Prospect Playoff Update

[montreal]

Here's the updated stats for our remaining prospects still in the playoffs.

www.hfboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86365

Puurula, Milroy, Archer, Linhart, Ferland, Michaud are the only ones left.

[MPLABBE]

thanks...what about the Russian kids?

[montreal]

Marc said:

thanks...what about the Russian kids?

Perezhogin, Buturlin, Korneev, Tarasov, are all out of the playoffs. There stats are listed in another thread here.

[seventeen]

Thanks Montreal. That one guy just wouldn't get it, would he? A deep draft is going to net you better prospects, pointe finale. That's like complaining McDonalds just doesn't serve as good a meal as the Four Seasons and blaming the McDonalds cooks.

It's way too early to judge Linhart. I got the feeling at his draft that he's a defensive defenseman who hits hard. I don't expect offense from him and its so true that the first year in a new country is difficult. Next year will be a much better place from which to judge.

[GMan77]

seventeen said:

Thanks Montreal. That one guy just wouldn't get it, would he? A deep draft is going to net you better prospects, pointe finale. That's like complaining McDonalds just doesn't serve as good a meal as the Four Seasons and blaming the McDonalds cooks.

It's way too early to judge Linhart. I got the feeling at his draft that he's a defensive defenseman who hits hard. I don't expect offense from him and its so true that the first year in a new country is difficult. Next year will be a much better place from which to judge.

Good point.
Just look at Markov went he first got here... 'nuff said.

I haven't seen him play, but I don't expect much from Linhart... I'm not throwing the towel in his case but I consider him a bonus if he turns out to be able to make the NHL club.

Besides he's a LD and we already have Markov, Hainsey, Souray, Beauchemin, Bouillon there (I won't even mention Dykhuis & Traverse).

The more capable D men the better, I'm just saying we'll be more than fine at LD if he doesn't make it.

[montreal]

seventeen said:

Thanks Montreal. That one guy just wouldn't get it, would he? A deep draft is going to net you better prospects, pointe finale. That's like complaining McDonalds just doesn't serve as good a meal as the Four Seasons and blaming the McDonalds cooks.

It's way too early to judge Linhart. I got the feeling at his draft that he's a defensive defenseman who hits hard. I don't expect offense from him and its so true that the first year in a new country is difficult. Next year will be a much better place from which to judge.

Yea I was surprised that some people want to write off a 18 year old playing his first season in North America, where from what I understand, he doesn't know much English. Yes he didn't have the best season, and he's only played 1 playoff game so far, but no way would I write him off just yet.



Also Joni Puurula's season is now over. He won his final game, in the bronze round. And according to a Finnish poster at HF, Puurula has finished his miltary duty.