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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 15, 2019 9:22:50 GMT -5
Our big 6’5” Danish goalie, Dichow, made his Swedish junior league debut this weekend and won two games and had a .967 save percentage in those games. Off to a good start.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 15, 2019 9:25:13 GMT -5
After a good preseason, nice to see Ylönen get his first goal of the season. A very quick release from in front on the PP. #72.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 15, 2019 9:30:04 GMT -5
CHL season about to start. McShane finished off his last game with two goals and Fonstad had a huge 2+2 night for PA in his last preseason match. These two will need big years as they will be in hunt for an ELC before next summer and things are getting more crowded with more and better quality prospects in the system. Some of the Euro prospects will also be in the ELC conversation next summer and who knows how soon Caufield will be ready to turn pro.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 18, 2019 14:09:47 GMT -5
Ylonen was in action again today. I have only seen highlights so far this year, but what I like is he is going to the net much more (he was a perimeter player before) and he is taking the play to defenders, using his speed and edge work, and often drawing penalties. Even if you don't get on the scoreboard, coaches will love these kinds of shifts.
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Post by GNick99 on Sept 20, 2019 8:08:45 GMT -5
Ylonen was in action again today. I have only seen highlights so far this year, but what I like is he is going to the net much more (he was a perimeter player before) and he is taking the play to defenders, using his speed and edge work, and often drawing penalties. Even if you don't get on the scoreboard, coaches will love these kinds of shifts. Good to hear about Ylonen. I remember he had a good IH tourney a few years back then fell way off. I haven't been able to follow hockey this fall. Work 60-80 hrs a week running a business, plus had the excavator up to the lake doing work. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 20, 2019 12:22:19 GMT -5
Absolutely brutal news for Ikonen, especially after missing so much of last season from a training injury in the off season. To say these are critical development years in a youngster's career is a massive understatement.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 20, 2019 12:23:01 GMT -5
A little better medical news for our other injured European prospect.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Sept 23, 2019 11:54:33 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Sept 23, 2019 13:46:49 GMT -5
Pierre Bouchard's old number. It's still available, non?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Sept 23, 2019 14:28:29 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 25, 2019 15:04:54 GMT -5
Mattias Norlinder is being eased back into the lineup after his injury this offseason. He was on fire today with two goals. The second was an absolute beauty!! #6 in red.
Note: He is playing in the Allsvensken, which is the Swedish 2nd league. So, he is playing against men.
I really liked this pick. If he keeps playing like this, he should be getting the call for the WJC team.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 25, 2019 15:08:43 GMT -5
And his defensive highlights.
And this play is defending and transition 101. Very well done.
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Post by seventeen on Sept 25, 2019 16:52:48 GMT -5
Some smart plays there. It looks like he almost got caught on a line change in that last clip as the forward had speed on him, but MN recovered without taking a penalty and then had great timing on the outlet pass. It was fast enough to exit, but slow enough to commit the defender who was initially moving in the wrong direction. .
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Post by seventeen on Sept 26, 2019 19:27:47 GMT -5
For some reason I can't get the Twitter embed thing to work properly so you can just click on the video. Regardless, here's a link because you'll want to look at this goal by Norlinder last night. I'm not much for hyperbole, but this is a very creative and amazingly skilled goal. We may have to raise our expectations for this 3rd round pick! He plays for Modo in the league below the Elite league (their version of the AHL), but it's still better than the CHL, I'd think. More older players. He had two goals so that's 2 points in 3 games and if his confidence isn't sky high after that goal....
Weird. I just copied and pasted without using the Twitter embed thing and it worked well enough. Yahoo.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Sept 26, 2019 20:22:24 GMT -5
For some reason I can't get the Twitter embed thing to work properly so you can just click on the video. Regardless, here's a link because you'll want to look at this goal by Norlinder last night. I'm not much for hyperbole, but this is a very creative and amazingly skilled goal. We may have to raise our expectations for this 3rd round pick! He plays for Modo in the league below the Elite league (their version of the AHL), but it's still better than the CHL, I'd think. More older players. He had two goals so that's 2 points in 3 games and if his confidence isn't sky high after that goal.... Weird. I just copied and pasted without using the Twitter embed thing and it worked well enough. Yahoo. WOW!! |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 27, 2019 14:40:12 GMT -5
Habs Eyes on the Prize had a quick chat with Norlinder after his two goal game.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 27, 2019 14:41:47 GMT -5
The video is really bad, but this is what good skating and hockey IQ can do for a mobile defender. Join in the offense and go to the net, and be able to get back up and get back to cover your man, angle him out on the boards, and get the puck back.
This play will make coaches smile.
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Post by folatre on Sept 27, 2019 15:45:37 GMT -5
Thanks guys. It is cool to see evidence that the organization now possesses a nice prospect pool of blueliners.
I may have never been as hopeful about Ikonen's game translating to the NHL as some, but I feel terrible for the kid with all of these injuries at such a critical juncture of his professional career.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 28, 2019 14:41:54 GMT -5
McShane with two goals last night, Hillis with two helpers. Here are McShane’s goals. #61 in red. Both need big year’s this year.
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Post by seventeen on Sept 28, 2019 17:34:00 GMT -5
Three points in 3 games so far. He'll need 1.5 ppg to make an impression, I'd think.
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Post by Cranky on Sept 29, 2019 13:09:57 GMT -5
Anybody know what this translates too?
Struble....Bench Press - 1st (9.42 W/kg)
W....is normally a watt.
Why are they trying to confuse me in my old age?
(PS...35 years ago, i built a universal weight machine. Monster build stregnth/quality and 300 plus pound of weights. Sitting there, unused for a couple of decades.)
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 29, 2019 21:24:50 GMT -5
Three points in 3 games so far. He'll need 1.5 ppg to make an impression, I'd think. Three more points today. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Sept 30, 2019 17:06:06 GMT -5
Norlinder able to show good lateral movement, find a seam, and snipe home another goal today.
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Post by GNick99 on Oct 1, 2019 0:31:48 GMT -5
Norlinder able to show good lateral movement, find a seam, and snipe home another goal today. If you were drafting where Timmins selected, who were your picks in this past draft? |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Oct 2, 2019 21:52:00 GMT -5
Norlinder able to show good lateral movement, find a seam, and snipe home another goal today. If you were drafting where Timmins selected, who were your picks in this past draft? Trying to follow my list and who would have been available, it might have looked something like this. R1-15: Cole Caufield. My two BPAs here were Caufield and Krebs. The elite goal scoring wins out. R2-46: Vladislav Kolyachonok. LD Flint/Belarus. An established LD, and I wanted a LD here. I had Struble on my list, but much lower due to rawness and weaker competition. R2-50: I would have been miffed too trading here. There were great options left. R3-64: Pavel Dorofeyev or Norlinder (I had Norlinder on my list for 77 when we only had one 3rd round pick). R3-77: Dorofeyev for sure. Too much talent at this point of the draft. Maybe Mikko Kokkonen if I wanted another LD or Alex Beaucage if I wanted a solid local pick. R5-126/131/138: Three of these guys on my list. Patrick Moynihan RW, Rhett Pitlick LW, Amy Raty RW, Albert Lychkasen RD. I also wanted a goalie this draft, so maybe a proven guy like Taylor Gauthier here too. And so on... |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Oct 2, 2019 21:55:48 GMT -5
Another goal from Norlinder. #6 in white.
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Post by folatre on Oct 2, 2019 22:26:57 GMT -5
This appears to be a great pick.
Forgive me if NW or someone else explained this back in June, why did this kid not get picked in 2018? Was he unlucky with injuries or is he perhaps just a quintessential late-bloomer?
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Oct 3, 2019 10:30:59 GMT -5
This appears to be a great pick. Forgive me if NW or someone else explained this back in June, why did this kid not get picked in 2018? Was he unlucky with injuries or is he perhaps just a quintessential late-bloomer? He started his pre-draft year with Modo' U18 team and then played the bulk of the season with their J20 team, but only as a #4/5 defender. He also had not played on any of the national teams, so he did not have any of that exposure that a lot of his age peers did. He really had not got his whole game together and was undersized physically. His game really took off last year, and he split it between Modo's mens' team in the Allsvenskan and then he returned to his J20 team for the playoffs and was the league playoff MVP. His skating really hit a new level. He also had a later growth spurt, but he still needs to grow into his body to handle the physical rigours of defending against men. His skating, vision and hockey IQ are top notch. That is why I was very high on him even though he had passed through one draft. And all I was going on was scouting reports and highlights, but he sounded like exactly the right type of LHD that we should be drafting. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Oct 4, 2019 11:39:21 GMT -5
Ylonen with a nice goal today. Speeding down the right wing, and nice finish from a great cross-crease pass. #72.
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 4, 2019 12:10:43 GMT -5
This appears to be a great pick. Forgive me if NW or someone else explained this back in June, why did this kid not get picked in 2018? Was he unlucky with injuries or is he perhaps just a quintessential late-bloomer? He started his pre-draft year with Modo' U18 team and then played the bulk of the season with their J20 team, but only as a #4/5 defender. He also had not played on any of the national teams, so he did not have any of that exposure that a lot of his age peers did. He really had not got his whole game together and was undersized physically. His game really took off last year, and he split it between Modo's mens' team in the Allsvenskan and then he returned to his J20 team for the playoffs and was the league playoff MVP. His skating really hit a new level. He also had a later growth spurt, but he still needs to grow into his body to handle the physical rigours of defending against men. His skating, vision and hockey IQ are top notch. That is why I was very high on him even though he had passed through one draft. And all I was going on was scouting reports and highlights, but he sounded like exactly the right type of LHD that we should be drafting. Hi, Any idea why we traded out 2nd second rounder for a 3rd and 5th? Was it really worth it to have another 5th round pick and trading down x number of spots? |
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