Stockton Heat 21/22 General Discussion

[Reggie Dunlop]

Zary'll be fine. Patience.

[Mindtravellee]

Originally Posted by getbak

I'm pretty sure if any team on the planet had expressed interest in Parsons, the Flames would have worked out a loan this season. The fact that he isn't playing anywhere pretty much says all that needs to be said about his future as a pro.


If they hadn't been required to give him a qualifying offer for the expansion draft, I think there's a good chance he wouldn't even be part of the organization now.

Wasn't he signed for expansion requirements as well?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Mindtravellee

Wasn't he signed for expansion requirements as well?

The rules were different for skaters and goalies. Ritchie needed to actually be under contract to meet the skater exposure requirement, but as an pending RFA goalie, Parsons only needed to be given a qualifying offer.

He could have rejected the offer and become a RFA, but he probably realized it was the best offer he was going to get (especially if he had no intention of getting vaccinated), so he signed it.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Pelletier still rolling after Ruzicka's recall is impressive and Zary will be fine, spectacularly rough start but not worried.

Tyler Parsons ceiling is subterranean. Played one game last year and will play zero this year. Before that he played 80 games in three seasons, putting up pathetic numbers in the AHL and just okay in the ECHL. Not like he tore it up and has been unfortunate this year, he refuses to play because of his own stupidity. Insanely lucky to be qualified last year, hope he's enjoying his last ever NHL contract.

[Andrew]

How is pospisil? Sutter player.

[old-fart]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Pelletier still rolling after Ruzicka's recall is impressive and Zary will be fine, spectacularly rough start but not worried.

Tyler Parsons ceiling is subterranean. Played one game last year and will play zero this year. Before that he played 80 games in three seasons, putting up pathetic numbers in the AHL and just okay in the ECHL. Not like he tore it up and has been unfortunate this year, he refuses to play because of his own stupidity. Insanely lucky to be qualified last year, hope he's enjoying his last ever NHL contract.

Unless I'm mistaken, he is "suspended without pay" (or whatever the NHL/AHL equivalent is) because he refused the vaccine and so can not play due to his own pigheadedness. So, by "enjoying his last NHL contract" you really mean "telling the ladies in the bar that he is a NHL player - see I have a contract and everything - before begging them to pick up the tab for his drinks because he doesn't actually have any money".

It is a shame - when he was first drafted i had high hopes for him. Shows what a crap shoot goalies can be. Our current best goalie prospect was what, a 7th round pick?

Crazy.

[Freeway]

Parsons is on SOIR after aggravating a previous injury.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Okay, I had to look up SOIR

Season Opening Injured Reserve

Originally Posted by Reddit

SOIR is for players on two-way contracts who have a hockey-related injury, incurred during the offseason or training camp.
If they accrued 50 NHL games in the previous season, their full cap hit counts towards the cap. If they accrued 0 NHL games in the previous season, their cap hit does not count towards the cap. If they accrued 1-49 NHL games in the previous season, their cap hit is discounted by the fraction of accrued NHL days (out of the total number of days in the season) for the previous season.

So basically, he's just chilling out in Ann Arbour.

[1qqaaz]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1470889811644850178

Having a consistently high save percentage is a very promising sign for goaltending prospects.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

https://twitter.com/user/status/1470889811644850178

Having a consistently high save percentage is a very promising sign for goaltending prospects.

Hellebuyck's stats were inflated playing college hockey too.

Wolf doing it in Junior (which is higher variance) and AHL (which is high skill and sloppier) is actually more impressive to me.

Wolf has to be the top goaltending prospect in the NHL right now

[3thirty]

In a similar, but different (position) way he's like Gaudreau. Told he's too small, but performs at every level and stage of his career.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by 3thirty

In a similar, but different (position) way he's like Gaudreau. Told he's too small, but performs at every level and stage of his career.

I think size is the most overrated aspect of goaltending. Even though big goalies are the trend (and it gives them a huge edge in games where their team dominates lesser opponents) when the opposition has elite scoring skill, it still comes down to athleticism, anticipation, hockey-sense, timing, mental strength, focus, etc. And in the playoffs, the opponent usually has elite scoring skill and it becomes far more important to be able to slide from left-to-right to get that Stamkos one-timer off a Hedman feed, and then to the left where Kucherov got the rebound over to hedman, and then from centre to left to get that kucherov one-timer off a hedman feed-oh-wait kucherov faked you out and slid it over to Point for another one-timer in the slot.

Size isn't stopping that. Agility is. And dumb luck. If anything, I think size is detrimental to agility. What's going to turn a corner faster, a Ducati or a '68 Charger?

Dustin Wolf is a Ducati.

[Sandman]

I totally agree with your sentiments about Wolf, but if you took a poll of scouts, GMs, and other pundits, they would put Wolfie behind “the Big Three” of Askarov, Wallstedt, and Cossa. I still like Wolf for the reasons you stated-his brains, athleticism, and compete.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Sandman

I totally agree with your sentiments about Wolf, but if you took a poll of scouts, GMs, and other pundits, they would put Wolfie behind “the Big Three” of Askarov, Wallstedt, and Cossa. I still like Wolf for the reasons you stated-his brains, athleticism, and compete.

Askarov, then Wolf, then the other two.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Askarov, then Wolf, then the other two.

Deal!

[Reggie Dunlop]

Heat defeat the Bakersfield No Goods 2-1 in OT shootout.

https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/gam...ame_id=1022976

[Sandman]

Wolfie was first star, stopping 30 of 31. He is now 12-0-2 with a GAA of 1.83 (3rd), .941% (2nd). He is 7th in the AHL in minutes played, at 853:13.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1471532903154651136

[Reggie Dunlop]

First in wins.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

https://twitter.com/user/status/1471532903154651136

Not sure where these stats are coming from, the stats posted on the AHL website line up with the ones I posted above, unless the website is wrong….