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Post by seventeen on Oct 6, 2005 0:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Oct 6, 2005 7:07:31 GMT -5
Not bad for the Gui who was the second best player in the Q until this season.
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Post by SchoonerGuy on Oct 12, 2005 21:36:49 GMT -5
1 goal, 2 assists, and an amazing 14 shots in a Friday night 5-4 loss to Gatineau.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 13, 2005 0:28:21 GMT -5
A goal and an assist and 12 shots, loss to Quebec 5-4, tonight. What's with his team?
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Oct 13, 2005 8:02:12 GMT -5
Early returns indicate that GUI will interface with the Habs next season. Click, click, hooray!
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Post by habmeister on Oct 21, 2005 15:46:10 GMT -5
maybe someone should put the qmjhl scorings leaders link on here. ah, what the heck, i'll do it. tinyurl.com/bnq85he's way down the list, but has only played in half the games of the guys in front of him. |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Oct 24, 2005 17:20:29 GMT -5
According to those stats, he isn't the highest scoring Latendresse in the QMJHL or even the highest Guillaume. Where are the run-him-outta towners who are ready to give up on him?  |
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Post by Doc Holliday on Oct 24, 2005 17:42:24 GMT -5
Latendresse is experiencing what Timmins refers to as "NHL hangover". Be it a kid that did everything, beat the competition and earned his spot almost made it in camp, who now needs to find motivating elements in their demotions. Carey Price is in the same boat BTW.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Oct 24, 2005 19:18:11 GMT -5
Latendresse is experiencing what Timmins refers to as "NHL hangover". Be it a kid that did everything, beat the competition and earned his spot almost made it in camp, who now needs to find motivating elements in their demotions. Carey Price is in the same boat BTW. When a team has invested soooo...............much in a player (draft pick, time, money, coaching, medicals etc.) it makes no sense to give up prematurely when all doesn't go as rosy as planned. Many have gone on th success elsewhere when we gave up too soon. That said, two players with less potential upside are doing very well. Juri Hudler is leading the AHL in scoring. Corey Locke is leading the Bulldogs in scoring. Both these guys are small and will never be 6"2" 220 lbs. Both these guys put up big numbers at every level they played. Success breeds success. The intangibles that help a 15 year old in midget hockey are the same qualities that help him succeed as a 23 year old in the AHL. Glory is not always to the swiftest or strongest. Perseverence and character counts. One day Kasty may look up and see Locke playing his heart out, Begin banging guys twice his size, Chipchura backchecking as fast as he can and Latendresse mixing it up in the slot. Maybe it will click. Hossa and Chouinard relied on their size, skill and names. They didn't give 100%. If they saw success it was because of their god given talent, not their grit and determination. When the chips are down and you have to get dirty and give up the body for a goal, those guys won't be there to help the team. Rucinsky and Czerkawski can float and and pot a few goals here and there. I don't want that kind of player on my team. I'd rather see Bouillion give 100% of a 190 lb. check than see Chouinard throw 20% of a 215 lb. check. Dagenais lacks skating skill, but put a loose puck in the slot and he drives to get it and shoots as hard as he can. |
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Post by Skilly on Oct 25, 2005 21:33:41 GMT -5
Early returns indicate that GUI will interface with the Habs next season. Click, click, hooray! Ok I won't ask why you are talking about Graphical User Intefaces (crap you made me think of work ..damn you!) ....... but even last year wasn't the second best player the guy on Crosby's wing? (name begins with a "P" I believe .... I barely heard of "The Tenderizer" until the draft. |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 11, 2005 13:35:37 GMT -5
Just saw my first latendresse watch. It has Mickey Mouse on the face with his hands in hockey gauntlets.
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Post by Doc Holliday on Nov 17, 2005 19:33:41 GMT -5
After 17 games he's 20th in goal scored and 7th in PowerPlay goal despite the fact that he missed 6-7 games.... Pretty decent. Said that he's just starting to get back his concentration. www.rds.ca/lhjmq/chroniques/191885.htmlGUY-GUY-GUY! |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 18, 2005 0:40:50 GMT -5
After 17 games he's 20th in goal scored and 7th in PowerPlay goal despite the fact that he missed 6-7 games.... Pretty decent. Said that he's just starting to get back his concentration. www.rds.ca/lhjmq/chroniques/191885.htmlGUY-GUY-GUY! He's playing well and would be starting ahead of Dags, Pleks, Higgs or Perez if he could be called up. He isn't measured just in terms of goals and assists. He'll have a better shot at rookie of the year next year. |
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Post by IamCanadiens on Nov 18, 2005 15:07:51 GMT -5
[quote author=habsfaninla board=Scouting thread=1128575257 post=1132292450 He'll have a better shot at rookie of the year next year.[/quote]
Malkin couldn't have said it any better. No wait, he already did.
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Post by seventeen on Nov 19, 2005 1:19:17 GMT -5
Another loss for Drummondville. Their goaltending must suck big time. They had 63 shots on goal and Gui had 13 of them, yet lose 5-4. yeesh. tinyurl.com/czpt5 |
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Post by halihab on Nov 21, 2005 21:54:21 GMT -5
3 goals and 1 assist, player of the game in quebec-russian all-star game. Boy could the habs use him now. Derek Brassard also looks good.
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Post by blny on Nov 21, 2005 21:56:24 GMT -5
There's a big difference between what he saw tonight and what he'd see in the NHL. He's been struggling this year, and wanted to use this game as a pick-me-up.
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Post by PTH on Nov 22, 2005 18:22:36 GMT -5
Latendresse is experiencing what Timmins refers to as "NHL hangover". Be it a kid that did everything, beat the competition and earned his spot almost made it in camp, who now needs to find motivating elements in their demotions. Carey Price is in the same boat BTW. Well, Price didn't have a chance and knew it, so I think it's not the way either one was treated that gave them a "down" period, just that it's always a bore going from high-caliber player and environment to Junior-level buss trips and carrying the equipment bags yourself all over the place. I still think sending down GL was the right call if we weren't sure to give him enough ice time, even if he may have been a decent contender in camp. And really, had we kept GL, would he be getting all that much ice time? Dagenais has been a spare part much of the time and the ice time he's had would be terrible from a developmental point of view, and really other than him the whole of the forwards corps has done well. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Nov 22, 2005 20:16:10 GMT -5
Gui had a chance last night to play with his brother for the first time in ages, to play in front of the home town crowd, to play on TV for a national audience, and to play in front of the head scout and some Team Canada WJC brass. That was the game to show that he can pick up where he left off at the WJC summer camp and the Habs training camp.
Mission accomplished.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Nov 23, 2005 22:36:35 GMT -5
Gui gets another two goals against the Russians and gets his second straight player of the game award. Mathieu Aubin had a decent game with two assists and had a great shift at the end of the game shorthanded. Nice game for the Hab wannabees.
Gui definitely made his mark again for the Team Canada brass.
Off to the OHL tomorrow and a chance to see Matt D'Agostino and friends take their chance against the Russians. Next week, Chipper and Price get their shot.
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Post by Cranky on Nov 23, 2005 23:21:59 GMT -5
I recorded the game and just finished watching it. Boy, I am impressed with Goony. We finally have the power forward that we desparatly need.
His play is similar to Ryders. I can't really tell how fast or quick he is from just watching him one game but he it looks more then adequate. He has "goal scoring" focus and drive to the net.
However.....
He is as big as they come as a junior so few of his peers are as strong or stronger then him to contain him. He is still big by NHL standards but now he needs to reach 235-240 pound range to have the equivilant physical advantage he now has in junior. The good news is that he is already a 215 pound 19 year old so another 15 pounds or so of muscle are easy.
Something to get excited about for next year....fer SURE!
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Post by seventeen on Nov 24, 2005 0:21:34 GMT -5
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Post by clear observer on Nov 24, 2005 13:01:13 GMT -5
Initially, without having a clue as to who this kid was, I thought Gainey paid too much ( 2 picks) to snag this guy...
...it may very-well end up being the "steal of the decade"!
He WILL be an NHL star for years to come!
CO
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Post by Doc Holliday on Nov 24, 2005 13:15:29 GMT -5
His play is similar to Ryders. I think Latendresse has more to him than Ryder. Like Ryder he has incredibly quick hands, but he's also a good playmaker than can make a great pass. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2005 15:08:42 GMT -5
He really should be with the Habs this year, no question.
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Post by Andrew on Nov 24, 2005 15:14:10 GMT -5
I was thrilled to hear that we got him having read Red Line's analysis - where they had him ranked 6th overall. Hopefully he and translate his game to the NHL - soon. "The biggest and strongest power winger this year is Guillaume Latendresse, who is not only huge at 6-2/220 pounds, but also freakishly strong. He's impossible to move off the puck, and few even attempt to drive him out of the crease. Though not at all dirty, Latendresse often injures opposing defensemen with the sheer force of his crushing hits in the corners and along the walls. He's a heavy-footed skater, but has soft, quick hands and a nice release on his shot." www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/woodlief/2005-07-08-red-line-report_x.htm |
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Post by clear observer on Nov 24, 2005 17:56:44 GMT -5
I was thrilled to hear that we got him having read Red Line's analysis - where they had him ranked 6th overall. Hopefully he and translate his game to the NHL - soon. "The biggest and strongest power winger this year is Guillaume Latendresse, who is not only huge at 6-2/220 pounds, but also freakishly strong. He's impossible to move off the puck, and few even attempt to drive him out of the crease. Though not at all dirty, Latendresse often injures opposing defensemen with the sheer force of his crushing hits in the corners and along the walls. He's a heavy-footed skater, but has soft, quick hands and a nice release on his shot." www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/woodlief/2005-07-08-red-line-report_x.htmI agree wholeheartedly with this analysis. This is EXACTLY what we saw of Gui during the pre-season...as well....we saw this against NHL players. This kid could EASILY play in the bigs not only next year...but next game. It's been a LOOOONG time coming since I've been THIS excited about an up-and-comer...not since Koivu, I suppose...and this kid IS the real-deal, the quintessential "power-forward" we've been missing since the BIG M moved out. He's a "sniper" a "playmaker" AND he deivers "bone-crushing hit". An added plus is that he's a home-town boy whom we've already seen WILL NOT crack whilst in the limelight...who embraces it, in fact. I truly am shocked that he did not go earlier in the draft. Folks, I'm convinced we struck gold with Gui. CO |
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Post by clear observer on Nov 24, 2005 18:02:18 GMT -5
He really should be with the Habs this year, no question. Well he certainly won a spot, and is more than capable...this is certain...but we really needed to see what the other rookies were made of too...they paid their dues and truly must be afforded their opportunity. Up to this point, they have not disappointed making the decision to leave Gui more time to develop and mature the correct one. He'll DEFINITELY be worth the wait. CO |
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Post by Toronthab on Nov 24, 2005 21:14:49 GMT -5
Habsaddict wrote "he is already a 215 pound 19 year old so another 15 pounds or so of muscle are easy."
Ha! Easy for you to say. I put on 15 pounds of pure muscle and my brain is working even more slowly.
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Post by Toronthab on Nov 24, 2005 21:49:57 GMT -5
He really should be with the Habs this year, no question. Well he certainly won a spot, and is more than capable...this is certain...but we really needed to see what the other rookies were made of too...they paid their dues and truly must be afforded their opportunity. Up to this point, they have not disappointed making the decision to leave Gui more time to develop and mature the correct one. He'll DEFINITELY be worth the wait. CO You're right CO and it was important to really find out for sure what we did and didn't have at the end of the day. Good Lord willin' and the crik don't rise, Gui Whiz (thankyou,thankyou) will be well habituated next year........YA BABY! |
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