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Prospect Info: Wild Prospect Thread 2022-23

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BagHead said:
I don't mean to be flippant here so please don't read this that way, but expansion drafts, salary cap, players aging, and a lack of playoff success.
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They moved away from it like the second season Brodin was here because if I remember correctly, Suter was bitching about Brodin's handiness.
 
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Scandella = Middleton. Big, but not really physical, d-zone d-man, that chips in 17p (5v5) in a season.
 
Just stat watching. Looks like 3rd line today. Has been playing 2nd line. Goal was a power play goal, so that’s nice. 13:20 TOI is not great. 3 SOG and 2PIM.
 
I like Ohgren. Not the fastest, but otherwise handles the puck and passes it well. Smart player.

Unfortunately, i like Snuggerud even better. So far, seems to be a miss not taking him at the draft.

Peart is pretty forgettable.
 
So far, so mediocre with our WJC prospects. Nobody sticks out to me. Maybe Petrovsky, a bit. Peart's role seems to be riding shotgun to Hughes, and Bankier a defensive player on an absolutely loaded Canadian team. Even Fantilli looks average on that team.
Ohgren looks solid, but isn't wowing me. Seems to lack speed and explosiveness, but everything else is good or better.
 
I remember reading this scouting report about Mason Shaw the day he was drafted by the Wild. It reads as sort of a less skilled PMB (the article says Jiri Hudler). Fast skater, good puck handling, passing, and shot, but plays on the perimeter, gets out-muscled by big defenders, and doesn't engage in physical and puck battles enough.

Kind of crazy that his game is now being an aggressive agitator who goes to the dirty areas, creates offense by doing that rather than using high-end puck skills, and is also willing to physically fight opponents larger than himself. With his fists. What a reforging he has undertaken; if he'd stayed a skill player I don't think he'd have made it to the NHL. I don't know if I've ever seen a player more headstrong. Just wanted to share his starting point to those who hadn't seen it, to better appreciate his journey.
 
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BagHead said:
I remember reading this scouting report about Mason Shaw the day he was drafted by the Wild. It reads as sort of a less skilled PMB (the article says Jiri Hudler). Fast skater, good puck handling, passing, and shot, but plays on the perimeter, gets out-muscled by big defenders, and doesn't engage in physical and puck battles enough.

Kind of crazy that his game is now being an aggressive agitator who goes to the dirty areas, creates offense by doing that rather than using high-end puck skills, and is also willing to physically fight opponents larger than himself. With his fists. What a reforging he has undertaken; if he'd stayed a skill player I don't think he'd have made it to the NHL. I don't know if I've ever seen a player more headstrong. Just wanted to share his starting point to those who hadn't seen it, to better appreciate his journey.
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Wes Walz had to face reality and took it to heart when JL told him he had to change his game if he wanted to play in the NHL. Boy did he!

Props to Shaw for making similar changes without an NHL reality check first.
 
BagHead said:
I remember reading this scouting report about Mason Shaw the day he was drafted by the Wild. It reads as sort of a less skilled PMB (the article says Jiri Hudler). Fast skater, good puck handling, passing, and shot, but plays on the perimeter, gets out-muscled by big defenders, and doesn't engage in physical and puck battles enough.

Kind of crazy that his game is now being an aggressive agitator who goes to the dirty areas, creates offense by doing that rather than using high-end puck skills, and is also willing to physically fight opponents larger than himself. With his fists. What a reforging he has undertaken; if he'd stayed a skill player I don't think he'd have made it to the NHL. I don't know if I've ever seen a player more headstrong. Just wanted to share his starting point to those who hadn't seen it, to better appreciate his journey.
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I wonder how accurate that scouting report was. I've run across some that have been howlers.

Shaw is a farmer's kid from ALTA. Those guys are tough, hardworking, and unusually strong. They usually start working on the farm around the time they start elementary school.

I used to play in a beer league close to Wainwright for fun. I was known as a physical player in the more polished leagues I played in prior- the beer leaguers terrified me. Not the most skill, but even the smaller guys were really strong and tough.
 
Pretty good start to the World Juniors for our prospects. Spacek had a huge game in taking down Canada, Goal and Assist, this guy is a player, he will have an NHL future IMO. Peart with an Assist and +2 in the US win, and Ohgren had a nasty snipe in Sweden's domination of Austria.
 
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Pretty good start to the World Juniors for our prospects. Spacek had a huge game in taking down Canada, Goal and Assist, this guy is a player, he will have an NHL future IMO. Peart with an Assist and +2 in the US win, and Ohgren had a nasty snipe in Sweden's domination of Austria.
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Did Jiricek get to play?
 
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