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Les Habitants Prospects Thread

This JT Wyman is turning some heads...I'm hearing he's a very good skater.

I'm very curious, haven't seen him at development camps so have no clue.

Size,speed, goal scorer....I like it !!!
 
According to Guy Quon Dave, one who follows the Dogs regularly, the team played a completely different game in front of Danis than in front of Price.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but it sounds to me like the players wanted Danis back for at least one game. And they gave their all for him. He earned it anyways.

By the way, I heard this morning that some reporter wrote that Price was a bit lazy in his game preparation. Heard that yesterday I believe (around 6:00 AM). Did anybody pick it up?
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Ya Mon,

Qui Gon's period by period analysis are truly excellent to help follow how the Dogs players are doing.

Qui Gon Dave is a poster on HF, detailed reports of Dogs game in the Hamilton stick threads. Great reads, every game, in particular his good coverage of the development of
Vale"Tank"o and Carle.
 
Future watch

WHL

Though only in his first season patrolling the Edmonton Oil Kings’ blue line, Cameron Cepek is in the midst of a solid season in the Alberta capital. The California native leads all Oil Kings defensemen with 20 points, including seven goals, in 40 games and leads the entire Edmonton roster with 86 penalty minutes.

Further south, Ryan White, of the Calgary Hitmen, has had an extra jump in his step in meetings with his fellow 2006 Habs draftee, notching five points in two games. The Brandon, Manitoba native now has 41 points in 42 games this season.


USHL

Andrew Conboy’s productive campaign has propelled the Omaha Lancers to second place overall in the USHL. The Canadiens’ seventh pick in the 2007 draft, Conboy has nine goals and 13 assists in 32 games and has racked up 124 penalty minutes, the most among the Lancers.

Quietly progressing without much fanfare is defensemen Scott Kishel, of the Sioux Falls Stampede. The 18-year-old, Montreal’s ninth selection in the 2007 draft, has picked up a pair of points in his last four games, bringing his season total to seven in 29 contests so far.


NCAA

Over the last two weeks, defenseman David Fischer, the Canadiens’ first-round pick in 2006, has put a lid on claims that he’s behind in his development. Despite a tough season that has Minnesota State hovering near the bottom of the Big Ten standings, Fischer has four points in his last three games.

Back at the University of Michigan after suiting up for Team USA at the World Junior Hockey Championship where he suffered a knee injury, Max Pacioretty has appeared in just one of the Wolverines’ last three contests. With a stellar record of 20-2-0, Michigan sits atop the American university standings. Pacioretty has been a key contributor to his team’s success with 19 points in as many games, in addition to a plus-16 differential.

In his third season at Dartmouth University, J.T. Wyman is cruising right along. The right-winger, chosen 100th overall by the Canadiens in 2004, has potted 10 goals and 10 assists in just 15 games so far this season, tops among the Big Green. Teammate and fellow Canadiens draftee Joe Stejskal, a blue-liner known for his physical style of play, ranks second on the New Hampshire university roster with 18 penalty minutes.

Overlooked by Team USA for the recent World Junior squad, Ryan McDonagh continues to have a solid freshman campaign at the University of Wisconsin. Though he was held off the scoresheet last weekend against Colorado College, the second-best team in the US, McDonagh has earned nine points in 20 games.

Philippe Paquet, a defenseman at Clarkson University, has suited up for just eight games this season. Paquet, whose game consists of speed and physicality, is in his third season with the Golden Knights.


QMJHL

Rimouski's recent acquisition of Keven Veilleux has been nothing but good news for centre Olivier Fortier. The Habs’ third-round pick in 2007 has amassed seven points in six games, to help lead the Oceanic to victory in three of their last four games.


OHL

Kitchener Rangers defenseman Yannick Weber closed out the recent World Junior Hockey Championship as the points leader among blue-liners, with six points in six games. Despite his personal success, Canada’s Drew Doughty and Sweden’s Victor Hedman were named as the tournament’s First Team All-Star defensemen.

Back with the Belleville Bulls after earning a gold medal with Team Canada, P.K. Subban has picked up right where he left off before the holidays, with two points in two games and plus-4 differential.

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2 more goals for JT last night...he has 13 in 17 games for Dartmouth. For those of you who do not follow college hockey 13 goals in 17 is outstanding...
 
Last game, 1/1 after regular shootout, into sudden death shootout, Dogs score, outstanding kick save off the toe by Price, Dogs win 3/2.

Pavel Valentenko is consistently improving.
 
As well as talent and drafting order, I think freshness counts for something in the world of prospect ranking. McDonagh, Pacioretty and Subban are newbies....

Players who have recently been drafted have more potential because being so young they have far more room (and time) to grow and develop. The older a prospect gets, the faster the window of opportunity for him to make it to the show closes.

As a side note, during the junior tourney the announcers were commenting on the fact that the U.S. D lacked speed anad offensive creativity which a player like McDonough or Fischer could have provided.
 
Players who have recently been drafted have more potential because being so young they have far more room (and time) to grow and develop. The older a prospect gets, the faster the window of opportunity for him to make it to the show closes.

As a side note, during the junior tourney the announcers were commenting on the fact that the U.S. D lacked speed anad offensive creativity which a player like McDonough or Fischer could have provided.

There is a massive amount of politics involved as well... as in all of the entertainment business, representation almost counts more than actual talent level. Hard work and results never hurt a career, but timing, vision, planning and investment have to be there...
McD, and Fish are in the plan...
The trick is to diminish the odds...
 
According to Guy Quon Dave, one who follows the Dogs regularly, the team played a completely different game in front of Danis than in front of Price.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but it sounds to me like the players wanted Danis back for at least one game. And they gave their all for him. He earned it anyways.

By the way, I heard this morning that some reporter wrote that Price was a bit lazy in his game preparation. Heard that yesterday I believe (around 6:00 AM). Did anybody pick it up?

2.2 may do that sometimes
 
I was watching the Kitchener-Belleville game on tv last night and got to see some of Weber and Subban. Weber scored his 19th goal of the season (his 17th on the pp!!!) and Subban was all over the place - so fast! Kitchener won 2-1 and it was an excellent hockey game.
 
So of any Habs prospect not currently under contract, who will be first to make the team?

Emelin?
White?
Pacioretty?
McDonagh?
Subban?

I'd have to go with Emelin, though either of last year's first rounders could make the team sooner than expected.
 
So of any Habs prospect not currently under contract, who will be first to make the team?

Emelin?
White?
Pacioretty?
McDonagh?
Subban?

I'd have to go with Emelin, though either of last year's first rounders could make the team sooner than expected.

I'd have to go with Emelin too - that is, if he ever comes to North America. The others with the exception of maybe White are more than likely long term projects...:iagree:
 
I'd have to go with Emelin too - that is, if he ever comes to North America. The others with the exception of maybe White are more than likely long term projects...

From what I've read it sounds like Pacioretty and McDonagh are closer to the NHL than most people would expect.
 
Emelin will win rookie of the year. And bou will be traded no later than before training camp.
 
Dogs blanked for second straight game

01/26/08

HAMILTON, ON - The Hamilton Bulldogs suffered a 2-0 loss to their division rivals the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night at Copps Coliseum. The loss drops Hamilton's record to 19-19-1-5 heading into the All-Star break.

After a scoreless opening period, the Crunch struck first at 4:45 of the second frame on the power play. Adam Pineault jumped on the rebound from a shot by Gilbert Brule and deposited the puck into the net. Clay Wilson also drew an assist on Pineault's 13th goal of the season.

At 12:04 of the third period, Trevor Frischmon was awarded a penalty shot for Syracuse. Frischmon walked in all alone on Bulldogs' goaltender Carey Price and rung a shot off of the post to keep the score at 1-0.

Syracuse made amends for the missed opportunity on the penalty shot when Clay Wilson fired a shot over the blocker of Price at 14:00 of the third stanza. Alexandre Picard and Trevor Frischmon assisted on Wilson's seventh marker of the campaign.

Price made 33 saves on 35 shots for Hamilton in the loss, while Syracuse netminder Adam Munro stopped all 16 of the shots he faced to earn the win and was named the game's third star.

The Bulldogs were 0-for-8 with the man advantage, while the Crunch went 1-for-7 on the power play.

Combined with a 4-0 shutout loss last night against the Quad City Flames, Hamilton has been held scoreless for a span of 135:47.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3585297http://
 
Nice read on Ryan McDonagh - insight from his coach former NHL'er Mike Eaves, compares him more to Mike Komisarek than a former protege Ryan Suter.

McDonagh comparé à Komisarek!

Mathias Brunet
La Presse

Le premier choix du Canadien en 2007, le défenseur Ryan McDonagh, aurait du Mike Komisarek dans le nez, paraît-il.

L'affirmation a de quoi étonner, d'autant plus que Mike Komisarek est droitier et que McDonagh est gaucher et que celui-ci concède actuellement une trentaine de livres au gros défenseur du Canadien.

Mais lorsque le commentaire émane de l'entraîneur de McDonagh chez les Badgers de Wisconsin, Mike Eaves, un homme qui a pu suivre les progrès de Komisarek au sein des équipes nationales juniors américaines, il faut le prendre au sérieux.

«On me demande souvent de le comparer à Ryan Suter (premier choix des Predators en 2003), mais je dirais plutôt qu'il me rappelle quelqu'un que vous connaissez bien à Montréal, Mike Komisarek, confiait Eaves au bout du fil il y a quelques jours lors d'un entretien téléphonique avec La Presse. Ryan n'est pas le style de joueur à transporter la rondelle d'un bout à l'autre de la patinoire. Ce n'est donc pas le défenseur offensif typique. Mais sa façon de défendre son territoire, son positionnement, son acharnement, sa force physique, sa première passe et surtout ses nombreuses mises en échec percutantes me rappellent Komisarek. Je sais que Komisarek est plus imposant physiquement, mais McDonagh, à 205 livres, est déjà mature sur le plan physique et vous seriez surpris à quel point il est solide sur ses patins. Il aime frapper, vous verrez»

Eaves, ancien attaquant des North Stars et des Flames, n'est pas le dernier venu. Il a mené l'équipe nationale américaine junior à la seule médaille d'or de son histoire au Championnat mondial en 2004. Deux ans plus tard, il remportait le Championnat national de la NCAA avec Wisconsin. Depuis qu'il a accepté le poste d'entraîneur en chef des Badgers en 2002, neuf de ses joueurs ont atteint la LNH, dont Ryan Suter, Joe Pavelski, Jack Skille, René Bourque et Tom Gilbert, toutes des vedettes montantes.

Même s'il est âgé d'à peine 18 ans, McDonagh est déjà un pilier chez les Badgers. Le jeune homme a amassé 12 points, dont cinq buts, en 26 matchs, et sa fiche de +8 lui confère le troisième rang du club à ce chapitre, deuxième chez les défenseurs derrière son partenaire Jamie McBain, choix de deuxième ronde des Hurricanes en 2006.

«Ryan a été bon, très bon pour nous même depuis le début de la saison, lance le coach. La différence de calibre est énorme entre l'école secondaire et les rangs collégiaux, mais réussit à corriger ses erreurs grâce à sa grande mobilité. On ne donne pas toujours beaucoup de responsabilités aux recrues, surtout les défenseurs, mais Ryan est très mature pour son âge et on n'hésite pas à l'employer en supériorité et infériorité numériques, et il fait partie de notre premier quatuor de défenseurs. On n'est pas inquiets lorsqu'il est sur la glace, même contre les meilleurs joueurs adverses.»

Mike Eaves s'est retrouvé dans une position inconfortable lorsque son poulain a été ignoré par l'équipe nationale junior américaine lors du Championnat mondial junior. L'entraîneur en chef de l'équipe américaine, John Hynes, était l'adjoint d'Eaves lorsque celui-ci entamé sa carrière d'entraîneur à Wisconsin, et Hynes occupait ce même rôle pour Eaves lors du Championnat mondial junior en 2004.

«J'ai été un peu surpris, c'est sûr, d'autant plus qu'ils l'ont surveillé de près avant de prendre leur décision, mais je n'ai pas voulu en discuter avec lui, de dire Eaves. Je sais dans quelle position il se trouvait pour l'avoir occupée moi-même. Il avait un plan en tête et les défenseurs qu'il a choisis devaient mieux répondre à ce plan. Ça aurait été une belle expérience pour Ryan mais j'ai adoré sa réaction quand il a su qu'il ne serait pas du tournoi. Il m'a regardé droit dans les yeux en me disant que ça allait faire de lui un meilleur joueur et qu'il allait leur montrer qu'il aurait dû y être. Et depuis ce temps, il joue encore mieux. On le sent de plus en plus confiant avec la rondelle. Il sera avec l'équipe l'an prochain, c'est sûr.»

À moins qu'il ne se joigne au Canadien d'ici là comme l'avait fait Suter avec les Predators après seulement un an dans la NCAA.

«J'aimerais évidemment le garder encore l'an prochain, mais je ne connais pas les intentions du Canadien. Je sais qu'ils le suivent de près et que ses recruteurs discutent régulièrement avec notre entraîneur des défenseurs Mark Osiecki. Physiquement, il serait prêt à entamer sa carrière chez les professionnels. Mais ici, il peut se développer à son rythme, ses petites erreurs n'ont pas de conséquences aussi importantes que s'il jouait dans la Ligue nationale. Dans le cas de Suter, il était venu me voir en me disant qu'il ne pouvait refuser une telle somme d'argent. Avec le recul, peut-être aurait-il pris un an de plus avec nous. Le Canadien saura prendre la bonne décision dans l'intérêt de tous.»

Link: http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080128/CPSPORTS0101/801280787/5128/CPSPORTS01
 
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