Heard, Patterson, Malone, Meurs, Nermark, Beaupre, Bourke imho. Haven't seen enough from Bourke to justify him over the more developed guys yet, but Heard at least has some extra development in him to make him more ready-made.
at this point im going connolly until he gets it, the difference between him and olver is not much different , except that connolly is more skilled and olver has more grit.
at this point im going connolly until he gets it, the difference between him and olver is not much different , except that connolly is more skilled and olver has more grit.
Hate to inform you, but Connolly looks to have a 0.1% of ever being an impactful prospect.
I will say this about Pickard. He reminds me a lot of Vokoun in terms of he has the ability to make a game changing save in one period and let in a game breaking goal in the next.
Hate to inform you, but Connolly looks to have a 0.1% of ever being an impactful prospect.
he didnt look out of place in the last two games he played in last year, other than his size, and im sure he'll see some games this year once injury occur's , if there is a season, this guys on a new training regiment and is going to bring it at training camp. whether or not he's going to be impactful is one thing but were getting into territory of guys who might never play a game in the nhl.
he didnt look out of place in the last two games he played in last year, other than his size, and im sure he'll see some games this year once injury occur's , if there is a season, this guys on a new training regiment and is going to bring it at training camp. whether or not he's going to be impactful is one thing but were getting into territory of guys who might never play a game in the nhl.
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Why do you say that?
There was nothing special about his game to distinguish him from any of the Avs other prospects. Olver and Malone should (and are imo) ahead of him at this time. Hishon and Sgarbossa will be ahead of him. Walker, Mercier and Carey might even be ahead of him because they would be better suited for 4th line duty than Connolly.
His call-up was typical of guys brought up, they give everything they've got game one in the hopes of impressing, games two-four is where you evaluate them to see if they might stick and he had a pretty bad game in my opinion. Sure, small sample size, but I can't imagine a scenario where he evens gets to see NHL time next season.
Would love to eat my words, but at this point I expect no better than a career AHLer out him, whereas we've still got a ton of guys that at least have potential to try and crack the NHL roster.
There was nothing special about his game to distinguish him from any of the Avs other prospects. Olver and Malone should (and are imo) ahead of him at this time. Hishon and Sgarbossa will be ahead of him. Walker, Mercier and Carey might even be ahead of him because they would be better suited for 4th line duty than Connolly.
His call-up was typical of guys brought up, they give everything they've got game one in the hopes of impressing, games two-four is where you evaluate them to see if they might stick and he had a pretty bad game in my opinion. Sure, small sample size, but I can't imagine a scenario where he evens gets to see NHL time next season.
Would love to eat my words, but at this point I expect no better than a career AHLer out him, whereas we've still got a ton of guys that at least have potential to try and crack the NHL roster.
He very well could be nothing. I just wouldn't write him off yet, he's put up good numbers everywhere he's been and he's still young. You could tell he had skill from his brief stint here.
