Prospect Info: Round 1, Pick #19: Jay O'Brien, C, MA-USHS --> Providence U

[deadhead]

Well, the USHL makes more sense, higher level of competition, pretty similar to the CHL (actually tougher to score).

 

[sregdoor]

Well, the USHL makes more sense, higher level of competition, pretty similar to the CHL (actually tougher to score).

Keith Primeau is President of Hockey Operations for the Youngstown Phantoms.

 

[Larry44]

Another week, another team???

This is confusing, because Adam Kimelman posted this story last night about JOB going to Pentiction. The story was done in Stone Harbour, so it may have been done during Trial on the Isle.

O'Brien work in progress for Flyers after injury-plagued season

 

[Magua]

Jay O’Brien has actually quit hockey and is pursuing a new career in televangelism.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Jay O’Brien has actually quit hockey and is pursuing a new career in televangelism.

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

lol this whole saga is just gonna end up with him not signing his ELC and hitting the open market, ain't it?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I sure hope he’s playing in the USHL instead of the freaking BCHL at age 20.

 

[Magua]

"I shall read to you a passage from the Coach Hakstok Bible," said the minister in the snot covered burlap frock.

"Then the LORD said to Sanheim, 'Have you considered my servant JOB? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.' 'Does Job fear God for nothing?' Sanheim replied."

"I'm sorry," a parishioner interrupted. "You keep saying Sanheim. Don't you mean Satan?"

"Satan has many names. We must know them all."

 

[Curufinwe]

lol this whole saga is just gonna end up with him not signing his ELC and hitting the open market, ain't it?

The rest of the league have already circled 8/15/2023 on their calendars and are drooling on it.

 

[pit]

At this point they could announce that JOB is playing in the ALIH and I wouldn't bat en eye. I'm just waiting for the fall to see where he actually hits the ice.

 

[wasup]

At this point they could announce that JOB is playing in the ALIH and I wouldn't bat en eye. I'm just waiting for the fall to see where he actually hits the ice.

And i'm done caring where he plays ,this is like a soap opera .

 

[mercury]

At this point they could announce that JOB is playing in the ALIH and I wouldn't bat en eye. I'm just waiting for the fall to see where he actually hits the ice.

The LNAH would toughen him up.

 

[Don Nachbaur 26]

The LNAH would toughen him up.

LOL, I was just thinking is this the next stop??

 

[Flybynite]

Gonna be depressing if he plays in the USHL and gets outperformed by 17 year olds projected as late 1sts in 2020.

 

[Jtown]

I feel like drafted college players should not be penalized by the transfer rule. It creates weird situations like the one we are seeing

 

[Curufinwe]

Gonna be depressing if he plays in the USHL and gets outperformed by 17 year olds projected as late 1sts in 2020.

Especially for him.

 

[baudib1]

I'm really not going to start caring until JOB does something to stand out at some level.

 

[Striiker]

Settled

 

[deadhead]

Just get him on the ice anywhere this year, next season is what will count, whether it's BU or the AHL.

 

[Tripod]

Settled

Oh boy.

Unfortunately he is in with a slew of our prospects where if he becomes anything more than a 4th liner, it's a bonus.

 

[bear3330]

JOB has 13pts in 8 games so far in the BCHL. That puts him on a 94pt pace over the 58 game schedule.

If he keeps up that production, does he reestablish himself as a top prospect? Serious question, I don't know what to expect with him being in the BCHL. It sounds impressive to me at face value.

 

[Magua]

JOB’s career arc looks a lot like Kieffer Bellows. I think he’s going to bust.

*waits patiently for GIF*

 

[FLYguy3911]

Did the Flyers delete the tweet lol?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

 

[Magua]

Okay, for real this time. When I watched him early in the season, he looked fine, just not getting on the score sheet. I even went back and watched a couple games on YouTube this summer. Maybe I can find the links. No red flags stand out in his skill-set. Slick hands, goal scoring, playmaking, off puck IQ, high energy, not a burner but darty. Maybe his mystery factor got a little overhyped the summer after his draft, but I still see plenty of room for a middle 6 RW. He still has a better skill package than some guys ranked higher here.

It’s easy to write him off or be reasonably skeptical because we are 2 seasons away from knowing what he really is. I might compare him to another player like Laberge, who got the hype with a scoop of serious injury concerns. I watched Laberge before and after his injury, and I just didn’t see close to anything to give me hope. You have guys like Bellows and so on who can’t cut it in a pro style game and regress to their comfort zone in juniors. They do well, but their same flaws await them later.

JOB has to be an outlier, no two ways about it, but I think he can be. Maybe Rubtsov is a decent comparable, with a disaster age 19 season, though he’s not exactly a hit yet. JOB has more natural skill and pop than Rubtsov though. Long story short: I’m not selling my stock just yet.