Prospect Info: Riley Kidney, LHC, Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL ), 63rd overall
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Well that's what happens when you win the Memorial Cup. Gatineau will be there next year.
I dunno how he will adapt to AHL pro game next season. He certainly needs to get stronger.
You're the reason his 37 game point streak ended
It remains to be seen but although he produced like a madman, i don't saw anything elite that would make him an offensive threat in the NHL. His next season in the AHL is very important.
I think Zach Dean is the best prospects in Gatineau.
I could be wrong....but he,s the type of guy that I don't see him translating well in the NHL at all. personnally, I would hope that a team sees it differently and is impressed with the points so we could deal him in a big package.
100% agree with you. I think Zach Dean projects way better and seems like a way better player despite producing much less.
He had a f***ing game last friday tho. He should be a good energy guy in the NHL.
Kidney is a long term project but he's actually improving the parts of his game that he needs to be more successful as he goes up the ranks.
I hope people won't panic (they will), when he has a pedestrian offensive season in the AHL.
I hope people won't panic (they will), when he has a pedestrian offensive season in the AHL.
Kidney's case is as strange of a case I can remember on HF Habs. Going back to 2000 the only Habs prospects who have outproduced him in the Q are Sven Adrighetto & Joshua Roy. Yet he gets nowhere near the amount of hype as other prospects have had. With HF Habs propensity to overhype prospects it surprises me that a player with that production profile may be underrated around here.
A. Most scouts say his game won't translate to the NHL.
B. You just made the argument against looking at pionts: Andrighetto had more points than him and wasn't a good NHLer. So one has to look at more than points to get excited about him.
Personally, balancing the points with all the scouts saying his game won't translate, I'm excited to get him to Laval and see if he can prove all the doubters wrong. Let's see where he's at after 3 or 4 years of pro experience and work closely with the development team. He should be bigger and a better skater by then. Pez, RHP, and Ylonen are much better players now than they were 3 years ago.
We should have in Laval a real army of prospects that likely need 3 years in the AHL before they're NHL ready: Kidney, Roy, Mesar, Farrell, Simoneau, Rohrer, Struble, Trudeau, maybe Norlinder if he stays, Tourigny, Dobes, etc... I'm excited about that.
According to capfriendly he does:
Sean Farrell Waivers Calculator Results - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
A calculator that determines if a player is exempt from the NHL waivers process. Results include the remaining seasons and games required before losing exemption
But this year is behind us, so he does not have 3 years on his contract, to play in Laval.According to capfriendly he does:
Sean Farrell Waivers Calculator Results - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
A calculator that determines if a player is exempt from the NHL waivers process. Results include the remaining seasons and games required before losing exemptionwww.capfriendly.com
Good thing he can stay in the AHL for the next 3 years and no one will hold their breath. We have a lot of good prospects.
In terms of likely trajectory, Kidney screams Corey Locke 2.0 to me (not playing style)
I thought about Locke too, also had potential Ben Maxwell/Duncan Milroy vibes in mind, which ain't better.
He could also be the next Mike Ribeiro too, who knows (imagine a mentally sane one)
