Panthers Prospect Report - Pre Valentine's day edition
AHL prospects
C Cory Conacher - Age 21, 47 GP 25 G 27 A 52 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
LW Gustav Nyquist - Age 21, 41 GP 14 G 28 A 42 PTS - Acquired from LA
Not all young guys who put up a near or better than PPG pace in the AHL have that translate into NHL production. However, both Conacher and Nyquist have potential to do that with Gustav looking like he's an eventual top 2 line guy in the NHL.
NCAA prospects
C Mark Zengerle - Age 22, 28 GP 10 G 28 A 38 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
C Jack Connolly - Age 21, 28 GP 15 G 27 A 42 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
LW JT Brown - Age 20, 28 GP 16 G 21 A 37 PTS - Acquire in trade with Minnesota
LW Ludwig Karlsson - Age 20, 24 GP 9 G 15 A 24 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
LW Scott Wilson - Age 19 - 24 GP 13 G 13 A 26 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
RW Steve Moses - Age 21 - 27 GP 19 G 11 A 30 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
D Eriah Hayes - Age 22 - 28 GP 12 G 10 A 22 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
D Brady Lamb - Age 22 - 28 GP 5 G 14 A 19 PTS - Signed as Free Agent
All of these players rights are not held by any team at the moment, but these guys are all the best players in the NCAA that weren't drafted. With guys like Matt Read making an impact in the NHL, there is bound to be one or two good NHL players from this group and most of them should be signed at the end of the season by teams like Calgary etc.
CHL Junior prospects
C Jean Gabriel Pageau - QMJHL - 36 GP 30 G 29 A 59 PTS - Acquired from NYR
LW Marek Tvrdon - WHL - 45 GP 22 G 32 A 54 PTS - Acquired from STL
RW Patrick Holland - OHL - 52 GP 20 G 50 A 70 PTS - Acquired from ANA
RW Tomas Hyka - QMJHL - 42 GP 17 G 32 A 49 PTS - Signed as Free agent
RW Matej Stransky - WHL - 52 GP 29 G 27 A 56 PTS - Signed as Free agent
D Troy Rutkowski - WHL - 53 GP 10 G 22 A 32 PTS - Drafted
D Jerome Gauthier Leduc - QMJHL - 48 GP 24 G 36 A 60 PTS - Acquired from EDM
One thing that can't be taught is offensive skill. Translating that over to the pros is a whole other issue. Hoping that some of the long shots from this whole group hit the mark.
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