Prospect Info: 2023-24 Prospect Thread

[xECK29x]

This season I'll just update the first post each Monday instead of a copy/paste of a table each time.

+ = on IR or just hurt
# = season complete

PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	HFB RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
William Dufour	RW	2020 round 5 #152	1	Bridgeport Islanders	52	15	10	25	29	-12
Samuel Bolduc	D	2019 round 2 #57	2	New York Islanders	33	1	2	3	6	-5
				Bridgeport Islanders	5	1	0	1	2	2
Matthew Maggio	RW	2022 round 5 #142	3	Bridgeport Islanders	58	16	9	25	20	-2
Simon Holmstrom	RW/LW	2019 round 1 #23	4	New York Islanders	72	14	9	23	14	-1
Danny Nelson #	C	2023 round 2 #49	5	Univ. of Notre Dame	30	9	14	23	32	5
				USA U20	7	1	1	2	0	4
Ruslan Iskhakov	C/LW	2018 round 2 #43	6	Bridgeport Islanders	67	17	31	48	30	-16
Tyce Thompson	RW	Trade		Utica Comets	15	0	5	5	12	4
				Bridgeport Islanders	47	3	10	13	54	-19
Calle Odelius	D	2022 round 2 #65	8	Djugardens IF	10	0	4	4	2	0
				Djugardens IF (Playoffs)	2	0	1	1	2	0
				Sweden U20	8	0	1	1	8	-
Robin Salo	D	2017 round 2 #46	9	Bridgeport Islanders	64	5	18	23	22	-12
Isaiah George	D	2022 round 4 #98	10	London Knights	68	6	24	30	54	26
				London (Playoffs)	4	1	2	3	0	5
Alex Jefferies	LW	2020 round 4 #121	11	Merrimack College	22	13	10	23	19	1
				Bridgeport Islanders	8	3	1	4	0	-1
Eetu Liukas	LW	2021 round 5 #157	12	Bridgeport Islanders	45	3	4	7	34	-13
Quinn Finley #	LW	2022 round 3 #78	13	Univ. of Wisconsin	35	9	6	15	16	4
				USA U20	7	1	1	2	0	2
Jesse Nurmi #	LW	2023 round 4 #113	14	KooKoo	19	0	2	2	2	-7
				KooKoo U20	6	4	4	8	0	-2
				Finland U20	6	0	2	2	0	-
Aleksi Malinen #	D	2021 round 6 #189	15T	JYP	15	0	2	2	0	-3
Zach Schulz #	D	2023 round 6 #177	HM1	Univ. of Wisconsin	33	2	4	6	6	4
Cameron Berg #	C	2021 round 4 #125	HM2	Univ. of North Dakota	40	20	17	37	8	7
Daylan Kuefler	LW	2022 round 6 #174	HM3	Worcester Railers	17	5	3	8	9	-4
				Bridgeport Islanders	19	3	3	6	37	-1
Aidan Fulp	D	UFA		Bridgeport Islanders	47	1	4	5	14	-19
Justin Gill	C	2023 round 5 #145		Baie-Comeau Drakkar	65	40	58	98	66	57
				Baie-Comeau (Playoffs)	4	3	4	7	2	4
Dennis Good Bogg #	D	2023 round 7 #209		AIK J20	18	1	4	5	45	-5
				AIK	10	0	1	1	0	1
				Vallentuna Hockey	7	0	1	1	10	-1
				Brodernas/Vasby	4	0	0	0	2	-2
				Östersunds IK	8	0	1	1	6	-4
				Östersunds IK (Playoffs)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alexander Ljungkrantz #	LW/RW	2020 round 3 #90		Almtuna IS	44	20	12	32	8	-7
				Farjestad BK	8	0	0	0	0	-1
Travis Mitchell	D	UFA		Bridgeport Islanders	34	1	3	4	36	-6
Reece Newkirk	C	2019 round 5 #147		Bridgeport Islanders	15	1	2	3	2	1
				Worcester Railers	10	5	4	9	2	4
Matias Rajaniemi	D	2020 round 6 #183		SaiPa	53	0	8	8	18	-24
				Bridgeport Islanders	0	0	0	0	0	0
GOALIES					GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
Tristan Lennox	G	2021 round 3 #93	15T	Worcester Railers	13	2.94	.909	0	5-6-1
Jakub Skarek	G	2018 round 3 #72		Bridgeport Islanders	34	3.15	.890	0	7-21-5
Henrik Tikkanen	G	2020 round 7 #214	Currently UFA	Bridgeport Islanders	16	2.17	.927	0	7-5-2
				Worcester Railers	18	3.25	.890	0	10-6-1

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[Osakahaus]

Jeffries and Tikkanen sign their entry-level deals.

New York Islanders Sign Tikkanen, Jefferies | New York Islanders

Huge to get value out of a 7th round pick btw

 

[doublechili]

Huge to get value out of a 7th round pick btw

Jeffries getting 3G+3A in 10 games in BP is a good start in the AHL and makes me more hopeful than just his (very good) college numbers did.

Tikkanen at 6'8" - man, at this rate it may not be long before they refer to some goalie as being "just" 6'2". But maybe we actually have a goalie prospect now?

 

[DerekKingSnipes]

Jeffries getting 3G+3A in 10 games in BP is a good start in the AHL and makes me more hopeful than just his (very good) college numbers did.

Tikkanen at 6'8" - man, at this rate it may not be long before they refer to some goalie as being "just" 6'2". But maybe we actually have a goalie prospect now?

I am sort of surprised they signed him even though he played the best of the three goalies in Bridgeport. I assume this means somehow they will come together with Skarek to terminate his contract or maybe they trade him. Tikkanen is huge obviously but needs to work on quickness and his glove hand. I still believe Lennox is better goalie prospect right now but he needs to get healthy.

 

[MJF]

I am sort of surprised they signed him even though he played the best of the three goalies in Bridgeport. I assume this means somehow they will come together with Skarek to terminate his contract or maybe they trade him. Tikkanen is huge obviously but needs to work on quickness and his glove hand. I still believe Lennox is better goalie prospect right now but he needs to get healthy.

Tikkanen is a bird in the hand. If Lennox’s injury could be a chronic problem into next season (ftr I have no idea what his injury is) why screw around with not signing Tik?

 

[DerekKingSnipes]

Tikkanen is a bird in the hand. If Lennox’s injury could be a chronic problem into next season (ftr I have no idea what his injury is) why screw around with not signing Tik?

Too many goalie contracts, think this means Skarek will be gone.

 

[leeroggy]

I am sort of surprised they signed him even though he played the best of the three goalies in Bridgeport. I assume this means somehow they will come together with Skarek to terminate his contract or maybe they trade him. Tikkanen is huge obviously but needs to work on quickness and his glove hand. I still believe Lennox is better goalie prospect right now but he needs to get healthy.

Henrik Tikkanen

G

2020 round 7 #214

Currently UFA

Bridgeport Islanders

16

2.17

.927

0

7-5-2

You're wondering why we signed him?

Am I imagining these numbers?

 

[MJF]

Too many goalie contracts, think this means Skarek will be gone.

Good riddance. Adios.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

No reason to keep Skarek around...

I didn't always care much for Appleby this season, but he was ultimately servicable

 

[DerekKingSnipes]

Henrik Tikkanen

G

2020 round 7 #214

Currently UFA

Bridgeport Islanders

16

2.17

.927

0

7-5-2

You're wondering why we signed him?

Am I imagining these numbers?

No he played the best of three in Bridgeport like I said. There are now three goalies under contract at minor league level and I believe they need a veteran to take one of the spots in Bridgeport and not have the tandem be two kids. This most likely means they will get rid of Skarek who hasn’t developed but he’s signed for next year so in some ways that’s easier said than done.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Djurgarden lost to Brynäs 3-1 last night, meaning Brynäs is the champ and is heading back up to the SHL.

They swept Calle Odelius' Djurgarden team.

Former Isle Dick Tarnstrom's kid Oliver was the hero with 2 goals. He was a Rangers pick in the same draft as Ljungkrantz.

For Odelius, he returned to the line-up after his injury for the final four games of the previous series against Mora. He then played 2 of the 4 finals games. Not sure why he wasn't suited up last night.

All in all, his 6-game playoff performance coming off of injury added up to 1 assist, 6 PMs, and a -2.

Knowing the Isles, gotta think they'll plan to bring him over to BPort next fall.

Then again, he missed the bulk of this season and could see some prime, prime playing time in Sweden next year. that would push back his ELC.

As for BPort, it's looking like they have no less than Mitchell, Fulp, Warren, George, and Hutton on the books for next season. Both Salo and Cholowski are UFAs.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

Isaiah George is having himself a strong OHL playoffs. 4 goals, 5 assists in 14 games (albeit the two goals were empty netters).

 

[leeroggy]

Isaiah George is having himself a strong OHL playoffs. 4 goals, 5 assists in 14 games (albeit the two goals were empty netters).

Even better, it's against the Rangers! Foretelling future performances!

 

[blinkman360]

I think I'm most intrigued to see what Iskhakov can do at the NHL level. Bridgeport is and has been a wasteland for quite a while now. Let me see what this kid can do with actual talent around him.

 

[doublechili]

Seeing Zach Hyman on EDM tearing it up this year, and an optimist could point to him as a comparable for Dufour. Both 5th round picks. Similar size and they kind of look the same when shooting. Dufour is now 4 years post-draft, and Hyman at that point hadn't played a single pro game. Then Hyman was a 10 or 15 goal scorer until he finally hit 20 goals ten years after being drafted. Now he' scored 36 and 54 goals the past two seasons and has 9 goals in 6 games these playoffs.

Obviously he's playing in an ideal situation to put up points, but I remember suggesting him as a possibility when he turned UFA and people said he'd be a terrible signing coming off a "career" 27 goal season in TOR. He's now just upped that, of course playing with (I think) Draisaitl, but at $5.5M AAV I'd say he's a bargain.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

Now George had the primary assist in the double overtime winner against Oshawa.

 

[doublechili]

Now George had the primary assist in the double overtime winner against Oshawa.

Oshawa was up 6-2 and then they saw their own helmets in the mirror between periods and were so horrified that they eventually lost the game.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Awesome for George that London is on such an incredible run.

In Quebec, Gill's Drakkar hit a wall. After few problems in the first three rounds, they got shutout twice at home to kick the series off against Drummondville and then got thrashed 6-2 in the first game on the road. Last night, the sweep by Drummondville was completed in what was ultimately a tight game.

So, the season's over. Drummondville will now head on to the Memorial Cup where they'll face Saginaw and (highly likely) London as well as the WHL representative (being determined). The top teams in the WHL are considered the best in the CHL circuit this year.

As for Gill's teammates, several are looking like top 150 picks this summer. I continue to say look out for Fenenko as a free agent and Melovsky as a double overager.