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Not a good skater, 2nd fiddle on his d pair in Prince George, probably just minors depth if they even sign him.
Prospect Info: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc. [The Fall 2022 Edition]
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Not a good skater, 2nd fiddle on his d pair in Prince George, probably just minors depth if they even sign him.
GapToothedWonder
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Thank you. I will mark him down as the only draft pick from the last 3 years that I know anything about.
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Neither have a chance here until everyone is fired.
If we are talking about a Flyers prospect do we need to qualify him as "not a good skater", or is that just assumed since skating is not something the Flyers value or prioritize
dats81
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Well, we are still talking about a 6th round draft pick. If he does enough to earn an ELC, that's exceeding expectations.
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deadhead
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Guy to watch, Hunter McDonald on Northeastern.
20 years old, Freshman year after a couple USHL seasons.
Defensive defenseman, 6 assists in his last 10 games, 7 points in 16 games second among D-men (top is 8) on the team.
+15, next highest D-men are +8, +6, +4. All are helped by Levi in goal (.930 Sv%).
Big boy, 6'4 205 when drafted last summer.
20 years old, Freshman year after a couple USHL seasons.
Defensive defenseman, 6 assists in his last 10 games, 7 points in 16 games second among D-men (top is 8) on the team.
+15, next highest D-men are +8, +6, +4. All are helped by Levi in goal (.930 Sv%).
Big boy, 6'4 205 when drafted last summer.
Magua
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Hunter McDonald has 7 assists, and 5 of them are secondaries. He's 20 years old because he was a double re-entry. And he had 4 points in 24 games in his D+2 year on a powerhouse Chicago Steel team. The best thing you can say about him probably is that the Steel had him on their team. But players with absolutely no scoring profile at lower levels are pretty much guaranteeing to not hit. Even projection model breakers like Manson had decent Junior A scoring.
We know why the Flyers zeroed in on him. In the last 2 years every defender has been: 6'3 no scoring profile, 6'2 no scoring profile, 6'4 no scoring profile, 6'3 non-projectable scoring profile. It's pretty obvious how Fletcher/Flahr believe drafting should work.
We know why the Flyers zeroed in on him. In the last 2 years every defender has been: 6'3 no scoring profile, 6'2 no scoring profile, 6'4 no scoring profile, 6'3 non-projectable scoring profile. It's pretty obvious how Fletcher/Flahr believe drafting should work.
deadhead
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When you're talking later round picks, big defensemen with some mobility make sense, the days when top skill players fell that far due to size are over.
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Well, I'm glad you settled upon a hard and fast rule with no factual basis. The days when you can find skill in the mid-late rounds is over! Glad we settled that. Me, I just prefer seeking out usable hockey players, whatever the particulars. No one cares if the Flyers take an interesting 6'3 player, that's not the point.
Seeler can barely handle a puck, and even he had 0.5 point/game in his D+1 in the USHL. 0.2 points/game for your USHL career in your 18-19 seasons is basically not a prospect territory. The Flyers draft for fit, depth, and lazily at that.
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Magua
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You do understand that the USHL is not the NHL, right? We are talking projection and skill scaling. This might blow your mind but defensive defensemen generally produce at lower levels.
Magua
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Yes, the Flyers future offensive defense core is complete — fit pick time! — because of a former high floor 1st rounder who is being coached to not be passive and is still in the AHL, a small 2nd rounder with skating issues and projectable concerns, and a soon to be 25 year old with more skating issues and difficult style/effectiveness fits. More 0 point NHL defensemen please.
Watching LV play the worst point in their division . Half way thru the third period we have 10 shots on goal and are down 3-1 . Lappy Lappy Lappy
Forester from York on the PP now 3-2 . Was 5 on 3 pp we took a penalty but they scored on the 4 on 3 .
Lost 3-2 Hartford and they had lost 5 in a row . We actually played well after we scored the pp goal but to little to late .
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I haven't watched any AHL this year but I am confident that Foerster and Lycksell need to be on the fourth line over MacEwen and Deslauriers right now
deadhead
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Actually, if we could keep Deslauriers and MacEwen on the 4th line with Sedlak, they'd be just fine there.
Because the 4th line guys tend to play limited shifts, you want energy guys who'll fly around, not so much skill guys who need PT to get their timing down.
The problem is that injuries have forced them up the lineup.
Wonder if there's something wrong with Lycksell, he was on a hot streak but his play has fallen off recently.
Because the 4th line guys tend to play limited shifts, you want energy guys who'll fly around, not so much skill guys who need PT to get their timing down.
The problem is that injuries have forced them up the lineup.
Wonder if there's something wrong with Lycksell, he was on a hot streak but his play has fallen off recently.
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Seattle have Sprong on their 4th line getting 8:14 per game at ES, and yet he has 8 ES points in 18 games.
You call Holmgren a dinosaur, and yet you are positively Cretaceous.
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I'd say he's more Precambrian myself.
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