2024-25 Hurricanes Prospects and Minors Thread

[cmaleski2]

Back from a week in Vegas, lets see what our prospects have been up to:

Canes prospects through 02/17/2025:

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod): 51 Games 17 Goals 14 Assists -1

Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Stupino/KHL Sochi/VHL Rostov)

With KHL Sochi: 19 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -3
With MHL Stupino: 8 Games 6 Goals 5 Assists +6
With VHL Rostov: 14 Games 4 Goals 0 Assists +6 *** ?? Played games at all 3 levels in past 2 weeks

Dominik Badinka RHD (2nd Round 2024 SweHL Malmö/J20 Malmö):

With SweHL Malmö: 40 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists -2 ***
With J20 Malmö: 4 Games 1 Goal 1 Assist -2

Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack So.): 27 Games 6 Goals 5 Assists +2

Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad/HockeyAllsvenskan Vasteras/SweJ20 Färjestad)

With SweHL Färjestad: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assist -1
With HA Vasteras: 44 Games 3 Goals 17 Assists -8 ***
With J20 Färjestad: 2 Games 1 Goal 2 Assists +1

Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022 SweHL Timra): 40 Games 4 Goals 16 Assists +11

Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets): 50 Games 2 Goals 10 Assists +7

Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 KHL Minsk/Vladivostok/Belarus Brest/VHL Barnaul):

With KHL Minsk: 9 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even
With Belarus Brest: 14 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists -4
With KHL Vladivostok: 3 Games 0 Goals 0 Assist Even
With VHL Barnaul: 9 Games 3 Goals 4 Assists +4 ***

Anttoni Honka RHD (3rd round 2019 SwissHL Ajoie): 36 Games 6 Goals 12 Assists -7

Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade HockeyEttan (Swedish 3rd tier league) Dalen/HockeyAllsvenskan Vasteras):

With HE Dalen: 31 Games 11 Goals 9 Assists -1 ***
With HA Vasteras: 3 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) St. Petersburg/KHL St. Petersburg)

With MHL St. Petersburg: 15 Games 2 Goals 4 Assists +2 ***
With KHL St. Petersburg: 11 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists +3

Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Nizhny Novgorod/VHL (Russian Minors) Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod)

With MHL Nizhny Novgorod: 10 Games 7 Goals 2 Assists +7 ***
With VHL Gorky NN: 30 Games 12 Goals 6 Assists +2
With KHL Nizhny Novgorod: 7 Games 3 Goals 0 Assists -1

Lucas Mercuri C (6th round 2020 Hockey East UMASS-Amherst Sr.): 30 Games 9 Goals 16 Assists +11

Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Cherepovets): 51 Games 3 Goals 10 Assists -3

Alexander Nikishin LHD (3rd round 2020 KHL SKA St. Petersburg): 51 Games 13 Goals 24 Assists +18

Joel Nyström RHD (7th round 2021 SweHL Färjestad): 42 Games 5 Goals 18 Assists +15

Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL (Russian Minors) Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorad):

With VHL Gorky NN: 38 Games 2 Goals 9 Assists +10 *** Sent back to VHL
With KHL Nizhny Novgorad: 2 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 KHL Omsk/VHL Omskie/Novokuznetsk)

With KHL Omsk: Has not played yet
With VHL Omskie: 21 Games 3 Goals 3 Assists -8
With VHL Novokuznetsk: 17 Games 4 Goals 6 Assists +8 ***

Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 NCHC U of North Dakota So.): 26 Games 9 Goals 8 Assists +1

Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 QMJHL Baie-Comeau): 50 Games 41 Goals 32 Assists +11

Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk/VHL (Russian Minors) Chelyabinsk/MHL (Russian Juniors) Chelyabinsk)

With KHL Chelyabinsk: 16 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists -1 ***
With VHL Chelyabinsk: 22 Games 7 Goals 7 Assists +5
With MHL Chelyabinsk: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Loko-76 Yaroslavl/Loko Yaroslavl):

With MHL Loko-76: 9 Games 0 Goals 6 Assists +9
With MHL Loko: 30 Games 2 Goal 13 Assists +15 ***

Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 MHL (Russian Juniors) Magnitogorsk/VHL (Russian Minors) Magnitogorsk)

With MHL Magnitogorsk: 6 Games 0 Goals 3 Assists Even
With VHL Magnitogorsk: 39 Games 0 Goals 8 Assists +2 ***
With KHL Magnitogorsk: 1 Game 0 Goals 0 Assists Even

Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå/SweJ20 Skellefteå)

With SweHL Skellefteå: 35 Games 4 Goals 5 Assists -3 ***
With J20 Skellefteå: 2 Games 2 Goals 1 Assist +5

Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Vityaz Moscow Region/VHL (Russian Minors) Moskova):

With KHL Vityaz: 42 Games 9 Goals 3 Assists +1 ***
With VHL Moskova: 3 Games 0 Goals 1 Assist -1


Patrik Hamrla G (3rd Round 2021 Czech3 Vyskov): 9-13-0 3.48 GAA

Yegor Naumov G (7th round 2021 Belarus Melodechno): Season started but Naumov is no longer showing as on their roster (or any roster)

Nikita Quapp G (6th round 2021 DEL Dusseldorfer): 0-5-0 4.08 GAA .870 Sv%

Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 KHL Minsk/Belarus Molodechno):

With KHL Minsk: 3-4-0 2.09 GAA .916 Sv% ****
With Belarus Molodechno: 3.56 GAA .897 Sv%

Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022 Czech2 Pardubice/Czech Pardubice)

With Czech2 Pardubice: 6-8-0 3.20 GAA .892 Sv% ***
With Czech Pardubice: 0-1-0 2.40 .800 Sv%

 

[cmaleski2]

Chicago Wolves last 2 weeks:

Feb 8 @Bakersfield W 4-3(OT) Martin with the win. Fensor (OT winner), Unger Sorum, Smith and Nadeau with the goals.
Feb 9 @Bakersfield L 4-0 Tokarski with the loss.
Feb 14 @Rockford L 6-3 Martin with the loss. Brind'Amour, Morrow and Nadeau with the goals
Feb 15 Cleveland L 4-1 Tokarski with the loss. Nadeau with the goal
Feb 16 Cleveland L 3-2 Martin with the loss. Brind'Amour and Slavin with the goals

Rough 2 weeks for the Wolves. They are still 4th in the AHL Central divisions but lost ground to the 3 teams ahead of them.

Nadeau's goal scoring heater continued, he is now T14 in the AHL in goals with 19 and is far and away the Chicago's goal scoring leader now. Ryan Suzuki leads the team in assists with 29 and points with 35 (Nadeau is right behind him now with 34 points)

3 Home Games this week. Thr v. Milwaukee, Sat v. Iowa, Sun v. Rockford Milwaukee is the Central Div leader. Iowa and Rockford are behind Chicago in the standings.

 

[cmaleski2]

I will say the most depressing part of updating the stats for our prospects is the Goalies. Most of our unsigned goalie prospects barely play at all, and if they do play, they stink. And of course there is Yegor Naumov who once again has completely disappeared.

As for our signed goalies 'prospects':

Ruslan Khazheyev:

With AHL Chicago: 4-9-0 3.33 GAA .876 Sv%
With ECHL Bloomingon: 0-1-0 6.65 GAA .800 Sv%

Yanev Perets:

With AHL Chicago: 1-2-1 3.93 GAA .846 Sv%
With ECHL Bloomingon: 8-7-1 2.08 GAA .935 Sv%

Perets has been great for Bloomington. Khazheyev is getting zero playing time now in Chicago. Russian leagues will be starting their playoffs in about 4 weeks, so it's a bit too late to ship him back to Russia for the rest of the season.

 

[jeffbear]

I'm right there with you on the goalie situation. We are plowing towards the end of the second goalie cycle that's going to end with the Canes looking for a UFA or a trade in the summer. That's both risky and expensive. And in the intervening 6 years, your development program has produced one NHL goalie ... and he may or may not even be capable of being a fulltime starter and is kind of a lunatic ... and prospect we traded out for an NHL asset. Time to change the recipe because that's just too lean to be sustainable.

The Hurricanes have been throwing darts at the deep end of the Russian pool hoping to hit on another Kochetkov but the quantity approach hasn't been encouraging. Other than that, they've grabbed one friend of a friend out of college and a couple of random European long shots. Given how stinking expensive it is to pry a decent goalie away from another club (either in acquisition cost or contract cost, or both) I think it's getting to be time for them to re-think the draft plan for the position group. Right now, the most reliable source of NHL-quality keepers is the US colleges and that doesn't look like it's changing anytime soon. I'd be all in favor of redirecting some scouting staff resources to identify a couple of college bound prospects and then doing what it takes to line them up in the draft ... rather than chucking a bunch of lower round prayers out and hoping one of them lands. Either that, or maybe they can scout the crap out of other teams' programs and identify a couple of developing keepers and get them in before they hit the NHL and get expensive to acquire. Something's gotta give in goal.