Alright, here is another 32 teams video for your viewing enjoyment.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @thehockeyguy
(Updated) Use the code "thgsentme" on Bench Clearers for 15% off:: benchclearers.com/?aff=7&fbcl...
Order jerseys from Ben H Sports while saving 10% off the listed eBay prices by sending him an email regarding jerseys you spot in his listings. ben.hoogenband@yahoo.ca Just tell him Shannon sent you.
Support The Hockey Guy via Patreon / thehockeyguy
Join the Discord server:
discord.com/invite/thehockeyg...
/ youtubehockeyguy
Follow me on Twitter: @thgofyoutube
Instagram: thgshannon
TheHockeyGuy.yt@gmail.com
Contact me via snail mail at:
The Hockey Guy
PO Box 15038 Seven Oaks PO
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 8P1
In the USA:
Shannon Skanes
1125 Fir Avenue
Suite 119
Blaine, WA 98230
For Mittelstadt, it's all about staying healthy. He's had a miserable season in terms of his health, that started out with a broken wrist in the first game because Brendan Gallagher slashed him. Mitts is finally healthy now and has 9 points in his last 9 games.
so true he's been playing much better it's definitely health that were worried about but if he can have a full healthy season he could be a game changer for the sabres
Yea for sure, it's all health, glad you brought up how great he has looked recently. Hope he continues working hard.
@@cdfmmcc ya he was told he had too put more muscle on
@@cdfmmcc He added 20 lbs
can he do a push up yet??
Man, I remember at the time of the Patches trade, I was feeling meh we didn't get Glass and got Suzuki instead...boy was I wrong lol
I always wanted Suzuki. He's got the IQ. Now we know he's got the toughness too.
The Kotkaniemi-Contract still looks like a contract i would sign a player to in EAs NHL videogame. Elite Medium Potential.. Oh, only requests 5 Million for an 8 year deal; that'll pay off when his rating goes up, offer 4.8 and lets do this. Will be interesting to see if it works out in real life as well as it does in-game
The EA player in me sees that offer and knows you can min-max it to get a better, lower, salaey (It used to be like 80% if they wanted to sign with you 😜)
He’s not medium elite anymore dude more like low elite at this point
@@longliverocknroll5 85% cuz
I've signed Lundell on that kind of deal in quite a few playthroughs
Gotta lower the aav
Teams passing up on Lundell, what a steal for florida
The only reason Rossi isn’t on the Wild is purely cap shenanigans. They don’t want his contract to start till next year so when we do have to resign him the Parise and Suter buyouts are gone. Otherwise the kid is obviously the real deal.
I can definitely see Stutzle becoming one of the best forwards in the league for his time. Especially with the forward group that Ottawa has been developing.
Yes! Ever since Ottawa moved him to center his two way game has developed so well. If Ottawa gets giroux he’ll be a point a game player next year calling it now. He hasn’t had a skilled line mate all year. Guy was stuck with tierney, Paul, brown, gaudette. Only player he’s developed some chemistry with this year is formenton. Just need to find that missing peice on that line.
He’s been a beast these last few weeks especially
Pain 🦈
hes been veryg ood this eason
for lundell you trade bennett or whoever you need to not named barkov, huberdeau, ekblad, knight to keep him. Also these types of videos are why you are the best, give everyone equal and fair coverage. This type of video is something that no major network or podcast will ever spend the time or have the knowledge to do.
For the caps it'll be very interesting to see how Lapierre pans out too! He could've been on there too
I really hope Ottawa can make a deal with Giroux this off-season. I think he'd be a massive asset and a hell of a mentor for their young guys. Add Fiala in there, and that would make next year very interesting for my sens! (A guy can dream lol)
There's an amazing amount of young talent in the NHL right now. Going to be a very fun playoffs to watch to see which ones shine there.
thank you so much for these videos! been getting into hockey lately and I've been loving it but it's really hard to keep up with all the teams and players I know nothing about lol
stutzle is gonna be lights out once he gets competent full time linemates and not different 4th liners every game like stepan, anisimov, paul, tierney, gaudette, ennis etc....
Lundell having a great rookie season. Only missed 11 games or so due to a LBI and illness. team was going on a 7 gm road trip and he didn't travel.
Almost feels like their setting up a Giroux to Ottawa to be that veteran for stutzle
Shannon- injuries killed Mittelstadt's performance this year; he's finally past that. Consider, though, that he was penciled in as 1C in the absence of Eichel but had his wrist broken on a slash in the first game of the year. The Sabres still see him as a top line center.
Great video Shannon! I agree with you about the work ethic being what makes a player one of your favorites. Arvidsson has been one of mine in both Nashville and LA
the issue with mikheyev last season was that his wrist injury completely ruined his offensive ability - he’s always been a strong defensive player and an absolute weapon on the penalty kill, but he couldn’t finish on any of his opportunities this year, however, the goals have returned, and his defensive abilities have continued to improve - he’d be our most dangerous penalty killer if marner didn’t exist i think liljegren is also pretty under appreciated as a young contributor because of how good sandin has been, but the third pairing of giordano and liljegren has been easily our most consistent and versatile line
You could also add Pierre Engvall to the list - good defensively and penalty killing, very fast, and has started to show he's got pretty good hands and a decent shot as well.
@Jeepman89 they could probably match what he wants but we still have to re-sign sandin and lily - it’s a matter of priorities
I love McLeod on the Oilers. Hard to say if he'll make it past 3 C but he's taken a huge step forward this year.
Having McDavid draisaitl and RNH, I feel like he is definitely overlooked for his skill.
If all he is is a 3C I'm good with that.... He's already proven to be super versatile moving around the lineup..... Plus all that size and SPEED! I honestly think he's a 40 point guy at 3C....
I think he can be a great 3c good 2w
he can definitely be a 40 point guy if he can get a more permanent spot in the top 6 as a winger, we also have a few more high prospects coming up that are hybrid forwards, so the future should be bright in that regard
@@rinotz7 mcleod is not and never will be a top 6 forward. 3C is likely his ceiling. mind you, that's still useful. you have plenty of top 6 forwards. if only you had some semblance of a defense or a goalie who could actually stop pucks. i swear to god holland is trying to sabotage your team. what the hell did you trade down for when there was a franchise goalie on the board at your pick? why did you trade assets for keith's multi-year albatross, and give ceci 4x what he would have earned anywhere else in term and in salary? it doesn't matter how many scoring titles 97 and 29 win if the management has no idea how to construct a team and leaves big obvious gaping holes on the roster. the duo might get them to the playoffs, but they won't go anywhere once in them. you'll never win anything with holland at the helm.
Great video idea, this is good stuff
I could see Lundell being a Toews type of player, when he really comes into his own. Great defensive forward, who can command his line, and put up 60-70 points, a year.
Thing is if he can keep this up, 70 points is a disappointment. He gets no PP time at all in Florida and is putting point per game in 2022 so far.
@@teapea8184 70 points is NOT a disappointing season for a 2 way forward. This Panthers team is a huge outlier, offensively. Don't think that they'll score like 4.4 gpg every year. It won't happen. The cap basically assures it.
@@dmac26official My point is that Lundell is more than just a defensive 2-way forward. He has been under rated for pretty much his whole carreer. It still just boggles my mind he dropped down to a 12th pick, when in Liiga he was matching the likes of Barkov in points. He is projecting to literally be a second Barkov for Florida, would we be satisfied with Barkov doing 70 points a year? I'd say we wouldn't. Your comment was projecting Lundell to not develop at all offensively from his rookie year. And while that is possible, I'd say for most high profile rookies it's a disappointing result.
About busts bunting was on the coyotes ahl team before making the squad and having a great year then off to Toronto. You never know, I sure hope Hayton works out as we passed on alot of good starting nhl players. Thanks again Chyka!
Casey Mittelstadt has been extremely impressive in his last few games, finally getting healthier and catching up to speed with the rest of the league in terms of his pace and confidence. Lets carry it into next year!
This will be some good listening at work
Stutzle and Giroux next year
I was listening to a Sharks podcast recently and it was talking about how at the start of the season it was looking like the Sharks completely fleeced the Canucks on the Dahlen for Linus Karlsson trade, but as the season went on Dahlen's scoring fell off while Karlsson tied for second in the SHL goal scoring with 26 goals and tied for 9th in points with 46 in 52 games. The conclusion they came to (I believe it was a Swedish scout talking about it) was that Dahlen will likely end up as the better player, but it will be much closer than it initially seemed.
What’s the name of the podcast? Love to give it a listen
@@jakobnewman3504 The reason I didn't give the name is I listened to a few different ones over the past few days and couldn't recall which was which. I believe it was the Locked On Sharks podcast but it could've also been the San Jose Hockey Now podcast. (Both specifically had recent episodes talking with a Swedish scout, I'm not 100% on which had that particular discussion).
For Laf, he is so good at picking the puck off of other players, intercepting the puck, and straight up knocking the puck out of the air. He is simply a puck hound. The pretty numbers will come, he just needs the opportunity, which he will get with time. New York will love him.
bust
@@gimmick7389 25 points in his second season playing 0 PP time as a 20 year old is not a bust
@@danterr980 25 points as a second year 1st overall pick on a top 10 team does lmao
@@gimmick7389 he literally leads the rangers in 5v5 goals since he came into the league, he plays with scrubs he was on a 6 game point streak and for some reason got demoted to the 3rd line and hasnt gotten a point since bc kakko and goodrow/chytil dont produce
@@danterr980 ok? you just said that he gets carried by his linemates and doesn't make other players better. He's just not a good player, he was able to doinate juniors because he was more physically mature and used his size and strength to his advantage but he doesn't have those advantages in the nhl. You watch him and play and its very unimpressive especially considering his supporting cast.
LOC is a great kid and absolute bulldog hounding down pucks and fighting for ice. If he can just perfect his finish, he could easily be a steady 30 - 40 point producer. The kid just puts in work on a Team full of superstars💪🏻He and Nuke disrupting breakouts on the PK is magic.
Couldn’t agree more. The 4th line will be interesting once everyone’s healthy. Top 3 lines are set in whatever order Bednar plays them in but after that, dang. I bet each guy in that 4th row is going to be playing really hard through April to try and solidify themself in the rotation. And you have to think LOC and Sturm are locks. And if a spot isn’t open on D, have to have MacDermid in the game for reasons I don’t think I have to go into 🤜🤕 Landy / Mack / Moose Val / Kadri / Burky JT / Newhook / Lehky LOC / Sturm / MacDermid-Cogliano-Aube Kubel-Helm
I really hope Vilardi finds a permanent spot in the Kings line up his puck position skills and stickhandling are top tier if he can put everything together he can end up being special once he hits his prime, his defense has definitely improved since being called back up and he's gaining some good chemistry with Byfield and Kupari he just needs to stay consistent and gain a little bit more experience
Hey! You should do a follow-up to this, see how your predictions turned out!
I'm not a hockey player but I imagine that those wrist injuries like the one Kirby Dach had can have a negative impact. IMO he returned too early by joining the team last season and lost a lot of confidence because of it. There was more pressure put on him to produce as they were pushing for a playoff spot. This season has been bad for the Blackhawks for a multitude of reasons, but I still refuse to call Dach a bust. Once the organization sorts out who will be coaching the team through the rebuild, there will be a clearer focus on strong player development and he may thrive next season seemingly out of nowhere. It's a matter of having the right people in place to push him to get better.
Well said, Ethan
You nailed it
I think that Kirby was overrated by central scouting to begin with and it’s going to be hard for him to reach the potential that he was projected. It’s also not helping his case that a handful of players (who also play for bad teams) selected after him are emerging as stars and have been more effective at the NHL level - ie. Zegras, Caufield, Seider
What is it that anyone truly sees as potential with Dach??? He still skates like a baby giraffe though he does not fall on his own as much as he used to. So that's at least a positive trend. He still cannot win a face off to save his life and often looks horribly bad in losing them. He still skates around with his stick constantly on his hip and in no position to make a play. He is slow to take on his check and is sloth-like in his urgency to back check. He'll be the first to get the puck along the boards, but he seems to have no clue or desire to do anything other than freeze it. He is not a physical presence despite his size, and has no grit to his game whatsoever. At best he was a long term project but he has shown nothing to prove against the theory of his being ridiculously overrated. 4th round pick or lower, he'd have a glimmer of hope. Being he was the #3 overall pick, he is a bust. More and more fans are beginning to see his failures, however there are way too many who think they can excuse his youth and his injury. I'd still trade him for anything another Dachsucker thinks he is worth. Doubtful he'll get anything substantial in any trade.
@@greggpaul4670 How many essays is that about Kirby Dach now from you? What grade are you getting in THGs class?
Never saw Wahlstrom as a 30 goal scorer...so he is coming along. Aatu Raty on the other hand....that could be interesting!!!
Räty played in my hometown team, Jukurit, this season in the Finnish Liiga, and was the first line center for most of the season. Our head coach is Olli Jokinen, in his rookie season as a coach, and he really got the best out of our roster, including youngsters like Räty. During the regular season Räty was fantastic, he had great chemistry with his linemates. He scored 40 pts in 41 games with us. During the playoffs he completely fell off the wagon and was pretty much invisible, but all in all, his season was successful. I can see him being a solid NHL player for years to come.
@@Jayzon666 On the Island we are following his development closely....little concerned about the last playoff game with all the penalty minutes, kinda looked like he went a little off the rails but he is still very young and will develop better discipline. He certainly has the tools to be special.
@@pyrielrising4338 He got a 2+10min for checking from behind, and later a 10 min penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct after he celebrated a goal right in the opponent's goalie's face. Young guy got a little caught in the moment, that's all 😁
Definitely lots of upside with McLeod... He's starting to put it all together. His skating is phenomenal...
I like Dahlen, he shows these flashes of brilliance at times but at others just kinda goes invisible, really hope he becomes a consistent mid/top 6 winger
A rookie that gets no attention is defenseman, Martin Fehervary. He has stepped in and plays full time in every game...and keeps improving through the season.
I see Mcleod becoming a similar player to RNH. I think he'll become a swiss-army knife as hes shown ability to play pk and pp, and potentially be able to slot in throughout the lineup easily.
McLeod definitely overlooked since Oilers have 3 world class centers ahead of him
mcleod has nowhere near the offensive capability of RNH. mcleod is basically jake evans. the type of player you like to have on your team, but almost everyone has.
@@doaftheloaf fair comparison
@@doaftheloaf i dont mean to say mcleod is the same caliber. Theres a reason Mcleod was a 2nd rounder and RNH went first overall. I just see them fitting similar roles by being flexible in the lineup which is a good thing! Not every guy is capable of playing well going between the 2nd and 4th lines.
Mcloed could absolutely be a 2nd nuge with better skating and mcdavid speed. If he figures out how to finish hes gonna be such a valuable asset
Cole Sillinger is having a solid rookie season, especially since he's in the NHL as an 18 year old.
not really, defensively he's been a nightmare and he's barely producing despite playing top 6 and powerplay minutes
@@gimmick7389 He's an 18 year old... you really expect him to be MacKinnon immediately out of the gate?
@@jacksonsandell1625 I expect a fair analysis and the honest truth
@@gimmick7389 once again... he's 18.
the thing with Blackwood is his numbers say you should move on via trade but something tells me if you do move on, its not the right move unless you get some worthwhile for him
McMichael honestly plays a lot better than the stats show Laviolette just doesn’t give him minutes. He should be a full time 3rd line center for us but he basically gets played like a 4th liner because lavi just loves himself some nick dowd.
I see McLeod making progress almost every game. I think he definitely has the potential to be a great second-liner. Impressive skills, and he's an amazing skater.
The quality and quantity of your content is astounding!
ryan mcleod is truly an interesting player.he has come in slow, after being projected to be an instant top 6 player.but now when hes worked in the ahl, then bottom 6, he is really starting to become a truly all around excellent player.wouldnt mind seeing him in st louis.
I just got the yellow version of the kings your wearing. It's a Mitchell & Ness. Turns out it's an authentic which I didn't notice before
Since joining the Rangers last year, Lafreniere has the most even strength goals on the team, even more than Zibanejab and Kreider. I think he'll start to put up more points when he gets consistent PP time instead of being on the 2nd unit
He does not have the most even strength goals! Kreider does by 1 and what a dumb ass stat to look at plus if that’s something you want to brag about your team needs to work on scoring seeing as he has 27 total even strength goals in 125 games! .20 goals per game! 0 ppg while Trouba has 1 playing same power play time, 1:10 a night so 60 plus minutes this season and 60 ish last season yet he can’t score one goal?? And 1 minute a night is consistent, if he got 1 every few games that inconsistent! Maybe the rangers rely to much on the power play especially if you think that’s what will push him to the next level! If he starts scoring all your ppg then kreider can’t score as many. No matter you are clearly fan boying over a pretty shit 1st overall pick!
@@Deenaziamazinjg14 you want to know a player who got shit on relentlessly after being a number one pick and winning the calder? aaron ekblad, i dont see that much trash talking about him being a bust anymore.
@@sotahullu1 thank you for your irrelevant comment! You added a lot to this conversation!
@@Deenaziamazinjg14 No his comment is far from irrelevant. His point is how calling a 20 year old first overall pick a bust because he isn’t insane his first couple years his really stupid and just kinda shows how you know nothing about hockey. Your reply was irrelevant and pointless and it added nothing to the conversation.
@@Deenaziamazinjg14 lmao bro you clearly don't watch ranger games. yeah, laf DOES get those PP minutes, but in reality most of his PP shifts are really just the last 20-30 seconds of the powerplay where his unit doesn't even get a chance to set up. if he was on the first unit, his numbers would explode. also, his 5v5 goals stat is a completely valid thing to look at because most people's main criticism of the rangers is that they don't generate enough offense even strength. also keep in mind most of his season has been spent on the 3rd line with linemates that can't finish, and his first line tenure was on his off wing. he doesn't NEED to put up point per game numbers for the rangers right now because the team already has guys like Panarin, Kreider, Fox, and Zibanejad doing that. Other teams with 1OA picks (Hughes on NJ, for example) NEED those young players to produce because they don't have the firepower elsewhere. the kid plays LW, and the other two forwards ahead of him that play on his side are Kreider and Panarin, two of the best goal scorers and playmakers in the league right now, respectively. that's why his minutes are so sheltered. him being lower in the line up adds depth to the team. lafreniere is good.
I feel like once we get a new coach that doesn't bury Zadina he'll reach his potential. Look at how good he's looked in the few games he's played with Vrana. #Fireblashill
Heinola encapsulates the feeling of Winnipeg fans at this point: That young players have to massively massively outplay veterans or get sent to the press box. It's been a problem since Roslovic, and has continued through 2 coaches, which makes me scrutinize Cheveldayoff more and more.
Personally I don’t think Chevy is to blame for rookies not playing, the coach sets the lineups after all. Maurice was entirely veteran biased, and it looks like that’s leaked into Lowrys coaching style (which hopefully is eradicated after this season). Let’s be real, we need a new system in that locker room, not the same thing Maurice had just with a less experienced coach. Hoping they make a solid decision this off-season.
Props for wearing my favorite Kings jersey!
Idk why you would openly suggest releasing such a monster as Hoglander from your favourite team to the Pens to be Sydney Crosbys new favourite winger that gets him to play an extra 4 seasons, but go off I guess.
LOC has shown flashes of that production this season, there are moments I can actually see him turning into a middle six forward and that would be amazing
LOC is an older player and seems to have limited potential. First part of the season he was on fire and looking like a middle-six guy. Then he ran out of batteries and has been playing like a fringe player. His cheap deal seems to earmark him as a 4th liner. For him to flourish, he'll need to improve his conditioning. A player with better potential is Lehkonen. I project next season's 2nd line to be: Newhook, Nuke, and ? This winger could be Lehky, or an outsider on a one year deal. It will depend on how he does in the playoffs.
After Hayton’s performance during the world juniors a couple years back, playing hurt and playing well, being a leader, I will not say a bad word about that kid!
As a Blues fan I hope frost develops and breaks out similar to Thompson in Buffalo. We finally won a cup, and I hope the trades that brought in O’Reilly and Schenn end up being good for all teams. I am grateful to the flyers and sabres for trading huge pieces that led to a Stanley Cup.
Even if O'Connor doesn't develop into an offensive star, he has been a solid bottom 6 forward who can fill in on the top 2 lines. He doesn't make many mistakes and is an excellent addition on the PK.
I think he's a bust and Shannon should have did a different Avs player. The dude will be 26 next year and is a solid call up but every time he gets a breakaway or solid scoring chance he seems to wiff and skate back to the bench frustrated. His 1M one way contact extention until 30 barely puts him in the show. Aube-Kubel is the same player as O'Conner and we picked him up on waivers. They are both value veterans at the 13th forward roster spot. The potential for them to turn into Ville Leino in the playoffs and then get traded for something way more than their actual value does exist though.
@@kirkjordan8718 LOC is quicker than A-K. We’ve seen him disrupt and steal pucks. He can overspeed and lose the puck. Then again, so can Nate.
@@barrykamin8776 why are you comparing him to Nate though? The only similarity they have is they are wearing a Avs jersey.
What do you think about Niemelainen on Edmonton Love the Videos
McMichael has so much potential, his problem rn is his finishing, he could have 20+ already if he had atleast average finishing
Goalies are incredibly difficult to project. You obviously have slam dunk picks like Price and Vasilevskiy, but you also have players like Kuemper, who basically everyone thought was going to be a career backup until out of nowhere he becomes an elite starter.
I just have seen too amny great flashes of the offensive capabilities of lundell to not belive that hes gonan be a point per game player, his defensive game is great and i belive in floridas system his offence can develop to maybe not to a barkov comparebale but damn clos
v interested to see what happens w Valimaki, he got the opprutunity before Kylington but got outshined by O’s breakout
That King's sweater is one of the best ever!!
Once they find a line for Hayton to work with consistently he should show his potential as a top six forward.
Lafrenière being a winger he's going to probably have to shift to the right side if he wants a top six role next season. It should work out too. He played pretty well on the top line with Zibanejad and Krieder this season. I see Lafrenière being able to have a good season for himself next season especially if the Rangers have a strong playoff performance. Could end up with 30+ goals next year.
Hayton, at the very least has scored some pretty spectacular goals this season which is nice.
Comtois really did have a great year last year, when it seemed like nobody else on the team was. He seemed to be able to clean up any rebound and put it in the back of the net. Now that some of the other guys have stepped up, Comtios is out of the conversation about upcoming players. I hope this year is just a slump and he bounces back.
Yzerman shouldn't give up on Zadina yet. I think it's very comparable to the Cole Caufield situation. Blashill is not a good coach for him or Detroit. He's reached his peak with this team and he is not good, competent or experienced enough to take this team to the next level. The players no longer have any faith in the coaches and Detroit needs to replace all or most of them in the offseason. If that doesn't make Zadina reach that next step then he needs to go but I hope they give him one more chance and see if new coaching helps him the way St. Louis helped Caufield,
@@dukeford8893 True, but according to the Serveilli article, friction is between more then one player. Im sure Zadina is one of them but when its more than one, its a problem.
@@dukeford8893 No, he is going to change the coach because Blashill is a train wreck and the team has given up on him. Just watch the lines he creates... He has had Erne on the 1st line and Vrana on the 3rd line multiple times. He put givani smith on the 2nd line while Vrana was on the 3rd line... He has pulled the goalie for a 6th attacker and sent out a 4th line grinder who has little to no offensive production, while we have top 6 forwards sitting on the bench.
Rossi for Minnesota had covid early on and it was bad. Messed with his heart. So I am just glad the guy is in the system and able to play at all. He should make it to the NHL, and so far looks promising to be a good player.
Yeah, I avoid saying it was COVID because of tinfoil hat reasons. Hopefully his career gets going next season at the NHL level.
@@TheHockeyGuy Ha! I watched Foil by Weird AL Yankovic 10 minutes before seeing this reply.
Logan O'Connor basically just has to learn how to put the puck in the net. He works extremely hard, he's fast and he get's his chances, but so far he leaves out to many of his high quality chances. He's doing a lot of things correctly, but his shooting percentage of 5.7% is holing back his number. He currently has 1 shorthanded goal, 4 shorthanded points, but given how many times he had breakaways on the PK he could have 10 SHPs already
Mcleod has bounced around the lineup a lot but has mostly been a bottom six guy. Phenomenal speed, hard working, and as mentioned definitely has some offensive upside. Very happy with how he’s shown in a limited role as a rookie though
Great video, as a Caps fan hoping McMichael finds his stride
Me too. McMichael as been playing really well, he has had some bad puck luck. I think if he's permanently at Center he should start flourishing, that's his natural position. Between McMichael, LaPierre, Protas, Leason, AJF, Alex Alexeyev, Lucas Johannson, and even Snively, the Caps have a lot of young talent to work with. The problem is they also have a lot of expensive vets that are blocking these youngsters. GMBM has some decisions to make this off-season.
Starting to give up on Jack Studnicka. The best version I’ve ever seen of him was the playoff bubble. Never got back to that play. Clock has been ticking with his development. I’ve never really been overly impressed with him this season.
in the few Hawks games I watched (the Raymond hattrick game) Dach was almost invisible, bordering on lazy
he's calmed down a bit, but the reason McMichael has been kinda the only young guy to play the whole season were his possession metrics. they were pretty outstanding for a while there. I think he's good, I think he's been robbed of ice time especially early this season and I'm really excited to see what he does in the playoffs.
Great list. Lundell is definitely boom. Doesn’t mean he has superstar potential but will be damned solid for years to come!
I think the correct pronunciation for Lafreniere is (laf-fren-yay) Great vid!
I'm not sure anyone in Dallas ever believed Kiviranta was going to be a significant contributor. I know as well as you (obviously), that Dallas has a lot of other young guys that are much more intriguing.
Absolutely agree with this one. I also don’t think the coaching style is a good fit a many of the players on Dallas. I like Rick but the style doesn’t really mesh with the offensive capabilities of this team, imo.
@@christophersiefken2836 yeah true, in my own opinion Rick has to go after this year. Great guy but he doesn't have a great history as head coach
I like players for the same reason, hard working guys are always fun to watch
The only reason Rossi is not playing With the big club Cap Hell. Rossi will be with the wild next year he has 44 points in 40 games this year I think
Rossi-Boldy-Fiala (please trade Dumba and not Fiala)
I don't see Yzerman moving Zadina. Zadina's development has been utterly stonewalled by the failure of his coaching. Same with Veleno and a couple others on the team. For example why is Zadina on 4th line while Erne is getting top line minutes? Seriously Blashill WTF is that? At the start of the season, I wanted to give Blash credit, at this point though, he has GOT TO GO.
They need to change most if not all of coaching. Tanguay has not worked as a pp coach and it feels like if they have someone who coach defense they are overrating it so much it's embarrasing. I trust Yzerman but if he resigns Blashill that trust will take a hard hit because the players have lost all respect for him and I don't think there is one Red Wings fan who wants him to stay. If they are gonna get this team to a new level they need fresh ideas and tactics because Blashill seems to inept to try new things and seems incapable of getting antything out of the players anymore.
@@MrJvog I can't agree more. I think this is Blash's last season under contract. The assistant coach position has been a revolving door for years.
I absolutely love Ryan McLeod.... Guys with the name Ryan tend to do well for themselves in Edmonton Blue and Orange.... 6'3 210, skates nearly as fast as Connor, has some really nice hands, great shot, decent puck distributer, pretty good at the FO dot, solid in his own end.... His development has been quite good... I imagine he'll be a half point per game 3C for a solid 10 years
Blackwood has had injuries the passed 2 seasons so it's hard to tell if he will be that starter the Devils need so badly. I also heard he changed agents so maybe he is unhappy with the team. Daws can be good but i dont think he is ready for the full time starting role.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Boldy with Minnesota. He can score and pass, very good player.
Zohorna could turn out to be really good. Sure, he only has 6 points in 17 games, but he's also a +12. And he's huge, at 6'6. Could be a good guy to keep an eye on, if he gets more minutes.
Foote is a guy who has gotten better and better every game he has played in Tampa this year. There's a group of Tampa fans who doesn't like him because he makes mistakes, as all rookies do. But when you look at Tampa's talented defensive line up, its hard to shine in a group of guys like that. I think he'll be an absolute stud of a defensive defenseman in a few years.
Absolutely! It's not easy for a young defenseman to come into the NHL and not make a fair amount of mistakes. The fact is he's playing on a defense core with veteran guys like Hedman, Bogosian, and McDonagh and he should learn a lot just from watching them play and practicing with them - you really don't get much better teachers than those three guys.
Why is the leaf sticker so faint
Mittlestadt has really come on lately. He's becoming the Sabres' best player on the boards and his offensive game is coming around. If he can stay healthy, he's gonna be a solid top-6 forward.
I think Brown will work himself into a regular next year. This offseason for the Blues is going to be interesting with Tarasenko, Perron, and Binnington. The Blues really need to find a legit answer to play next to Parayko.
For NYR Schneider has stepped into a top 6 role and played seamlessly. Just another blue liner under the age of 24 to add to the roster
nice jersey bud
as a kings fan, vilardi is looking better every game and i think that he will be able to be a top 6 forward on the kings within the next 2 years. the “problem” with the kings is that they have more good forwards and forward prospects than they know what to do with.
Stars have much more young talent to focus on that does not even get any attention that’s more interesting to discuss than Kivi, I would have been more interested to see your take on someone like Heiskanen or Jacob Peterson, Otter or Robo
I don’t think yzerman will give up on zadina yet but I think next season is gonna be a big one for him. He’s gotta take that game to the next level.
I think Podkolzin has a lot of potential for the Canucks, if he can win the trust of his coach. He's a good, hardworking, physical 2 way forward with a good shot, but he doesn't seem to be getting much opportunity and on a team like the Canucks that isn't close to anything, that shouldn't be the case.
The Connor MdDavid, and McMichael got me laughing harder than it probably should have. Connor McBobby should 100% win the Calder in his rookie season off the name alone.
As a Blackhawks fan its been a rough few years, but I'd love to hear what you have to say about kids like Lucas Reichel. I name him especially because they have been especially cautious with him this season...and I would love to hear what you think of him, having been called up a few times this year already.
I have truly enjoyed logan browns performance recently he's been grinding and I think he's is a great part of the team
In my Oilers chat discord that I frequent on game days, a lot of the guys there seem to think that we should lock-up McLeod long-term because he's gonna figure out how to score at the NHL level real soon. I see him more as a hard-working 3rd/4th line C. But with some of the talent we got coming up like Holloway and Bourgault, I really don't see him ever pushing above the 3rd line. But we'll see.
He could still score twenty goals at 3C though 🤷🏼♂️
@@jordangraff2254 maybe in a career year. 10-15 is probably more the average he'd be capable of. i still think taking bourgault instead of wallstedt was collossally stupid. you have lots of scoring forwards. you have nothing in net. so a franchise goalie falls in your lap and your idiot GM trades down to ignore your team's most glaring need. again. even if bourgault becomes a 2C who scores 70 points a year, i still think it was a bad idea. nothing against XB, just he's a player you already have plenty of
@@doaftheloaf our GM can't draft a player when he's already been drafted two spots earlier.... Also, Stuart Skinner 🤷🏼♂️
@@doaftheloaf also, you probably haven't watched McLeod play much.... But all the tools are there, he will become a perennial 20 goal scorer.
@@jordangraff2254 you traded down two spots, that’s why you took bourgault at 22 instead of wallstedt at 20. and you did this when 20 was on the clock. skinner will be a backup at the NHL level. konovalov and rodrigue aren’t any better.
Might be the only person who comments about Kiviranta but it is sorta too bad how it has gone for him. Really locked down as a bottom six guy who plays with a ton of grit which is not bad and is useful just not terribly hard to find. With his size the role might be hard to justify long term. Seems to me he would need offense to stay in the league long term and Dallas probably is not that place. Ty Dellandrea and Riley Damiani seem like more interesting youth to look at because if any of the offense they show in the minors transfers to the league it could be big for the Stars.
I like the idea of Kiviranta, but not how things have panned out this year. How much is that a Kiviranta issue and how much is that a Bones line-shuffle problem? Is he just getting stuck with other players who underperform? Peterson seems to manage to get some production in a similar role, so some of it has to be on the player, but I'd cut ties and let him try with another team. Maybe the Avs will pick him up and he'll be a good 3rd liner. *cries in Nichushkin*
McMichael has had a great season. His per60 numbers are by far the best on the team across the board. The coaching staff does not give him ice time for reasons that make absolutely no sense.
I think Darryl Sumter has Valamaki slotted into any team not named the Flames.
Couldn’t have said it better on Dach. You forget he’s out there 90% of his ice time.
I like when the cats and/or rabbits cause THG to pause lmao
Thumbnail says it all for Dach