Hopefully he keeps it up. Gives some credibility to the idea that last seasons lackluster production was atleast in part to being on a bad team.Matt wood 3 pt debut for Minnesota
Molendyk dropped? That's a little surprising, but I guess plausible based on other around him. I don't see him regressing any, but not necessarily a huge jump either.The Athletic did a "redraft" of 2023.
Big winners were Roest (175 to 55) and Hanzel (187 to 78)
Also, Sutter Muzzatti (?) jumped to 85 from 143 and Edstrom went to 14 from 32.
Wood dropped to 27 and Molendyk and Gibson had minor slips of 28 from 24
and 44 from 42 respectively.
Has The Athletic seen Hanzel play???The Athletic did a "redraft" of 2023.
Big winners were Roest (175 to 55) and Hanzel (187 to 78)
Also, Sutter Muzzatti (?) jumped to 85 from 143 and Edstrom went to 14 from 32.
Wood dropped to 27 and Molendyk and Gibson had minor slips of 28 from 24
and 44 from 42 respectively.
I suspect Hanzel is firmly in the same boat as Prokop and Matier. Distinguished junior-level defensemen... but... if you play an overage year and/or start off in the ECHL, that does not bode well at all for your ultimate NHL upside. Hanzel had a great couple years in junior. But like those other 2 is probably lacking some fundamental skill level to ever be considered a significant NHL prospect. Fair enough. Being a star in junior hockey and getting drafted and signed to an NHL ELC is still a huge accomplishment. Not everybody is going to The Show.Has The Athletic seen Hanzel play???
I will guess that the answer is NO.
I have hopes for Matier!I suspect Hanzel is firmly in the same boat as Prokop and Matier. Distinguished junior-level defensemen... but... if you play an overage year and/or start off in the ECHL, that does not bode well at all for your ultimate NHL upside. Hanzel had a great couple years in junior. But like those other 2 is probably lacking some fundamental skill level to ever be considered a significant NHL prospect. Fair enough. Being a star in junior hockey and getting drafted and signed to an NHL ELC is still a huge accomplishment. Not everybody is going to The Show.
Anyone seen him play this season? What’s his upside?I was really down on Jatkola after last season but he is off to a good start this year.
7 games played
1.56 GAA
.935 sv%
Near the top in sv% and GAA for goalies with over 5 games played
Per pNHLe on DobberSHL
Edstrom - 3G 7A 10P in 11 games
Nilsson - 1G 6A 7P in 9 games
Edstrom leads forward production for the 19 and under crowd (could honestly expand that to 21 and under but he is just 19). Youngest forward with more points is 23. 25th of 224 forwards with games played.
Nilsson is top 5 for the same age group but has the points per game advantage on everyone not named Edstrom. 61st of 224 forwards with games played.
KHL
Surin - 3G 1A 4P in 14 games
NCAA
O'Hara - 4G 7A 11P in 7 games
Wood - 3G 9A 12P in 6 games
Fink - 2G 7A 9P in 5 games
Stiga - 1G 3A 4P in 4 games
O'Hara is a junior. Didnt change colleges but has had a significant jump in production. Not someone ive previously paid attention to but he is on pace to blow past his previous full season production.
Wood changed schools to a better hockey program and it shows. Now that he has some other goal scorers on his team, he has seen a significant production bounce in the assist category. On pace to double his previous best.
Fink in his sophomore effort is chugging along and looks to top last years point per game effort.
Stiga is 4th on his team in production during his freshman effort. Good start.
wouldnt be shocked to see Marquez make the team tooQuite exciting that in the upcoming U20's we could have Canada's #1D (Molendyk), Canada's #1RW (Wood) and Sweden's #1C (Edström).
Currently 16th in the WHL for points. Will be 18 for most of the season as well so he isnt doin it as an older WHL player. He is having a good season so far.wouldnt be shocked to see Marquez make the team too
19pts in 11 games
PLAYER | TEAM | LEAGUE | ACQ | YOB | GP | G | A | TP/W | PIM/L | +/- OTL |
Yegor Surin (C) | Yaroslavl Loko Jr. | MHL | 22/2024 | 2006 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Yaroslavl | KHL | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
Teddy Stiga (C) | Boston College | NCAA | 55/2024 | 2006 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Viggo Gustaffsson (LD) | HV71 J-20 | Swe-Jr | 77/2024 | 2006 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -1 |
HV71 | SHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | |||
Miguel Marques (RW) | Lethbridge | WHL | 87/2024 | 2006 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 11 |
Hiroki Gojsic (RW) | Kelowna | WHL | 94/2024 | 2006 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 |
Jakub Milota (G) | Cape Breton | QMJHL | 99/2024 | 2006 | 15 | 2.93 | .910 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Viktor Norringer (LW) | Vastra Frolunda Jr. | Swe-Jr J20 | 127/2024 | 2006 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 6 |
Vastra Frolunda | SHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
Erik Pahlsson (C) | U.Minnesota | NCAA | 213/2024 | 2004 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Matthew Wood (RW/C) | U.Minnesota | NCAA | 15/2023 | 2005 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
Tanner Molendyk (LD) | Saskatoon | WHL | 24/2023 | 2005 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
Andrew Gibson (RD) | SSMarie | OHL | 42/2023 | 2005 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 5 |
Felix Nilsson (LW) | Rogle BK | SHL | 43/2023 | 2005 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
IK Oskarshamn | SWE-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |||
Kalan Lind (LW/C) | Red Deer | WHL | 46/2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
Dylan MacKinnon (RD) | Moncton | QMJHL | 83/2023 | 2005 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 |
Joey Willis (C) | Saginaw | OHL | 111/2023 | 2005 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | -1 |
Juha Jatkola (G) | KalPa | SM-Liiga | 121/2023 | 2002 | 9 | 2.10 | .910 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Sutter Muzzatti (LW) | R.P.I. | NCAA | 143/2023 | 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 |
Austin Roest (C) | Everett/Milwaukee? | WHL | 175/2023 | 2004 | Inj | |||||
Aiden Fink (RW) | Penn St. U | NCAA | 218/2023 | 2004 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
Adam Ingram (C) | St. Cloud State | NCAA | 82/2022 | 2003 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
Kasper Kulonummi (RD) | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-Liiga | 84/2022 | 2004 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Cole O'Hara (RW) | UMass-Amherst | NCAA | 114/2022 | 2002 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
Ben Strinden (RW) | U. North Dakota | NCAA | 210/2022 | 2002 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Anton Olsson (LD) | Lukko | SM-Liiga | 72/2021 | 2003 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 |
Simon Knak (LW) | Davos HC | Swiss-A | 179/2021 | 2002 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
**Luke Reid (RD) | U. New Hampshire | NCAA | 166/2020 | 2001 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
**Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (LW) | Ohio St. | NCAA | 202/2020 | 2000 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
**Chase McLane (C/RW) | Colorado Coll. | NCAA | 209/2020 | 2000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Semyon Chistyakov (LD) | Avangard Omsk | KHL | 117/2019 | 2001 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
Isak Walther (RW) | U. Vermont | H-East | 179/2019 | 2001 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Vladislav Yeryomenko (RD) | Magnitogorsk | KHL | 151/2018 | 1999 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Konstantin Volkov (G) | Kunlun | KHL | 168/2016 | 1997 | 7 | 4.84 | .832 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Chris Lazary hockey is fun hockey one way or another.5 goals certainly helps pad the stats. That's a wild game!