexpected.

Thats disappointing considering he was doing well in Europe

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Thats disappointing considering he was doing well in Europe

He was a 22 year old in Mestis, so it is not surprising. It would be more concerning if he wasn't doing well at that level.

At this point Hollowell may be in the running for the worst player on the Marlies. Duszak has taken strides to improve his defensive game (still not amazing, but good enough to not look like a forward playing defense anymore) while still being excellent offensively, but Hollowell looks about as lost as he did when he first got some games in the 2018-2019 playoffs. He's effectively an offensive defenseman without the offense, and simply looks as outmatched at the AHL level as he did last year.

Maybe playing in Europe wasn't a good idea for him. He still needs to work on defensive fundamentals and perhaps sticking around Toronto to work on skill development would have been better than playing against guys who are probably a step down from the ECHL. It's not a good look when two undrafted guys from the ECHL in Duszak and Rubins have looked a lot more comfortable both this year and last year (when they were the same age as Hollowell right now).

 

[hullsy47]

Liljegren is ready. He is the Marlies best player and I don't think it's close. Forget top 4 as his upside I see a potential #1 if his game translates.

Yes encouraging reports on Lilly..he was

 

[hullsy47]

Dermott is who I thought Liljegren would be.

I think Lilly has a higher ceiling