Bridgeport/Islanders Prospect Roundup, Jan. 29th
by Mark D on Jan 29, 2012 12:24 PM EST
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Well all good things come to an end, as Bridgeport finally dropped a game in the month of January. BP though had two third-period comebacks to force overtime. Winning 2 of 3 games this week, Bridgeport have overtaken their Connecticut rivals for first in the Northeast. Another big week for Casey Cizikas, who posted 4 goals and 5 assists. He's also moved up to 19th overall in points in the AHL and 4th among AHL rookies. Kevin Poulin started every game, including a 50 save performance.
Wednesday January 25th Vs St John's (Jets)
Cizikas opened up the scoring with a PP goal during a 5 on 3, assists going to Jeremy Colliton and Aaron Ness. Within 5 minutes St John's scored 3 PP goals, including one during a 4 on 3. Matt Donovan helped power the Bridgeport comeback, scoring a goal (Rhett Rakhshani, Cizikas) and assisting on Cizikas' game tying goal (Rakhshani, Donovan). Poulin had 26 saves on 29 shots. In the shootout, BP lost 2-1. Despite having a hand in every goal, Cizikas was only named 2nd star. Rakhshani was named 3rd star of the night. [Highlights]
Friday January 27th Vs Adirondack (Flyers)
That BP came out of the first period with the score tied at 1-1 had everything to do with Poulin. Adirondack posted 25 shots in the first period alone. Justin DiBenedetto (Ness, Scott Olesky) scored his tenth goal of the year to tie things up with a minute left in the period. Two power play goals by Jeremy Colliton (Rakhshani, Cizikas) and Jon Landry (Ty Wishart, DiBenedetto) put BP ahead for the rest of the night. A shorthanded goal by Trevor Frischmon (Cizikas) made the rout that much more obvious. An Adirondack goal in the 3rd was answered by goals from Tyler McNeely and Cizikas (Olesky). First star of the game was Poulin (52 saves), second star was Justin Debendetto. [Highlights]
Satuday January 28th Vs Syracuse (Ducks)
Poulin said they robbed this game from Syracuse and I have to agree. After Kael Mouillierat (Haley, Ullstrom) scored in the first to tie things, it didn't look good for BP. They gave up two goals to Peter Holland before Cizikas (Jon Landry, Wishart) found the back of the net to get them back within one. Syracuse scored another one to make it a two-goal game again. Shorthanded Micheal Haley (Cizikas) scored to get it close again and Scott Howes (Cizikas, Rakhshani) scored in the final 30 seconds with the goalie pulled to force OT. BP won the shootout with scores from Howes and Ullstrom. Ullstrom was named 1st star, Cizikas 3rd star.
[Highlights from the winning streak] [Highlights from last week's Saturday night game]
Natural Born Kirills
Kirill Petrov played 3 games this week and scored 2 goals; on the season he has 14 goals, 9 assists for 23 points in 45 games. One of those goals was quite the doozy.
Kirill Kabanov had 2 games this week for Shawningan and posted 2 assists. In 33 games he has 16 goals, 21 assists.
CHL
Ryan Strome missed all games this week and is going to miss 1-2 weeks. Mitchell Theoret played in 3 games this week, potting a goal in the IceDogs 6-0 rout. Theoret got in a fight this week.
John Persson played 4 games for Red Deer, potting a point in every game as he got 2 assists and 2 goals. Persson is a B-E-A-S-T.
Brenden Kichton had a quiet week until Saturday. Playing in 4 games, in the first 3 he had 1 assist, a +1, even and -1. Saturday night though he had a goal and an assist along with a +3 and 3rd star of the game.
Andrei Pedan racked up 23 PIM in 3 games this week. Also here's a December interview with him. He says his favorite NHL teams are the Red Wings and Islanders... Obviously he's been a lifelong Isles fan and only recently jumped on the Red Wings bandwagon. Also a fight.
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Anders Lee had a solid weekend for Notre Dame, as they split the series with Alaska. Lee had 2 assists in both games. Robbie Russo had an assist in Friday night's loss, and was even on the weekend.
Brock Nelson had 2 goals and 2 assists (1g, 1a in both games) to help lead North Dakota to a sweep of Wisconsin. He was also named 1st star of the night for Saturday's game.
Jason Clark did not play this weekend for Wisconsin.
Scott Mayfield had an assist and was -1 as Denver swept Anchorage, Alaska.
Cody Rosen did not play.
Finnish Loans & Trust
Mikko Koskinen played one game this week. In 15 games he's 8-3-2 with a 1.92 GAA and .932 SV%. Koskinen is still struggling a bit though.
Jesse Joensuu has 10 goals and 11 assists in 37 games.
Johan Sundstrom played 3 games this week and had 2 goals and on the season he has 5 goals and 2 assists in 38 games.
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great roundup,
the best one yet. especially because alot of the guys had good weeks. and good vid links
the pedan clip
is great but you have watch all the way to the end because it shows him blasting the guy with a check before the fight. when was the last time you’ve seen an islander defenseman do that?
by ripcurl2121 on Jan 29, 2012 12:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Kaspar...
well… at his size, that’s who he reminds me of. I remember seeing some of the clips in earlier research. It appears he has a little agitator in him. It might be nice to see how that develops in BPT against bigger, more mature bodies.
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I just hope he doesn't become a penalty problem
Even this hit … junior camera angles are tough but I wonder if it’d be seen as a headshot.
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Pedan
Wouldn’t mind having him one more year in junior working on his offensive game, play the WJC and then be part of BPT 2013/14.
Petrov
Nice, avoiding both stick checks. I wonder wonder wonder how he’ll do on North American ice. I hope we get to find out.
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by Dominik on Jan 29, 2012 12:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Was that goal against
Eaton (pylon he skated around) and Jurcina (pulled up short in front instead of initiating contact)?
On second thought, I guess Jurcina might have driven him into the goalie.
Persson clip: "Persson getting worked over by Dech"
Apparently that’s a bad idea.
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Besides that
There was a clip after that clip ended among the list, a goal he scored on a penalty shot in Sweden, along with a little clip of him (in Swedish) talking about it. (Look for the “super deke” clip.) Those hands aren’t just for hitting things.
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I think
that is his brother Johan in that super deke clip.
John’s parent were very creative with the names of their children (according to eliteprospects.com): John, Johan, Johannes and Jonas…
by DavidSweden on Jan 30, 2012 3:19 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, darn
I missed that. Thanks for the correction.
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B-port
It really is a tough call. Do you call up your 3 or 4 best AHL prospects and endanger your minor league team’s chances for success? That’s the tough part. Letting go of Rolston, Eaton, etc., etc. is a no brainer. Would these promising prospects benefit more from 30 or so games in the NHL now? I don’t know. In the end, it has to be what is best for the Islanders, not B-port. Doesn’t it?
I think who you call up
are the guys that have been in BP for a while. Wishart, DiBo, Ullstrom, Rhakhshani and Reese would be towards the top of my list of who to bring up. Reality is though I’d feel better calling up defenseman from BP, not forwards.
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Thing is, letting go of most of those guys would send them to Bridgeport.
I dont think they would all get picked up, they would be there.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
My preference would be to leave them in BP
in order to let them learn how to win, if they can. January might be just a real hot streak for them, but I’d love to see a Calder Championship on their resume for nest season.
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by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Jan 29, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with webby (mark)...
but I’m going to toss in casey as well.
Ullstrom and Rhett need to show that they can fill the Rolston and Pandolfo roles next year. So they can stay in BPT a little longer, then come up in March to finish out the season.
casey’s time is now, but it would be a short stay, 10-15 games. He’s playing well, and the role he might have by mid next year is available. With reasoner out he could be the fourth line center.
To balance vets and rookies I’d move Nino up with Bailey and Martin and then the fourth line would consist of Casey between Rolston and Wallace.
With colliton and Dibo back, and contribting maybe they can trade Wallace for Rhett now as well.
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Wallace was playing well in BPT
Almost a point a game. So switching anyone for Wallace has a good chance of helping both teams, since Wallace hasn’t been overly impressive for Isles.
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
Mikko goal
Wow! I think it got deflected and he was screened, but that’s still ridiculous.
Also, I thought the goal-scorer sounded familiar.
oh wow
I thought the name sounded familiar, forgot he was an Isles pick
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Oh Nice.
Cairns sighting here on LHH!
Love it!
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Same here
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by Mark D on Jan 29, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
John Persson
is kind of interesting. I wonder if he’ll be part of the 2012-13 Bridgeport wave. They are getting to the point where pro contracts are going to be a squeeze. Between guys like Rhett, some ECHLers that have shown some value and their 2008, 09, 10, and a guy like Pedan (oerage) 11 draft pick, it’s going to be interesting to see who gets NHL contracts next year. Probably Gentile and Howes are shut out until absolutely necessary.
great stuff webby!
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Not too bad actually
I counted about 31 contracts, and Wishart/Katic being retained. There’s about 6 or 7 borderline AHL guys, but I don’t think we’d have a problem signing any of the possible incoming prospects.
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by Mark D on Jan 29, 2012 6:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is the limit 50?
I thought that there were some issues last year with this, but I guess it is avoided by removing most RFA’s that were in the A, and replacing them with straight up AHL contracts.
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Yup, its 50.
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by TheMetalChick on Jan 29, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
50
And I believe there’s something like juniors don’t count (so de Haan last year wouldn’t have counted against the 50, even though he’d signed his ELC).
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Also true
But you can’t stash prospects forever either. You can have a total of either 80 or 90 (not sure which) players whose rights you retain, of whom you can sign 50 to pro contracts. So players like Lee and Nelson count to the larger limit, but not the smaller.
I’m not sure about players returned to junior but signed to ELC. Definitely part of the larger group, not sure about the 50-contract group. Someone who rejects their QO and doesn’t sign with an NHL club, but who plays pro elsewhere while his rights are retained, would also be part of the larger without counting to the 50-contract limit. (Jesse Joensuu is in this group now, I think.)
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Indeed
I think that other group might be 90, but the CBA file is over there, and my fingers are over here.
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Another reason Strome may stay in Juniors next season, huh?
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by North Dakota Red Eagle on Jan 30, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know
Usually the 50-limit affects flexibility and decisions on players at the margins. I would hope if they really thought Strome was ready that this wouldn’t keep them from playing him.
But the Islanders have historically not gone up against the 50-man limit. That may change, I suppose, as Bridgeport gets stocked with more prospects on ELCs.
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actually
Weren’t we at 48 contracts when we signed Joel Martin?
But last year was a bit crazy with all the injuries.
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Might have been
Although if you’re down to signing Joel Martin and you’re still not at the limit, I still consider that plenty of breathing room. I think a lot of teams enter the season with 48 or 49.
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Petrov's goal replayed above
I know the level of competition isn’t NHL (and the defending on that particular play was awful), but Petrov looks like he’s really moving.
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