Player Discussion: Stanley

[Lady Stanley]

AHL years are professional years, alas.

I kind of figured, was just having a hard time finding evidence. Alas.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks! I've been gradually getting more and more into hockey since I started dating my husband 7 years ago, but mostly over the last couple of years. Hockey wasn't so exciting when I was a kid driving around to my older brother's tournaments and sitting around arenas and putting up with the post-practice/game stank. I'm excited to be here now, and look forward to what's to come!!

 

[Lady Stanley]

I'm rooting for Stanley getting a goal and an assist against the Habs.

 

[jorbjorb]

I'm surprised Stanley doesn't have more goals. Fantastic shot from the blue line.

 

[Lady Stanley]

I'm surprised Stanley doesn't have more goals. Fantastic shot from the blue line.

He'll get them

 

[wpgfishfan]

With Demelo done for the playoffs I guess we will see who is more important to protect for the draft

 

[Gabe Kupari]

With Demelo done for the playoffs I guess we will see who is more important to protect for the draft

Demelo is. By far. It's not close. Stanley is potential. I honestly don't know if his ceiling is higher than 3ld. He makes lots of kind of dumb plays and not sure it's fixable. Demelo Pionk Morrissey.

Seattle will take a forward from us.

 

[wpgfishfan]

Demelo is. By far. It's not close. Stanley is potential. I honestly don't know if his ceiling is higher than 3ld. He makes lots of kind of dumb plays and not sure it's fixable. Demelo Pionk Morrissey.

Seattle will take a forward from us.

If I'm Seattle I take Demelo or Stanley over Apples

 

[Gabe Kupari]

If I'm Seattle I take Demelo or Stanley over Apples

Why when they will have better more established options than Stanley available to them on D? They will take a forward. We are forward heavy. If they wanna take Stanley ok guess he better make the active roster then cuz if not waivers he will go.

 

[Lady Stanley]

I still think Stanley will be protected.

 

[Lady Stanley]

I'm rooting for Stanley getting a goal and an assist against the Habs.

Two goals is even better. If we can't get a Stanley Cup this year, at least we got some Stanley goals

 

[han316]

Stanley better be protected. We can find another Demelo a lot easier than a Stanley.

 

[GumbyCan2]

Stanley better be protected. We can find another Demelo a lot easier than a Stanley.

Very few "trees" around who play D well enuff to get to NHL. Lots of 6ft tall/ 180's to 190 lber stay-at-home D around somewhere, sometime.

 

[GumbyCan2]

He is a potential Poolman replacement, not a 1st pair candidate.

True.

 

[GumbyCan2]

After watching Vegas and Colorado the last few weeks and their top 4's he's still got a long way to go.

True. But so does Chevy and Jets org, a very long way to got to get close to the youthful talent of Av's!! Along with most teams.

 

[jorbjorb]

Not surprised

 

[DannyGallivan]

Demelo is. By far. It's not close. Stanley is potential. I honestly don't know if his ceiling is higher than 3ld. He makes lots of kind of dumb plays and not sure it's fixable. Demelo Pionk Morrissey.

Seattle will take a forward from us.

There is no way I'd protect Demelo over Stanley. Never. Ever.

Stanley doesn't make any more mistakes than any other Jet, and at least he has rookie inexperience to blame. Most of the time, he makes excellent, effective plays whether it be an outlet pass right on the stick or a fantastic stick check or an extremely important physical presence that we don't get from other defensemen. Plus, we need to remember that this is a rookie who stepped in and got so much better and confident as the season went on. His trajectory suggests a star in the making. Demelo is an effective utility defenseman who offers nothing in terms of offense. I hope the Jets can keep both players, but Stanley has such a higher ceiling than Demelo, who's already reached his ceiling.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Demelo is. By far. It's not close. Stanley is potential. I honestly don't know if his ceiling is higher than 3ld. He makes lots of kind of dumb plays and not sure it's fixable. Demelo Pionk Morrissey.

Seattle will take a forward from us.

He makes dumb plays that you dont think are fixable?

So lets get this straight, at the ripe old age of 22, Old Man Stanley is a completed product with zero ability to grow and develop?

Lets ignore the MASSIVE step he just showed us over the past season, a step that leap frogged the ignorant analyses by many on this forum, that he would be a complete BUST.

Lets ignore the fact he came in and earned a starting spot and showed us a consistent level of play throughout this season.

Lets pretend his rookie season was a failure, and now after 37 NHL games, we know exactly what we have in Logan Stanley.

Oh and lets pretend that 22 year old rookie dmen playing meaningful minutes in playoffs never make dumb mistakes. I mean, our vet D men made smart plays throughout this series and only Stanley had some gaffes......

SMH..........

 

[Channelcat]

He makes dumb plays that you dont think are fixable?

So lets get this straight, at the ripe old age of 22, Old Man Stanley is a completed product with zero ability to grow and develop?

Lets ignore the MASSIVE step he just showed us over the past season, a step that leap frogged the ignorant analyses by many on this forum, that he as a complete BUST.

Lets ignore the fact he came in and earned a starting spot and showed us a consistent level of play throughout this season.

Lets pretend his rookie season was a failure, and now after 37 NHL games, we know exactly what we have in Logan Stanley.

Oh and lets pretend that 22 year old rookie dmen playing meaningful minutes in playoffs never make dumb mistakes. I mean, our vet D men made smart plays throughout this series and only Stanley had some gaffes......

SMH..........

It's weird to think that he played his first NHL game just a few months ago. His ascension has been brilliant.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Contract........ 2 year bridge @ 1.3 million per year.

Edit ....... 37 games expierence

 

[DannyGallivan]

It's weird to think that he played his first NHL game just a few months ago. His ascension has been brilliant.

Agreed. And enough of this crap about him being too slow or making bad plays or being "sheltered". He led the team in the playoffs (including, of course, the debacle against Montreal) with a plus 6. By comparison, Demelo was a plus 2. Clearly, he was far more effective than ineffective. In the regular season he was second in plus minus with a plus 13, trailing only Elhers who was a plus 15 (and thus leading all team defensemen in that stat again).

Points-wise, his three points was behind only Morrissey (five) and Pionk (four) for defensemen, despite less ice time and far less power-play time.

Goal wise, he led defensemen (but of course, he did it all in one game). I think we should expect a monumental improvement in his goal and point production next season.

And despite being a physical presence in every scrum he was on the ice for, and despite playing the body hard whenever wise to do so, he only had four minutes in penalties in those eight games. That, to me, shows that he has excellent judgement for a rookie.

It would be lunacy to leave him unprotected. Chevy found Demelo while digging through other teams' scrap heaps. He was a fine surprise, but don't tell me we can't find another one like him out there (or one of our up and comers on the Moose). Stanley is more valuable to the team right now than Appleton, who is a fine third liner but I think Harkins, if given the same time on the same line, could fulfill the same role.

The team was wise to draft and develop Stanley despite all the criticism. They sure won't give up on him now. He is the future of our blueline.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Stanley aint going anywhere, I bet my house on it. He is exactly the type of player we need on the back end, and after our mass exodus of big tough Dmen, he is a commodity we cannot afford to lose.

 

[MardyBum]

Stanley better be protected. We can find another Demelo a lot easier than a Stanley.

Yeah, because if anything has been shown the last two seasons, finding good defensive dmen who want to sign here is so easy.

 

[jgimp]

Not surprised

And it’s only going to get better as he hones in that shot and gains more confidence

 

[Flair Hay]

He makes dumb plays that you dont think are fixable?

So lets get this straight, at the ripe old age of 22, Old Man Stanley is a completed product with zero ability to grow and develop?

Lets ignore the MASSIVE step he just showed us over the past season, a step that leap frogged the ignorant analyses by many on this forum, that he would be a complete BUST.

Lets ignore the fact he came in and earned a starting spot and showed us a consistent level of play throughout this season.

Lets pretend his rookie season was a failure, and now after 37 NHL games, we know exactly what we have in Logan Stanley.

Oh and lets pretend that 22 year old rookie dmen playing meaningful minutes in playoffs never make dumb mistakes. I mean, our vet D men made smart plays throughout this series and only Stanley had some gaffes......

SMH..........

I wouldnt even pay that kind of silliness any attention. Imagine all the things said about Chara his first 7-8 seasons in the league...

Zero reason he could not be that type of player one day.

It's not a fluke these guys improve later on, it happens with big guys on forward and defense all the time.

Stanley on the 3rd pair with a 2nd pair level partner would be one of the best 3rd pairs in the league

 

[DannyGallivan]

He makes dumb plays that you dont think are fixable?

So lets get this straight, at the ripe old age of 22, Old Man Stanley is a completed product with zero ability to grow and develop?

Lets ignore the MASSIVE step he just showed us over the past season, a step that leap frogged the ignorant analyses by many on this forum, that he would be a complete BUST.

Lets ignore the fact he came in and earned a starting spot and showed us a consistent level of play throughout this season.

Lets pretend his rookie season was a failure, and now after 37 NHL games, we know exactly what we have in Logan Stanley.

Oh and lets pretend that 22 year old rookie dmen playing meaningful minutes in playoffs never make dumb mistakes. I mean, our vet D men made smart plays throughout this series and only Stanley had some gaffes......

SMH..........

I'll spell it out... if the Jets protect Demelo over Stanley, then I will have lost all faith in the team's management. It even goes against all logic, since they went off the grid to pick this guy in the first round and worked like crazy with him to turn him into an legitimate up-and-comer.

Last night, Stanley scored two goals in one game (plus another in the regular season) for three goals this season. That's three goals more than Demelo has had in two consecutive seasons including playoffs (0 goals in 120 games... and I don't know how many he went before that without a goal).

Yeah, I know that a defenseman's job is to defend, but in the NHL you're also expected to pitch-in offensively. And this was just Stanley's rookie season... and he's 6'7'' to boot!

Naw, there is no possible way I see them protecting Demelo over Stanley. It doesn't make any logical sense (therefore, I'm still a little concerned).