ChicagoBlues
Terraformers
- Oct 24, 2006
- 16,904
- 7,529
Thunderbirds 2024-25
- Thread starter execwrite1
- Start date
-
Work is still on-going to rebuild the site styling and features. Please report any issues you may experience so we can look into it. Click Here for Updates
stl76
No. 5 in your programs, No. 1 in your hearts
- Jul 2, 2015
- 9,588
- 9,286
Nice article, thanks for posting.
So much of goaltending is the mental game, and it sounds like Ellis has a good head on his shoulders.
ChicagoBlues
Terraformers
- Oct 24, 2006
- 16,904
- 7,529
execwrite1
Registered User
- Mar 30, 2018
- 1,535
- 1,483
A swift response rendered the Rempe goal null and void, though, as Marcus Sylvegard cashed in on a perfect tic-tac-toe passing play from Leo Loof and Dalibor Dvorsky just 13 seconds later, sending the visitors to the dressing room with the 2-1 lead on Sylvegard's team-leading seventh goal.
bleedblue1223
Registered User
- Jan 21, 2011
- 53,167
- 16,905
Snubbed4Vezina
Registered User
- Jul 9, 2022
- 2,755
- 4,903
I've only been able to see chunks of three Springfield games this season but he looks like a completely different player than the player we saw with the Blues. Very assertive, pushing the pace on the rush, making smart decisions with the puck. We didn't see that at all while he was up with the big club.
bleedblue1223
Registered User
- Jan 21, 2011
- 53,167
- 16,905
I'm curious if he's essentially an AHL all-star type or if he can eventually break through.
But any player is going to look different on the Thunderbirds than the Blues. He was PPG in the AHL two years ago, so I’d be more interested to know if he looks different now than he did then. To me that would be a better comparison, but I think he’s probably just a really good AHL player and not much more.
Very small sample size from me this year ( a couple games, chunks of a few more, and highlights), but I concur.
Again, small sample size bit I think his play in the AHL is fairly consistent. He's been a good AHL player the past 2+ seasons. Just stat watching he is 58 points in 63 games over that time, so his 13 in 15 this year us right in line. But also from the eye test, what I've seen, he has played similar. He's made small improvements in his AHL game but no big leaps.
I think he needs to confidence and time to adjust to the speed if the NHL. I'd call him up and play him over Sunny to develop him. Love Sunny, but Sunny is close to cooked, and is not in our long term outlook
Last edited:
I don’t think the pace is there. His skating is lacking. Just a good AHL player.
execwrite1
Registered User
- Mar 30, 2018
- 1,535
- 1,483
Nikita Alexandrov is week-to-week with an injury he suffered Saturday in Hartford. Scott Harrington, who left Saturday's game before the third period, took warmups but won't go tonight. He's considered day-to-day.
Snubbed4Vezina
Registered User
- Jul 9, 2022
- 2,755
- 4,903
7-7-14 in 18 GP for Dvorsky so far. Points in 3 straight.
Dali is one of those players who simply has a nose for the net. He's going to be knocking on the door very soon here.
bleedblue1223
Registered User
- Jan 21, 2011
- 53,167
- 16,905
Bobby Orrtuzzo
Ya know
PeoriaBlues309
Formerly CaliforniaBlues310
bleedblue1223
Registered User
- Jan 21, 2011
- 53,167
- 16,905
Stupendous Yappi
Idiot Control Now!
If you had asked me at the beginning of the season, I'd have said "all year" except for a developmental cup of coffee call-up. But I think he'll come up and spend close to 1/2 the year with St Louis. He's earning it, and there is a coach in place who I trust (and I think Armstrong/Steen trust) to prioritize his development correctly.
bleedblue1223
Registered User
- Jan 21, 2011
- 53,167
- 16,905
He'll be #3 C sooner than later, don't know when, but also don't think it's dependent on us selling.
I think he needs a full season to learn the rest of the game. He doesn’t have that down. Turns the puck over with poor passes pretty often. I would be more patient. Let him clean that up.
PeoriaBlues309
Formerly CaliforniaBlues310
How often do you watch them play? This seems to be your main talking point with not bringing him up.
Not doubting you by any means, just curious if this was mainly an early season issue, or him still consistently doing this.
I've missed maybe two games this season. You will be wanting to bench him when he does his no look no player there drop pass in the middle of the ice. It’s like a young Kyrou. It’s great when it works. It’s a scoring chance when it doesn’t. He was an automatic at the dot in juniors, but hasn’t been nearly as good. Hartfords goal Saturday was a clean faceoff loss. Its details he needs to work out. Body position needs to be better especially without breakaway speed.
As a team, they have lots of bad turnovers to the middle. I wouldn’t mind seeing what Luff might do upfront. Good hands size and speed. Skinner or Loof on D for a few games.
As a team, they have lots of bad turnovers to the middle. I wouldn’t mind seeing what Luff might do upfront. Good hands size and speed. Skinner or Loof on D for a few games.
Last edited:
