Prospects Thread 2011-12

[Southern_Canuck]

Saturday Oct 22

AHL

Chicago 4 Rockford 1
Climie 47 saves on 48 shots

The Wolves were outshot 48-17... They beat the IceHogs and Kyle Beach 2 nights in a row...

For some reason, Tanev was a healthy scratch, and the D were: Baumgartner-Connauton, Polasek-Erixon, and Friesen-Sauve.

Sauve, (1) (Oreskovich, Schroeder)
Sweatt, (1) (Duco, Strong)
Friesen, (1) (Connauton, Duco)
Duco, (1) (Sweatt, Strong) (EN)

ECHL

Kalamazoo 2 Chicago 4
Ellington 0 points, even
Anthony 1 goal, +1

NCAA

Army 2 Colgate 2 (OT)
Price did not play

Connecticut 0 Merrimack 5
Marotta 25 saves on 25 shots (Cannata did not play)

North Dakota 4 Wisconsin 5
Labate 1 goal, 1 assist, +1

QMJHL

Quebec 3 Halifax 4 (OT)
Hannay 0 points, even
Grenier 2 goals, +1 !!!

OHL

Plymouth 0 Niagara 4
Friesen 1 goal, even

Sudbury 5 Oshawa 2
Corrado 1 assist, +1
Jensen 0 points, -1

WHL

Kamloops 2 Medicine Hat 1
Tochkin 0 points, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

Sunday Oct 23

AHL

Chicago 2 Peoria 5
Lack 32 saves on 37 shots

Connauton, (2) (Schroeder, Oreskovich)
Mancari, (2) (Strong, Sweatt)

Tanev not dressed.

NCAA

Vermont 5 Minnesota 4
Matson 0 points, -1

QMJHL

Cape Breton 2 Victoriaville 5
Honzik did not play (Whitney 28 saves on 30 shots)

OHL

Sudbury 2 Owen Sound 1 (SO)
Corrado 1 assist, even (did not shoot in shootout)

GP 10 G 2 A 5 P 7 +3

Saginaw 7 Oshawa 6
Jensen 3 assists, +2

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[Southern_Canuck]

Raiders and Tigers Complete Trade

excerpt:
The Prince Albert Raiders have announced that they have acquired 20-year-old right-winger Kellan Tochkin from the Medicine Hat Tigers in exchange for 20-year-old defenceman James Bettauer and a 6th round draft pick in the 2013 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.
...
“We are pleased to add a proven top-six forward who has been a consistent point producer in this league”, said Raider Head Coach and General Manager Bruno Campese, “We wish James all the best in Medicine Hat, and in all his future hockey endeavours”.


Hmmm... a swap of overagers - looks like Medicine Hat needed to shore up their defence.

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[herb]

Does the play and projected NHL future of Polasek, Sauve, Connauton and Corrado make Tanev expendable? Salo aside, the core of our defense is locked up for the next few years. Not that I don't like Tanev, but personally I'd like somebody with more testosterone playing on the bottom pairing.

Admittedly, I haven't seen much of these players, but the reports through the first few games look good.

[Potatoe1]

Does the play and projected NHL future of Polasek, Sauve, Connauton and Corrado make Tanev expendable?

No.

Tanev can play in the NHL right now, the others are totally unproven.

Heading into the playoffs we should be 9 deep on the blue line, moving Tanev makes us 7 deep.

[Southern_Canuck]

Does the play and projected NHL future of Polasek, Sauve, Connauton and Corrado make Tanev expendable?

Although those prospects have promise, as we all know, it is possible that none of them will make it for various reasons.

Better to hold on to the one prospect that has shown some actual NHL ability... (and it's not Ryan Parent)

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[Southern_Canuck]

Tuesday Oct 25

QMJHL

Victoriaville 5 Val-d'Or 1
Honzik 22 saves on 23 shots

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[Southern_Canuck]

Wednesday Oct 26

QMJHL

Halifax 7 Blainville-Boisbriand 5
Hannay 0 points, even
Grenier 1 goal, -2

Weirdly enough, Blainville-Boisbriand scored the first 4 goals, and Halifax has answered with 7 straight!

OHL

Niagara 6 Erie 4
Friesen 2 assists, even

WHL

Prince Albert 2 Moose Jaw 5
Tochkin 0 points, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

Thursday Oct 27

OHL

Brampton 1 Niagara 4
Friesen 2 goals, +1

WHL

Swift Current 6 Prince Albert 3
Tochkin 2 assists, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

Friday Oct 28

AHL

Milwaukee 2 Chicago 1
Climie 37 saves on 39 shots

Longpre, (1) (Haydar, Miller)

ECHL

Kalamazoo 3 Chicago 1
Ellington 0 points, -1
Anthony 1 assist, +2

NCAA

Minnesota 5 Alaska-Anchorage 0
Matson 0 points, even

Colgate 7 Niagara 6
Price did not play

Merrimack 4 Vermont 1
Cannata 22 saves on 23 shots

Nebraska-Omaha 5 Wisconsin 4
Labate 0 points, even

QMJHL

Acadie-Bathurst 2 Victoriaville 3
Honzik 20 saves on 22 shots

Halifax 3 Val-d'Or 2
Hannay 0 points, +1
Grenier 2 goals, even

OHL

Guelph 5 Sudbury 2
Corrado 1 assist, even

Belleville 1 Oshawa 5
Jensen 0 points, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

Saturday Oct 29

AHL

Texas 1 Chicago 2
Lack 33 saves on 34 shots

Haydar, (3) (Sweatt)
Haydar, (4) (Miller, Matheson)

ECHL

Cincinnati 5 Kalamazoo 6
Ellington 1 assist, even
Anthony 2 goals, +1

NCAA

Minnesota 3 Alaska-Anchorage 1
Matson 0 points, +1

Niagara 2 Colgate 1
Price did not play

Merrimack 4 Vermont 2
Cannata 16 saves on 18 shots

Cannata is the #1 goaltender in the Hockey East for GAA 1.40, SV% 0.938, and winning percentage 1.00 (5-0-0)

Nebraska-Omaha 3 Wisconsin 6
Labate 1 assist, even

QMJHL

Halifax 5 Val-d'Or 2
Hannay 0 points, even
Grenier 2 assist, +1

OHL

Sudbury 2 Niagara 1 (SO)
Corrado 1 assist, +1
Friesen 0 points, even (scored on his shootout attempt)

Oshawa 2 Owen Sound 6
Jensen 1 assist, -1

WHL

Saskatoon 4 Prince Albert 3
Tochkin 0 points, even

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[Southern_Canuck]

Sunday Oct 30

QMJHL

Victoriaville 2 Rimouski 3 (SO)
Honzik 21 saves on 23 shots (1 save on 3 shots in the shootout)

OHL

Sudbury 4 Brampton 1
Corrado 0 points, even

Mississauga 5 Oshawa 2
Jensen 0 points, -3

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[dbr]

Boy, Honzik really seems to be putting his game together after some terrible outings to start the season..

[Southern_Canuck]

Boy, Honzik really seems to be putting his game together after some terrible outings to start the season..

Yeah, he had a rough start, but has worked his way back to:

6-6-1 (2 shutouts), GAA 3.02, 0.888

And speaking of goalie prospects...

Eddie Lack 2-2-2 (1 shutout), GAA 2.11, 0.934... wow!

Joe Cannata 5-0-0, GAA 1.40, 0.938... wow! (I wonder if he'll be a Hobey Baker finalist this season? He was close last year)

Jonathan Iilahti
Finland2 GAA 1.20, 0.958
Jr A SM Liga GAA 3.53, 0.879

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[Rumsfeld]

So what are the odds that Schroeder will ever be a bona fide top-six NHL forward?

He's shown flashes but at this point I'm thinking they're pretty slim.