Prospect Info: The 2024-2025 Prospect Thread: Part 1: Skate or Die!

[David Bruce Banner]

Romani isn’t a natural centre but he can play centre . Man we really need Romani to have a monster second half when he comes back . Then our AHL team will be really exciting to watch next season with him , Alriksson and Mynio all making the jump to the pros as part of our 2005 class.

Otherwise this 2024 draft class is looking extremely underwhelming outside of Melvin Fernstrom’s emergence .

Pattersson needs to keep up this pace to salvage the season

But Romani needs to regain his last seasons form once he returns .

Expecting anything from a draft where we just had a 3rd, a 4th, two 6th's and a 7th is dreaming.
We will be exceptionally lucky to get a solid AHL'er and/or a legit trade piece out of any of them.
Anything is possible, of course, but some things are more likely.

 

[Vector]

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Expecting anything from a draft where we just had a 3rd, a 4th, two 6th's and a 7th is dreaming.
We will be exceptionally lucky to get a solid AHL'er and/or a legit trade piece out of any of them.
Anything is possible, of course, but some things are more likely.

I generally agree with your take, but I don't think "exceptionally lucky" is what getting a solid ahl'er should be described as. Exceptionally lucky would be getting 2 contributing nhl'ers from those mid/late picks. It's not even uncommon to get 1.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Sawyer Mynio invited to the Canada WJC Selection Camp.

How the hell did they not invite Joshua Ravensbergen?!

 

[clay]

Sawyer Mynio invited to the Canada WJC Selection Camp.

How the hell did they not invite Joshua Ravensbergen?!

Good for Mynio but it will be tough sledding making the team, especially given he's been injured the last month. 5 LHD and 5 RHD invited to camp. Of the LHD, Dickinson is a lock and Molendyk is returning from last year so he can be penciled as a lock as well. Assuming 3 righties and 3 lefties make the team, that has him competing with Price and Schaefer for the final LHD spot. Price has had a great year in terms of production, although he has the benefit of playing with Cristall and Iginla. Schaefer has had a nice start to the year and should be a top 5 pick in the 2025 draft.

 

[Vector]

Minor point from Dhaliwal just a minute ago but Klimovich's agent, old friend Dan Milstein, almost asked for a trade.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Minor point from Dhaliwal just a minute ago but Klimovich's agent, old friend Dan Milstein, almost asked for a trade.

Prior to this season, I’d say he had zero value or hope to be dealt.

He could have some value as a piece in a deal now. As good as his offensive start has been in Abbotsford, it’s hard to picture him finding a place on a Tocchet coached team. Could easily see him being a piece of a trade.