Prospect depth

[Dragon]

I think we traded Cory Urquhart already? How come he is still included in the Habs prospect chart?

[Chomsky]

[quote=ND Irish;14210574]

Originally Posted by montreal

I changed the depth chart on my site for now, until I figure out a better format and how to make it look better.

our prospect depth at my site shows how bad of shape we are in with our goalies and there's concern at the forward position as well with our defense being our big strength especially RD, nothing new of course.



Motreal, thanks for the updates.

To me at least, looks like Gainey is rebuilding the Habs "from the back-end" (i.e. from the goal/defense outward).

Regarding forwards -- you spoke "generally" (which is OK).

As a fan, my biggest concern, not only on the farm team (i.e. player development) but also for the near future is the Habs centre ice position.

Koivu, to me, is by far Habs best centre -- when he slows down or retires I see no prospects in the organization who could come close to filling his spot (in terms of equal or similar skill)!

Maxwell (2nd line potential), White (3rd-4th line potential), Pacioretty "could" play at centre, ,same for Skost, Fortier (Two-way centre)...

[montreal]

Originally Posted by Corey

Maxwell doesn't sound like the kind of player who could become an NHL playoff hero. Am I right?

I think it's too early in his development to answer that, especially since he's missed about a full season of development time due to injuries. First lets see how he adapts to the AHL and go from there.

Originally Posted by ND Irish

Regarding forwards -- you spoke "generally" (which is OK). As a fan, my biggest concern, not only on the farm team (i.e. player development) but also for the near future is the Habs centre ice position. Koivu, to me, is by far Habs best centre -- when he slows down or retires I see no prospects in the organization who could come close to filling his spot (in terms of equal or similar skill)!

Well that's the problem, we don't have much in terms of forward prospects due to guys moving up full time. Chipchura could be next, leaving us with Pacioretty, Maxwell White D'Agostini as our main forward prospects plus some depth forwards. There's not a lot of concern since we have a number of young players in the lineup but it's something that I would think Timmins and his staff will address in the next couple of drafts.

Originally Posted by Dragon

I think we traded Cory Urquhart already? How come he is still included in the Habs prospect chart?

Well he's not in the prospect depth chart cause I just redid so I know he's not listed. His profile is still there though as we only officially loaned him, so we still own his rights. I know it was said that we traded him but that it wouldn't be announced officially until this summer, so I thought I would wait until it's officially announced.

[Templeton]

Originally Posted by peperebougon

Anybody can give me some info on loverock??

He is a third goalie on the worst team of the OHL ...