dégeulasses aussi lol
- Pat1993

Mais y’ont une criss de bonne microbrasserie

😃

Its Chipchura, had high hopes for him until he sliced his heel open
- obie

always a good sign when your first round draft picks best attributes are checking ability and leadership

Not a big point producer no, had a solid all around game though
- obie

he was the best player on that Prince Albert team by a long shot though.


those guys sucked.

I'm all for them signing all their worthy draft picks to contracts and forget about the whole "signing AHL veterans" thing.
- BashCH

Anyway, all their underachiever prospects are becoming AHL veterans.

Mais y’ont une criss de bonne microbrasserie
- _nay_

la Kahnawake Brewing Co?

Not a big point producer no, had a solid all around game though
- obie

Well no, he was strictly defensive so not a good all around game at all.

always a good sign when your first round draft picks best attributes are checking ability and leadership
- DoubleDown

The scouts rated him 10/10 on intangibles.

The scouts rated him 10/10 on intangibles.
- _nay_

Travis Zajac was really high on my list

-Trevor Timmins

The scouts rated him 10/10 on intangibles.
- _nay_

me too!

😃

Its Chipchura, had high hopes for him until he sliced his heel open
- obie

Dude still had a decent NHL career as a bottom 6 forward.

me too!
- kicksave856

i was at a 9/10

la Kahnawake Brewing Co?
- Pat1993

Ouais, j’ai pas mangé là, mais leur bière torche pas mal.

i was at a 9/10
- Niatnouf

i have no discernible talents that stand out.

my intangibles are off the chart though.

i have no discernible talents that stand out.

my intangibles are off the chart though.
- kicksave856

control what you can control.

takes no talent to be on time, try hard, keep a positive attitude and be a good teammate.

I'm all for them signing all their worthy draft picks to contracts and forget about the whole "signing AHL veterans" thing.
- BashCH

I'm too lazy to do the research, but I wonder... among teams that won a Calder Cup, say in the last 10 years, how many of those were built with actual prospects that went on to have great NHL careers?

In my opinion, legit great players don't spend more than a year or two in the AHL.

I think the real question is, are Nick Kypreos and Dr. Recchi the same person?

Ce hockeyeur surdoué n’est âgé que de deux ans!
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I'm too lazy to do the research, but I wonder... among teams that won a Calder Cup, say in the last 10 years, how many of those were built with actual prospects that went on to have great NHL careers?

In my opinion, legit great players don't spend more than a year or two in the AHL.
- stinger67

agreed.

young kids and AHL lifers

Guy couldn't break the PPG in juniors, don't know where the hype came from other than captain at WJC thing
- MortChicken

Wasn't there a sliced achille tendon injury in his case and that he wasn't the same player afterwards?

Wasn't there a sliced achille tendon injury in his case and that he wasn't the same player afterwards?
- stinger67

After juniors, pretty sure it happened at a Habs training camp

I'm too lazy to do the research, but I wonder... among teams that won a Calder Cup, say in the last 10 years, how many of those were built with actual prospects that went on to have great NHL careers?

In my opinion, legit great players don't spend more than a year or two in the AHL.
- stinger67

yup. a CHLer who makes the NHL before 20 will probably be good same with University. If they do 4/5 years or junior or graduate university and go to the AHL they probably will not be consistent NHLers. And Euros tend to stay in Europe for the money so they stay or play in the show

After juniors, pretty sure it happened at a Habs training camp
- obie

https://www.hockeycanada....en-ca/news/2005-wjc048-en

yup. a CHLer who makes the NHL before 20 will probably be good same with University. If they do 4/5 years or junior or graduate university and go to the AHL they probably will not be consistent NHLers. And Euros send to stay in Europe for the money so they stay or play in the show
- mr.peanut

unless they played on the red wings pre-Larkin of course

agreed.

young kids and AHL lifers
- Niatnouf

That's probably what Bouchard told Barber and Varone.

You are AHL lifers, accept it.

https://www.hockeycanada....en-ca/news/2005-wjc048-en
- Niatnouf

👍

So a year and a half after he was drafted