We are now 2 months into the 2018-2019 season. When last I looked at the Penguins Prospects our Boys of Winter were on top of the Metropolitan Division. A month later, our Penguins are 6th in the Division, 3 points above last place. They are playing better hockey right now at the end of November than their miserable display at the beginning of the month but…..
So let’s take a look at the players waiting in the wings;
Skaters
Name | Team | League | Po | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | (+/-) |
Addison, Calen | Lethbridge | WHL | D | 25 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 30 | -6 |
Almari, Niclas | HPK U20 | Jr. A SM-Liiga | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Almari, Niclas | HPK | Liiga | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Almeida, Justin | Moose Jaw | WHL | D | 19 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 4 |
Angello, Anthony | WBS | AHL | C/R | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
Aston-Reese, Zach | Pgh | NHL | F | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
Aston-Reese, Zach | WBS | AHL | C/R | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
Bellerive, Jordy | Lethbridge | WHL | C | 25 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 2 |
Bengtsson, Lukas | Linkoping HC | SHL | D | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
Birks, Dane | WBS | AHL | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Birks, Dane | Wheeling | ECHL | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -2 |
Bjorkqvist, Kasper | Providence | NCAA | W | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
Blueger, Teddy | WBS | AHL | C | 22 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
DiPauli, Thomas | WBS | AHL | C | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 2 |
Drozg, Jan | Shawinigan | QMJHL | W | 26 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 16 | -17 |
Elliot, Stefan | WBS | AHL | D | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Haggerty, Ryan | WBS | AHL | RW | 17 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
Filip Hallander | Timra IK | SHL | C/W | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | -3 |
Filip Hallander | Sweden U20 | Int-Jr | C/W | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hayes, Jimmy | WBS | AHL | RW | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Johnson, Adam | WBS | AHL | LW | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -5 |
Lafferty, Sam | WBS | AHL | C | 22 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 0 |
Lindberg, Tobias | WBS | AHL | RW | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
Miletic, Sam | WBS | AHL | LW | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Olund, Linus | WBS | AHL | C | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Palojarvi, Antti | Lukko U20 | Jr. A SM-Liiga | D | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -3 |
Palojarvi, Antti | Lukko | Liiga | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pavlychev, Nikita | Penn State | NCAA | C | 14 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 6 |
Pedan, Andrey | AK Bars | KHL | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 18 |
Pedan, Andrey | Russia | EHT | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Philips, Clayton | U of Minn | NCAA | D | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
Prow, Ethan | WBS | AHL | D | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 15 |
Reilly, William | RPI | NCAA | D | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -1 |
Summers, Chris | WBS | AHL | D | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -4 |
Taylor, Jeff | WBS | AHL | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Trotman, Zach | WBS | AHL | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | -2 |
Wilson, Garret | Pgh | NHL | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Wilson, Garret | WBS | AHL | LW | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
Goalies
Name | Team | League | GP | GAA | GAAvg |
D’Orio, Alex | Saint John | QMJHL | 21 | 4.74 | 0.879 |
Jarry, Tristan | Pgh | NHL | 2 | 3.50 | 0.887 |
Jarry, Tristan | WBS | AHL | 11 | 2.89 | 0.909 |
Muse, John | WBS | AHL | 2 | 2.06 | 0.938 |
Muse, John | Wheeling | ECHL | 9 | 2.98 | 0.892 |
Before I go any further, I do want to apologize; when I posted my first look at the Penguins prospects this year, there was a typo I didn’t catch until this month. I had had Jan Drozg scoring 16 goals rather than 6. I bet if he had read that post he would want me to be his official statistician. However, no such luck.
Looking over these stats compared to the first month of hockey, many of the Penguins prospects slumped a little, like the parent team. Calen Addison only picked up 9 more points in 10 games but his +/- improved a little to -6. Jordy Bellerive only picked up 8 points over those same 10 game span.
Other players however seem to keep on rolling or improving. Ethan Prow scored 2 more goals adding 8 assists over the 14 game span last month. He also has built his +/- up to +15. Kasper Bjorkqvist, Nikita Pavlychev, and Teddy Blueger also seemed to have picked their games up or kept pace over the past month. Neither Bjorkqvist nor Pavlychev could be of any help this year (that is if the team needs it – they are trending up again). However Blueger and Prow could be of assistance. Both of these guys could get called up and let’s face it, even in this up turned state, the players ahead of them really aren’t producing. These kids couldn’t do any worse.
Penguins vs Flyers tonight – Go Pens!!!!
Sprong to Ducks for 6′ 3″ 22yr old defenseman Marcus Pettersson. In my opinion it’s another Rutherford miracle! I don’t know how he does it.
My first thought on this list is WOW! As in WOW that is a whole lot of nothing.
Hey Phil,
Well, we haven’t had a first round pick since what? Kapanen?
And it has been even longer since we have had a top 10 pick.
So it stands to reason that there is no real serious help.
That is why I wouldn’t be all that upset if the Penguins tank this year to get a top 5 pick, There is a Russian kid Visili Podkolzin that I am watching and am hoping the Pens get a shot at if he keeps looking like he has been.
Hi Phil
My thoughts exactly. Without young talent to replace your stars you are in real trouble. We have NO Elite Goalie Prospects. We have NO ELITE forwards or centers. No true number 1, 2, or 3, defense men either. The future does NOT look bright for our Pen’s. I have been saying for the past 2 years we needed to
develop our minor system. Nobody cared.
I truly hope we can trade Justin Schultz and maybe even Matt Murray to try and get the Pens some serious help.
Jim