Prospect Info: Riley Kidney, LHC, Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL ), 63rd overall

[Adam Michaels]

Kidney was traded to the Olympiques today. Sorry, I might be late on this. Looks like it was already posted

Canadiens Prospect Riley Kidney Involved In QMJHL Blockbuster

After weeks of anticipation, Montreal Canadiens prospect Riley Kidney has finally been traded in the QMJHL in one of the biggest trades in major junior this year. The QMJHL star centre was finally moved hours before the QMJHL Trade Deadline to the Gatineau Olympiques for a 2025 1st-round pick...

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You are late. It's already been posted here.

 

[Vachon23]

Kidney will play with Oliver Nadeau and Alexis Gendron tonight.. great way to start !

 

[dinodebino]

Gatineau, Québec, Victo and Sherbrooke are the teams to beat. They needed a goalie and they needed a more potent offence. They have it now.

 

[Vachon23]

Gatineau, Québec, Victo and Sherbrooke are the teams to beat. They needed a goalie and they needed a more potent offence. They have it now.

Gatineau, Sherbrooke and Victoriaville are all in the same division, we will see tough matchup in the 2nd round.

Go Tigres Go !

 

[Beendair Donedat]

My old man would have given a Kidney to get a young Bobby Orr, so I can understand why they made this move.

 

[dinodebino]

Gatineau, Sherbrooke and Victoriaville are all in the same division, we will see tough matchup in the 2nd round.

Go Tigres Go !

F U

 

[Steve Shutt]

Gatineau Olympiques 6 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5 (Final OT)

Riley Kidney - one goal (16), four assists

Wow! Big night for Kidney

 

[Scriptor]

Gatineau Olympiques 6 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5 (Final OT)

Riley Kidney - one goal (16), four assists

Wow! Big night for Kidney

still a periphery player...

 

[dcyhabs]

still a periphery player...

He’s now on a team with a bunch of good players who go to the net so he doesn’t have to go to the tough areas, just put the puck there.

Kidney should be in the scoring race but it doesn’t really mean progression.

Still, don’t knock stats. Scoring correlates better than just about anything else with long term success.

 

[1909]

He’s now on a team with a bunch of good players who go to the net so he doesn’t have to go to the tough areas, just put the puck there.

Kidney should be in the scoring race but it doesn’t really mean progression.

Still, don’t knock stats. Scoring correlates better than just about anything else with long term success.

A very good AHL player in the making.

 

[montreal]

His 42 assists are 2nd in the Q.

 

[dcyhabs]

A very good AHL player in the making.

Both most likely and worst case. Probably depends on the team and line. Drouin scored when the team was scoring and he’d be fine on a line with two big guys who go to the net and cause havoc.

 

[goforit]

Upside: Mike Ribeiro
Downside: Ben Maxwell

:p

I actually see a lot of similarities between him and Maxwell. Beside the fact that they were both 2nd round picks, Kidney is skilled, has a good IQ but skating and physical play (winning 1vs1 battles) could prevent him from having an NHL career.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

I actually see a lot of similarities between him and Maxwell. Beside the fact that they were both 2nd round picks, Kidney is skilled, has a good IQ but skating and physical play (winning 1vs1 battles) could prevent him from having an NHL career.

He's scoring a lot more than Ben Maxwell ever did.

 

[goforit]

He's scoring a lot more than Ben Maxwell ever did.

Yeah, that's what their hcokeydb pages are telling. As you can read in my post, I was talking in term of attributes, not stats. They roughly have the same flaws and they happen to be very important in pro hockey.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Yeah, that's what their hcokeydb pages are telling. As you can read in my post, I was talking in term of attributes, not stats. They roughly have the same flaws and they happen to be very important in pro hockey.

Well, I would argue Ben Maxwell's biggest flaw was that he was never productive enough, so I guess we disagree. Was Ben Maxwell a Team Canada guy? I can't remember.

 

[goforit]

Well, I would argue Ben Maxwell's biggest flaw was that he was never productive enough, so I guess we disagree. Was Ben Maxwell a Team Canada guy? I can't remember.

Maxwell was a good point producer in the AHL. Hard to put it aside. Let's see if Kidney can translate his offensive play in the pros in the next few years.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Maxwell was a good point producer in the AHL. Hard to put it aside. Let's see if Kidney can translate his offensive play in the pros in the next few years.

Good point. Let's see how the next few years play out for Kidney.

 

[Habs13]

Ben Maxwell? I mean, the kid had a career high 60 points one year in the WHL - Kidney almost has that this year, and put a cool 100 points up last season in the Q. Not sure the two are comparable.

Edit: Maxwell's numbers weren't THAT good in the AHL either. His first season, he notched 22 goals and 58 points and declined from there on in. His points weren't exactly mind blowing... (58, 44, 41, 25, 40)

 

[ChesterNimitz]

He's scoring a lot more than Ben Maxwell ever did.

Curiously, Maxwell was a far more dynamic skater. I fall among those who question this player's upside potential when watching his rather pedestrian level of skating.

 

[Tyson]

17 points in his last 5 games.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Curiously, Maxwell was a far more dynamic skater. I fall among those who question this player's upside potential when watching his rather pedestrian level of skating.

Maxwell looked so good in development camps. One of those guya who just couldn't play with any kind of grit and faded quickly. He would have probably been pretty good in 3v3s.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

17 points in his last 5 games.

Right. Even without taking away the 1st game he played with Gatineau where he went pointless, 17 points in 6 games in Gatineau is insane production.

I look forward to his future development. He looks so young out there. His 6ft frame is projectable enough, but he needs to put on a lot of mass to have success in the pros.

I think that is why he wasn't as ready for opportunities as a guy like Joshua Roy. In 2 years, he could look like a very different player. The jury is still out on this one.

 

[NotProkofievian]

I am personally not yet factoring Kidney or Roy into the future of the club (we need to see how they transfer to pro hockey), but they are both developing very positively for the moment.

 

[TomKosto]

What's the knock on Kidney? Skating and size? Looks good on paper.