Prospects Thread 2012-13

[Southern_Canuck]

Sunday Feb 10

ECHL

Kalamazoo 2 Reading 5
Anthony did not play
Grenier 0 points, -3
Mallet 1 goal (9th), -1
Myron 0 points, -2
Rai did not play
Sauve 0 points, -2

OHL

Belleville 6 Ottawa 4
Gaunce 1 goal (21st), -2

London 3 Kitchener 4
McEneny 0 points, -1
Corrado 1 assist, +2

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[RoyalDude]

Why hasn't Mallet gotten the call up? He seems to be playing pretty good hockey of late. We need to separate our ties with the Wolves. Brutal.

[CFP!]

Why hasn't Mallet gotten the call up? He seems to be playing pretty good hockey of late. We need to separate our ties with the Wolves. Brutal.

IIRC he already had a short stint in the AHL. He was sent down to K-town early in the fall.

EDIT: Yes he did. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdis ... pid=117583

[Benjo]

Chicago wants to win, not develop so it makes sense to send down the really raw prospects to the K-wings so they aren't in the press box every night. I imagine this will be the last year of our Chicago affiliation.

[Southern_Canuck]

Mallet has worked his way up to the top line in Kalamazoo - if he was up in Chicago, he'd be looking at 3rd line minutes at best... I think it'll be better if he gains confidence as a scoring power forward in Kalamazoo right now.

Somehow I think Mallet will make it to the NHL - probably bottom 6, but a player that can hit, fight, and score a little. The Canucks could definitely use a player like that.

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[Southern_Canuck]

Tuesday Feb 12

NCAA

Yale 0 Brown 1
Beattie 0 points, -1

Wednesday Feb 13

QMJHL

Cape Breton 1 Gatineau 9
Honzik 20 saves on 24 shots, pulled at the end of the 2nd (Bureau 6 saves on 11 shots - Wow, no mercy from Gatineau)

OHL

Kingston 1 Belleville 4
Gaunce 1 assist, +2

GP 44 G 21 A 19 P 40 PIM 28 +6

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[Southern_Canuck]

Thursday Feb 14

AHL

Charlotte 4 Chicago 3 (OT)
Climie 20 saves on 24 shots

Gordon, (14) (Connauton) (PP)
Rodin, (3) (Miller, Joslin)
Haydar, (13) (Longpre) (PP)

ECHL

Trenton 4 Kalamazoo 3
Anthony did not play (on IR)
Grenier 0 points, even
Mallet 0 points, even
Myron 2 assists, +1
Rai did not play
Sauve 0 points, -1

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[Aaronp18]

Rai did not play

Is it really even worth typing these words any more?

[Southern_Canuck]

Rai did not play

Is it really even worth typing these words any more?

I guess I could type "career over" - it appears he is on "reserve", but I doubt he is even in Kalamazoo anymore - probably back in Vancouver. I don't expect him to play another hockey game.

Prabh Rai

Yup - 3 years and only 31 pro games... Wow.

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[Aaronp18]

Should free up one of the 50 contracts next year I guess.

[Southern_Canuck]

Friday Feb 15

ECHL

Toledo 2 Kalamazoo 3 (OT)
Anthony did not play (IR)
Grenier 1 assist, even
Mallet 0 points, even
Myron 1 goal (1st), even
Rai did not play (reserve)
Sauve 2 assists, +1

NCAA

Colgate 1 Harvard 4
Price 0 points, -2

Yale 2 Union 4
Beattie did not play

Boston University 3 Maine 3 (OT)
Hutton 0 points, even

Minnesota 3 Wisconsin 2
Labate 0 points, even

QMJHL

Cape Breton 1 Blainville-Boisbriand 4
Honzik 26 saves on 30 shots

OHL

Plymouth 3 Kitchener 2 (SO)
McEneny 0 points, -1
Corrado 0 points, +1

Belleville 1 Mississauga 0
Gaunce 0 points, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

AHL

Lake Erie 1 Chicago 3
Climie 29 saves on 30 shots

Davies, (8) (Archibald, Connauton)
Sweatt, (10) (Hunt, Connauton) (PP)
Desbiens, (3)

Connauton with 6 points in his last 6 games (1 goal, 5 assists).

ECHL

Kalamazoo 4 Toledo 3 (OT)
Anthony did not play (IR)
Grenier 0 points, even
Mallet 2 assists, even
Myron 1 goal (2nd), 2 assists, even (selected 3rd star)
Rai did not play (reserve)
Sauve 1 goal (4th), even (another OT goal - who does he think he is... Ohlund? Selected 1st star)

NCAA

Colgate 4 Dartmouth 5
Price 0 points, +1

Yale 1 Rensselaer 4
Beattie 0 points, even

Boston University 5 Maine 4 (OT)
Hutton 1 assist, +2

QMJHL

Cape Breton 4 Drummondville 1
Honzik was the back-up (Bureau 29 saves on 30 shots)

OHL

Kitchener 4 Erie 2
McEneny 1 assist, +3
Corrado 0 points, +1

Sudbury 5 Belleville 7
Gaunce 3 goals (22nd, 23rd, 24th), 1 assist, +2 (selected 2nd star)

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[Uncle dans leg]

Gaunce 3 goals (22nd, 23rd, 24th), 1 assist, +2 (selected 2nd star)
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A hat trick and only 2nd star????
edit-I see Jordan Subban scored 3G and 1A as well but was only a +1...
reverse discrimination?

[Tanti09]

What's up with Connaughton this year? Seems like he took a step forward last year, but haven't heard much about him (positive or negative) this year. Is it the system he is playing? Or has his progression plateaued this year... Anyone know?

[Southern_Canuck]

What's up with Connaughton this year? Seems like he took a step forward last year, but haven't heard much about him (positive or negative) this year. Is it the system he is playing? Or has his progression plateaued this year... Anyone know?

I watched most of the Wolves games before the lockout, and Connauton definitely has great offensive instincts... but he doesn't seem to be as dedicated to shutting opponents down in his own zone. It's not that he's cheating, really, but I saw him outmuscled in front of his own net, and sometimes just plain out of position.

His contract is up at the end of the season, and I'm not sure what the Canucks will do - he still has potential, but they have other defensemen that they may want to focus on developing (Corrado, Price, Tommernes, Andersson, McNally, McEneny, Hutton, Polasek)

I get the feeling that Sauve may also be stalled in his development (currently in ECHL).

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