2009 Forward Draft Review

There is some really great stuff in here. GMGM definitely looks good for drafting Mackan and Eaken. I'm still skeptical about Cassavant but if his outburst is because he improved his skating he could be an absolute steal. Considering the closing comments about the SEL and MPS/Mackan, it's real hard not to be extremely excited about Mackan.

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And SDR is performing 35 spots higher than his draft spot in the 2008 draft. But he sprinkled in a gaffe or two in that draft as well.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 22, 2010 8:48 PM EST reply actions

Broda’s got him beat, if I did my math right. Great stuff man.

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by Bald Pollack on Jan 22, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions

True, and Broda is having a down year. I still question his skating, like Cassavant, and he’s an overage WHL player this year, but it does make him look good. SDR isn’t supposed to be a scorer, yet he looks like a steal even by the scorer-biased metrics. The beauty of it is that his real value is in the stuff that this chart isn’t even showing. I didn’t do the work, I just relayed the message.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 22, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

Broda had a hell of a night tonight. Natural hat trick as the Hitmen beat Moose Jaw 5-0.

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by Doogie2K on Jan 23, 2010 2:20 AM EST up reply actions

Do you get to watch him regularly? Can you give us a first-hand take on him? I saw him skate once at training camp and thought he had a short, choppy stride. That’s pretty much what has me doubting him, but again, I only saw him once in a training camp scrimmage.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 23, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

I posted one thread too early. Prospects update from earlier today.

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by EmilyB on Jan 22, 2010 9:07 PM EST reply actions

Hard not to be very excited about Mackan. His numbers seem rather comparable to Backstrom’s in the SEL. Throw in the WJC captaincy and the fact that is nickname is sandwich and good god.

by grapejoos on Jan 22, 2010 11:20 PM EST reply actions

BTW the goal in the picture I posted was a shorty. WTG Sammich!

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by EmilyB on Jan 22, 2010 11:43 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t think his numbers are quite as good as Backstrom’s were, but he’s holding his own in the SEL as a teen so that’s enough to get me going.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 23, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions

If he turns out as 80% of the player that Backstrom is, I’ll be over the moon. Which isn’t saying that I expect little from Johansson, more like commentary on how well Backs developed.

The word is Mackan is defensively responsible, right? That’d fit the mold of a skilled C for the PK, so they can skate and threaten better. Pretty exciting for the 2C battle in the upcoming seasons, especially if AnGus can recover his trajectory.

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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 23, 2010 8:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

The small bits of him that I saw in WJC indicated that he was playing a defensive game a fair anount of the time. He always seemed to be skating in from the blue line to celebrate when his wingers scored. And he was centering the top line, so they scored a fair amount.

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by EmilyB on Jan 23, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

Angus… I’m not even hopeful for anymore.

Mackan v. MP is where the real 2C battle is going to be. Yes, Mackan is defensively responsible, and man can he skate like the wind. I wonder how much of his defensive game is system and how much is his hockey sense. I suspect it’s a bit of both.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 23, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

In other prospect news, Kugryshev scored the go-ahead goal last night but the Walls eventually lost to the Sea Dogs in the shootout, 5-4. They played in front of over 12,000 fans, BTW. Quebec may be getting ready for the return of big-time hockey.

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by EmilyB on Jan 23, 2010 12:03 PM EST reply actions

SDR, keepin’ it real and taking a kneeing and a ‘check from behind’ penalty that result in two PP goals against in a 6-3 loss:

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=16448

May want to work a bit on that whole ‘over the edge’ thing.

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by EmilyB on Jan 24, 2010 1:52 AM EST reply actions

Yeah. It’s obviously something to watch out for. At this point it may be the biggest obstacle to him reaching the NHL. But he’s been doing well lately and you know guys like him are going to get those PIMs on occasion. He just was to work on minimizing it.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 24, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

What I like is there are no true busts yet. Angus may wind up being one, but its way too early to tell, especially given all the injury time he had off.

Training camp next year is going to be really interesting. Even more so may be the battle for playing time in Hershey.

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by Carl Putnam on Jan 24, 2010 11:08 AM EST reply actions

In more prospect news, Mackan’s SEL team Farjestad BK is also on a nice winning streak, having won five of their last six and those victories against the better teams in the league. I haven’t looked at the game reports to see his contributions, but probably at least three or four of those games have been played since his return from the WJC. Coincidence? Who knows. It’s fun to think so!

BTW, this chart looks somehow…familiar.

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by EmilyB on Jan 24, 2010 7:14 PM EST reply actions