Prospects and where they'll be heading

J.A.Berty1330 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:15:06 -0000

With the huge number of forwards turning pro this year, where will they end up and where will the older forwards end up? Will anyone of the new pros or last year's Aeros start the season with the ECHL Solar Bears?

New Pros:

Larsson, Coyle, Zucker, Phillips, Bulmer

AHL Vets:

Palmieri, Rau, Broda, Foucault, Fontaine, McIntyre, McMillan, Dowell, possibly Veilleux, Palmer (remember him?)

Of these guys, quite a few need or deserve some top 6 playing time. Without a doubt the 5 new guys NEED to be playing top 6 minutes if they are going to reach their full potential, but there are quite a few of the "vets" that deserve it too. Fontaine, without a doubt, but it can also be argued that Palmer, Palmieri, Foucault, Broda, and Rau all deserve to play in the top 6 as well. Obviously, training camp will determine who plays where, but it'd be awfully tough to send a guy down to the ECHL who previously had been called up to the NHL(Foucault, Palmer, Palmieri, Rau, not to mention McIntyre, McMillan, Dowell, and Veilleux who are not top 6 candidates but have a number of NHL games under their belt). At the same time, it'd be hard to send any of the new guys down there considering most quality prospects simply jump straight to the AHL. What are you thoughts, will Houston just roll 4 scoring lines or will we see some higher quality guys going down to Orlando?

It definitely is going to get very interesting here soon with training camp coming up (still crossing my fingers the CBA gets done).

P.S. Sorry if I forgot anyone

Possible guy to look at in the draft???

J.A.Berty1330 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:09:44 -0000

Here's a link to an article The Hockey Writers did on WHL forward TJ Foster.

http://thehockeywriters.com/the-plus-side-tj-foster/

Here's a link to an article The Hockey Writers did on WHL forward TJ Foster.

http://thehockeywriters.com/the-plus-side-tj-foster/

He's a draft overager, so obviously his numbers come partially from being old for the league, but he may be a guy to take late in the draft, as the article projects. The article describes him as a gritty, two-way player with good speed, hands, and a decent shot. He is defensively responsible and anticipates the play well. He kind of sounds like he can be boom-or-bust, but with a late draft pick that is not a very high risk.

What do you guys think? Would he be worth a 5th-7th round round pick this year?

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Prospects and where they'll be heading

Possible guy to look at in the draft???