"Hi Prospects, Whaaaat's Happening?": Winnipeg Jets' Prospects Update
by Bettman's Nightmare on Oct 21, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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Yeah hi, it's me again...just checking to see what you prospects are up to, trying to get a hold of your AHL reports. They were due today...yeah...well if you guys could just go ahead and play Saturday, that would be greeeaaaat.
Fridays seem like as good of a day as any to see what's happening with our boys down on the farm. On the surface, things look pretty great for the St. John's IceCaps, who've gone 3-1 through their first 4 games. Through 2 games for the Jets' ECHL affilitate, the Colorado Eagles, the team has a 1-1 record, so not much to derive from that. Either way, let's have a look at 'em, along with a few of our younger guys.
I'm keeping the listed players to solely guys that are on contract with the Jets right now. I might miss one or two, as I'm just going with the guys I see on our CapGeek or Jets.NHL.com roster.
St. John's IceCaps
Skaters
| Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | PPG | SHG | Adj +/- | PIM |
| Carl Klingberg | 20 | LW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Riley Holzapfel | 23 | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marco Rosa | 29 | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Albert | 22 | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Flood | 27 | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jason King | 30 | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Postma | 22 | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shayne Wiebe | 21 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Festerling | 25 | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Spencer Machacek | 23 | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Travis Ramsey | 28 | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Jaffray | 30 | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrice Cormier | 21 | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Kevin Clark | 23 | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Redmond | 23 | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Chiarot | 20 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jason Gregoire | 22 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Arturs Kulda | 23 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Shawn Weller | 25 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Name | Age | GP | Min | SA | SVS | GA | SV% | GAA | W | L | SOL | SO |
| Peter Mannino | 27 | 2 | 120 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 0.956 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Aebischer | 33 | 2 | 120 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 0.886 | 2.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Observations:
You have to like the quick start from Klingberg, a guy who was hard to gauge coming into the season because he's so young and has jumped around to a number of different leagues. It seems a lot of the St. John's offence is driven from the blue line, so it's a promising sight to see Postma leading the way in shots. The goaltending situation is frustrating to me, because the obvious loser in the curious, non-sensical signing of Aebischer is promising young goalie Edward Pasquale. Pasquale played strong hockey in the Young Stars Tournament, and was slated to test his mettle in the AHL before Aebischer was brough on-board. Now he isn't playing at all, which is a questionable decision when you look at the ages of Mannino and Aebischer.
Other Leagues
Skaters
| Player | Age | Lg | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | PPG | SHG | Adj +/- | PIM |
| Adam Lowry | 18 | WHL | LW | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -- | 4 | 0 | 6 | 43 |
| Zach Yuen | 18 | WHL | D | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Austen Brassard | 18 | OHL | RW | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -- | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| Vinny Saponari | 21 | NCAA | RW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Julian Melchiori | 19 | OHL | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Michael Forney | 23 | ECHL | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ivan Telegin | 19 | OHL | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -- | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Kendal McFaull | 19 | WHL | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Cody Sol | 20 | OHL | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Aaron Harstad | 19 | NCAA | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Brennan Serville | 18 | NCAA | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
Goaltender
| Name | Age | Lg | GP | Min | SA | SVS | GA | SV% | GAA | W | L | SOL | SO |
| Jason Kasdorf | 19 | USHL | 4 | 186 | 93 | 83 | 10 | 0.89 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Observations:
We should be aware of the adjustments of these junior/NCAA levels to the NHL (usually around 30% of the production would translate directly, given similar usage/time). That said, Lowry is sure looking good in the early going, as is Yuen. Kasdorf's numbers, though unimpressive, aren't bad for a leaky team like Des Moines; his backup is sporting a save percentage around 0.820. Both Brassard and Lowry, should they be capable of making the NHL, definitely look like they'd add a physical/truculent edge, take that for what it's worth.
Beyond these numbers, there are a lot of players that have yet to play due to injuries or depth issues. I'll try to continue with these posts periodically to see how our system is coming along, hopefully once every other Friday.
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The goaltender thing confuses me a little...
Mason isn’t a long term solution at back up and truthfully, we don’t know if Pavelec is the long term answer as a starter. I like a lot of what I see, but the is terrible when he is one one one with a skater.
Because of this, I am kind of surprised they haven’t got any of their prospects working in the AHL. I know Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel, Chris Carrozzi, and Edward Pasquale are young, but we will need to get someone ready to step in in a year or two.
If I am not mistaken, Mason, Mannino and Aebischer are all UFA’s at the end of the season.
You're right
Mason, Mannino, and Aebischer are all gone after this year. And only one of the them has even the slimmest possibility of any trade value.
Re: Pavelec, I think the guy is a solid goaltender who suffers from a team that can really hang him out to dry. The Leafs implosion and yesteday’s game were prime examples: how many of those goals were due to a powerplay or defensive lapse? His numbers would look quite different if the team wasn’t bailing on him.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Oct 21, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree. I like Pav and he would look a lot better if there was team in front of him.
The breakaway / shoot out issue appears to be a big issue though. I don’t know if this is something that gets better with time.
for what it's worth
Been hearing some good things about Brassard. Also Gregoire had a goal tonight
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by fetch9 on Oct 22, 2011 2:14 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
another 2 for Kilngberg makes it 6 in 6
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by canadian texan on Oct 22, 2011 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
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