Prospect Info: Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Thread: 2023-2024 Edition

[lokomotiv15]

Nice 24 minute highlight video of Yager from the 23-24 season if anyone is interested. All other highlight videos I've seen so far this season are just hat trick snapshots from the WHL, etc...



That drag and release at 2:35

 

[HandshakeLine]

Kid's sure got some tools, definitely.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

If you put that Moose jaw power play in the NHL last year do they have a higher PP % than the Pens?

 

[lokomotiv15]

If you put that Moose jaw power play in the NHL last year do they have a higher PP % than the Pens?

They've legitimately got 3 guys on there that are better natural power play players than pretty much anyone we can toss out there nowadays. It would be a dogfight, for sure.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Kid's sure got some tools, definitely.

So did Carter Rowney …… @Randy Butternubs

 

[SEALBound]

Seems like he has a very lethal shot - when he gets the time and space. I think most NHL players have that skill, to an extent. The question will be, can he continue to develop that when you're in the NHL with less time and less space? That's why I would have been so adamant about the Pens asking for the AHL exemption. Not sure what a 5th year in the WHL is really going to do for him but we'll see.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

So did Carter Rowney …… @Randy Butternubs

So. f***ing. Rugged.

 

[steelcityassault]

So. f***ing. Rugged.

Former Wheeling Nailer. Learned the hard way.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Former Wheeling Nailer. Learned the hard way.

Yeah, got traded to the Secaucus Screws and it was all over.

 

[cygnus47]

Nice 24 minute highlight video of Yager from the 23-24 season if anyone is interested. All other highlight videos I've seen so far this season are just hat trick snapshots from the WHL, etc...



That drag and release at 2:35

Very first shot is exactly the thing we're missing on the PP. Sid and Geno have refused to go for or take that shot since Kessel left.

EDIT in fact there's like 20 of them. Big step towards the slot, skate to the defender and shoot. Bang.

 

[steelcityassault]

Very first shot is exactly the thing we're missing on the PP. Sid and Geno have refused to go for or take that shot since Kessel left.

EDIT in fact there's like 20 of them. Big step towards the slot, skate to the defender and shoot. Bang.

Is the willingness (or the opportunity granted) gonna be there do that as a rookie in an actual NHL game with those players on the PP? Possible big difference

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Nice 24 minute highlight video of Yager from the 23-24 season if anyone is interested. All other highlight videos I've seen so far this season are just hat trick snapshots from the WHL, etc...



That drag and release at 2:35

highlights are bad way to evaluate but would love for yager to generate more points from below the net/playing in traffic/paint

 

[The Old Master]

highlights are bad way to evaluate but would love for yager to generate more points from below the net/playing in traffic/paint

that would need a change in the system they play. they want yager to be the first one back and while he is fast, he's not that fast.

 

[SEALBound]

Are there any good articles or overviews from the camp?

 

[steelcityassault]

Yeah, got traded to the Secaucus Screws and it was all over.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Yager made a play at the Mem Cup that really got my attention. It was on a power play. He was on the right side of the ice and he looked primed to shoot, but at the last second he threw the puck over to the left side and Firkus one-timed it for an easy PPG.

That play reminded me of what Jack Eichel does a lot. Yager is known more for his shooting than his playmaking, but he showed me something with that play.

 

[PensFutures]

He was on the right side of the ice and he looked primed to shoot, but at the last second he threw the puck over to the left side and Firkus one-timed it for an easy PPG.

That would require Sullivan/Quinn to actually put another RH shot on the left side of the PP. One of the many things that drove me nuts about the PP, they hardly ever had 2 righties out there (Karlsson up top but he always seemed to be more on the right point) so the opponent almost never had to respect a one timer from the left, essentially cutting the ice in half to defend.

But if Yager already has a knack for passing up shots to make a cute play, thats one less thing our leaders will have to teach him . Kidding aside, one thing I didnt realize when Kessel got here was how sneaky good he was at distributing the puck. Would be nice if Yager can have that same deception at the next level.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Are there any good articles or overviews from the camp?

Try Taylor Haase’s Twitter. She’s usually pretty good for information.

 

[MeinerEiner]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816585048562270590

 

[WickedWrister]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816585048562270590

@Ryder71 can finally get a good nights sleep

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Oh gosh and here I was SUPER sure they wouldn't get it done!

Boy I can definitely rest easy now that that thing that was never gonna happen isn't gonna happen!

 

[Tom Hanks]

@Ryder71 can finally get a good nights sleep

He slept well before. Yelling at clouds is tiring

 

[Ryder71]

@Ryder71 can finally get a good nights sleep

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HandshakeLine]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816585048562270590

Someone FINALLY put Ryder on ignore!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I wonder if Morozov's son is any good. Draft eligible next season, 2007 born. Nikita Morozov, would be fun to see him drafted. Only for Sullivan to give him the same 4th line treatment his dad got decades before lol.