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Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info & Discussion thread XXI: "New, improved, and wayyyy to much info" Edition

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Lebanezer said:
Anyone know if the Saginaw Erie playoff series will be streamed anywhere? Would be fun to watch Misa vs. Schaefer and Chernyshov.
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Juxtaposer said:
Probably nowhere legally, unfortunately. Maybe we'll get lucky and one game in the series will get YouTube. But Schaefer is supposedly ready to go game 1 so this series will be appointment viewing for me and I'll report back.
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The CHL operates its own streaming platform which has the OHL and QMJHL playoffs on it. Though if I recall correctly they've kinda downgraded their choices a bit. It used to be that you could buy a single game, a whole series, or every series in the round. But now it appears that they're only offering you one choice: $60 CAD (I think that'd be like $42-44 USD) for one league's entire playoffs. IIRC it was like $5 per game when they did it a la carte, so if you're there for London, Saginaw, and Sudbury then you really only need 1 team to make it to the 2nd round before you've gotten appropriate value out of the whole package, but that price tag is pretty steep if you're only planning on watching 1 team unless they run it all the way to the league final (at which point I believe TSN is showing all 3 CHL leagues' champioship series as a lead-in to the Memorial Cup)

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Shame that it's just the WHL that's 100% free as they launch their new deal with Victory+ on Friday.
 
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coooldude said:
Having suffered a broken shoulder/AC joint separation, it's surprising just how little movement can cause immense pain. I couldn't even spin, let alone jog or skate.
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motogp riders put a plate in and race two weeks later.......

I know they want to be careful given his career is at risk with a slip up, but it still makes me feel like there was more wrong than many were led to believe.
 
one2gamble said:
motogp riders put a plate in and race two weeks later.......

I know they want to be careful given his career is at risk with a slip up, but it still makes me feel like there was more wrong than many were led to believe.
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The main purpose of pre draft combines, it to have many of the top prospects in one place, getting medical examinations from the same source. I'm sure they'll be taking a very close look
 
After talking about the CHL streaming stuff the other day, I got an e-mail that clears up the fact that the OHL and QMJHL playoffs will have multiple purchase options:

$60 Cdn for one whole league's playoffs
$20 Cdn for one round (presumably every series in that round in that league)
$10 Cdn for a "day pass" (all games in a league on that single day)

That's gonna be roughly $42, $14, and $7 in US dollars.

$14 isn't too bad to watch every game in a round and it would turn out to be the same price if you buy 3 pre-finals rounds (assuming TSN is airing all 3 league final series and there are no other streaming options)

Even if you were to just watch 1 series that means it's like $2-3 per game.

WHL remains free on the separate app.
 
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Glad I didn't watch the Saginaw Erie game tonight. Not sure if it's a good thing to give up the 1st 7 goals of the game, and 8 in the second period. Chernyshov had a night to forget.
 
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Not sure if this goes here, draft thread, or NHL notes, but Lindstrom is first major defection to NCAA. Off to MSU. I think this is a really good thing for top prospect development, and a bad thing for the CHL. I imagine Martone will do the same, and have to think McKenna will as well.

Top tier D+2 (or elite D+1) guys don't belong in major junior, they're just way too good, and the systems aren't tailored to NHL development for the premium guys.

CHL will respond with more import slots, and I'm guessing, more exceptional status, which I think are good things. It will mean evaluation of junior players (and junior vs. college leagues) will shift again, but it's but shifting for a while anyway.
 
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matt trick said:
Not sure if this goes here, draft thread, or NHL notes, but Lindstrom is first major defection to NCAA. Off to MSU. I think this is a really good thing for top prospect development, and a bad thing for the CHL. I imagine Martone will do the same, and have to think McKenna will as well.

Top tier D+2 (or elite D+1) guys don't belong in major junior, they're just way too good, and the systems aren't tailored to NHL development for the premium guys.

CHL will respond with more import slots, and I'm guessing, more exceptional status, which I think are good things. It will mean evaluation of junior players (and junior vs. college leagues) will shift again, but it's but shifting for a while anyway.
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The dynamics will change again if the NHL comes to a transfer agreement with CHL-AHL such that there's freer movement of players between the leagues before age 20. Signing your pro contract and immediately being in your big club's system will hold some appeal to players and clubs. But I agree the NCAA being an option is a good thing especially for the really top prospects.
 
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Lebanezer said:
Is Erie the better team? I figured with the top end talent on Saginaw and Schaefer out, Erie would be the underdog.
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It really, really depends on the night. Saginaw is a star-powered team. Really depend on Parekh, Misa, Chernyshov, and Epperson to some degree. They have a solid second line of scorers, but after Parekh and Guo their defense is not good, the bottom-6 forwards are not good, and the goaltending is awful. If the stars aren't on, the aren't going to win. They were so, so deep last year in addition to the star power of Parekh and that's why they won the Mem Cup.

Erie, on the other hand, has no stars other than Schaefer but they're deeper and more consistent. I still expect Saginaw to win the series, but games like yesterday are pretty routine for Saginaw.
 
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Looks like at least 3 prospects in elite 8: Svoboda, Muldowney, and Pohlkamp. Potentially four with Laubach still to play. And 5 if you think we are going to end up with Hagens. :-)
 
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