Sounds reasonable.
What's your view about Phillips as a potential 6/7 LD for the Jets next season?
Predictions on where Freij, Brown and Boumedienne play next season?
Perhaps. I can't imagine Jets management is telling Morrison to play Clague over Salomonsson on the Moose PP, though. Maybe it's more blunt: "win, or else". I'm sure Chevy et al. place high value on AHL playoff experience for prospects, and Morrison is feeling the pressure to reach the playoffs.
I obviously haven't thought much about this. I think you're correct, from a theoretical perspective.
I wonder about the effect of a structural oversupply of drafted players with 7 draft rounds. How inefficient / irrational is the market? Do teams systematically overvalue picks and drafted players?
Salomonsson is good enough for an NHL PP but Morrison couldn't find much of a role on his pitiful 12% AHL PP. He had an obligation to play Salo on the PP more just to accelerate his development with more puck touches in the offensive zone. So frustrating to watch him trot Clague out repeatedly.
That's a fair point (Barlow is struggling with pro pace), but I also think Morrison has been coaching for AHL wins more than development after a horrendous 2024/25 and a poor start this season. He certainly doesn't seem to be getting top performance from that roster.
I've lost confidence in Morrison, and have questions about whether Jimmy Roy and Mike Keane provide adequate development support for more skilled offensive prospects.
The distribution would be fascinating. My sense is that a high proportion of draft picks have a net negative value, especially if one factors in opportunity costs. It's just another part of hockey's zany uncertainty, especially with an amateur draft of 18-year olds.
The Jets need to make the most of the rest of this season. 1) Play the young (including Barron and Koepke) more; 2) Load-manage the heavy-use vets for next year and beyond; 3) Angle for a high draft lottery slot. All three can be accomplished together, but it's Chevy's call. Arniel won't do this.
Wrong. They lost ground because they are behind in the standings and have one less game remaining in the season after last night. Each game that they don't close the gap is lost ground.
I wonder what role Kjell Dahlin has. I've seen him listed as an amateur scout for the Jets.
www.eliteprospects.com/staff/22428/...
Yes, he really must fix the amateur scouting and development.
Seems that he might have a sharp scout focused on Sweden.
N America / CHL has been underwhelming (except maybe He, Walton?)
AHL forward development is a concern.
Needs an actual strategy to unclog an AHL pipeline that's stagnated.
It highlights the precarity of the Jets' situation due to Chevy's decisions, along with some weak drafting and development. Lucius was a rare bright spot in an otherwise bleak pipeline, especially at C. It's Chevy's responsibility, and he clearly feels it. At least it compelled the Stanley trade.
I've noticed in a few interviews this year that Chevy has highlighted the gap in the pipeline and pick assets from his TDL moves. He alluded to the Stanley trade being too good to pass up because of the 2nd and a young prospect that they liked.
I sense that Lucius' illness and retirement was a shocking disappointment in multiple dimensions. At a personal level, devastating for Chaz and his family. For the organization, I think Chevy realizes how precarious the Jets' situation is with an aging core and a very thin prospect pipeline.
Pole sana (Swahili)...
Yup, that's how I heard it. Just said that Rosen fit a gap in their pipeline in that age group.
You're not embracing the Clague experience?
Barron played less than 12 minutes again. Maybe some reflection on that fact would help. Jets fastest forwards played the least tonight.
Bryson is not an NHL D, but I guess we knew that.
Worst game I've seen Connor play in a long time. Vilardi, too. I would have understood a benching or two.
Less than 12 minutes for Barron; 10th among forwards. What is Arniel thinking? Did Barron borrow his best snow shovel and forget to return it, or something?
That was a very disappointing effort from the Jets. Top players were really sluggish. Didn't look at all like a playoff team.
Boumedienne, specifically, or BU more generally?
Yup. That Boston U team seems pretty dysfunctional. A lot of highly touted NHL prospects but poor team results and not many players having a good season.
Freij's been on a bit of a heater since returning from the WJHC.
Yes, perhaps, though he seems to have some support among NHL scouts based on Robinson's list.
NHL CSB tends to favour bigger players, and they have Morozov and Suvanto high, with Bjorck a bit lower.
Lawrence is a wild card, until U-18 I guess.
I really like Bjorck, and I really hope the Jets can somehow nab him. It would be like the Connor or Ehlers pick.
Might depend on where the D go.
Maybe 3 tiers for a top-15?
McKenna
Stenberg
Verhoeff
Malhotra
Smits
Reid
Lawrence
Bjorck
Carels
Belchetz
Lin
Randolph
Suvanto
Hemming
Novotny
If I had to guess at a top 7...
Stenberg
McKenna
Verhoeff
Malhotra
Reid
Smits
Lawrence
Next tier?
2 RHD, 2 C, 2 big W, 1 LHD
Carels
Belchetz
Bjorck
Suvanto
Lin
Randolph
Hemming
Good summary, Murat.
I'm skeptical about the draft tiers, considering that each draft pundit has a very different top 10-12, especially if you consider Cam Robinson's McKenzieesque NHL scouts poll.
I wonder what the "top 7" is, according to your source.
Cam's top 16
Moose should decline this late PP.
What are the odds that Chevy re-engages and signs Stanley as a UFA?
Consider:
Normally the new team is motivated to extend but the Sabres are unlikely to have the cap space to re-sign Stanley.
Jets have plenty of cap space.
Both Chevy and Stanley said they kept the door open...
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