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Ranking Prospects Post-Matthews

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2016/11/24/jeremy-bracco-is-starting-to-take-over-the-ontario-hockey-league/

Bracco has 43 pts in 20 games now.
This is an interview with his Kitchener Rangers coach, Jay McKee. They go into good depth about his skating (which is effectively weird), his confidence, leadership role, playmaking ability, and succeeding in the NHL 'undersized'.
 
http://stats.swehockey.se/Players/Statistics/GoalScoringLeaders/7132
via: https://www.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/5ese5k/carl_grundstrom_scored_two_goals_earlier_is_now/

As of today, Carl Grundstrom is tied with two other players for most goals in the SHL with 10. However, he only has 1 assist in the 22 games he's played.

He plays a power-forward style game and still has size to fill out.

As one of the commenters on reddit noted, all of his 11 pts have come in the last 13 games as his minutes have climbed.
 
herman said:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2016/11/24/jeremy-bracco-is-starting-to-take-over-the-ontario-hockey-league/

Bracco has 43 pts in 20 games now.
This is an interview with his Kitchener Rangers coach, Jay McKee. They go into good depth about his skating (which is effectively weird), his confidence, leadership role, playmaking ability, and succeeding in the NHL 'undersized'.
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Interesting points there about how he's about to eclipse his goal totals from last season and how his shots per game is way up too. Averaging 4 shots per game this season vs. just 2.4 last season.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2016/11/24/jeremy-bracco-is-starting-to-take-over-the-ontario-hockey-league/

Bracco has 43 pts in 20 games now.
This is an interview with his Kitchener Rangers coach, Jay McKee. They go into good depth about his skating (which is effectively weird), his confidence, leadership role, playmaking ability, and succeeding in the NHL 'undersized'.
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Interesting points there about how he's about to eclipse his goal totals from last season and how his shots per game is way up too. Averaging 4 shots per game this season vs. just 2.4 last season.
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Early in the season he was on a stacked line with Adam Mascherin, 2016-2nd Rder for the Panthers (who has 41 pts in 22 games), 4th behind Bracco in overall league scoring. They've since been split up to balance the lines and they're both still piling on points.

Bracco and Adam Brooks are going to hit the AHL together next year, probably with Timashov, Dzierkals, and Korostelev. Other than being thin at centre (FROESE!), that's going to be pretty sweet for the Marlies.
 
Should we really be excited about Bracco though? He's doing well but he's a year older than Marner. Some really good players hovering near him in OHL scoring are also a year younger than him

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Bender said:
Should we really be excited about Bracco though? He's doing well but he's a year older than Marner. Some really good players hovering near him in OHL scoring are also a year younger than him
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He's two months older than Marner.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Bender said:
Should we really be excited about Bracco though? He's doing well but he's a year older than Marner. Some really good players hovering near him in OHL scoring are also a year younger than him
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He's two months older than Marner.
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Maybe he meant in dog-years.
 
Bender said:
Should we really be excited about Bracco though? He's doing well but he's a year older than Marner. Some really good players hovering near him in OHL scoring are also a year younger than him

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Adam Brooks is a year older than Marner/Bracco and he is tearing up the WHL (33 pts in 15).
 
Nik the Trik said:
Bender said:
Should we really be excited about Bracco though? He's doing well but he's a year older than Marner. Some really good players hovering near him in OHL scoring are also a year younger than him
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He's two months older than Marner.
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Sorry long day at work. Yes, two mo the but Marner is in the NHL while Bracco is in the OHL an extra year is what I meant.

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Now that his age is straightened out, I don't think we should be "excited" about Bracco the way we might have been about Marner but we should recognize that not everyone in their draft +2 year tears it up to this extent.

It's not a guarantee but if you're going to have a guy in their draft+2 year in the CHL it's probably better they score a bunch than not scoring a bunch. Guys like Tyler Toffoli and Cody Eakin, just to look at two picks in the 45-65 zone who became good players, had two post draft CHL seasons and neither scored at this clip.
 
Bracco's defensive game is a handful of tiers below Marner's. Pretty sure he will be getting the long look through the AHL, vs Marner coming nearly straight from junior. Due to Marner's age and CHL rules, I'm thinking the Leafs would've preferred to try him out on the Marlies first.
 
Preliminary World Junior Rosters with Leaf prospects:

Russia: Korostelev
Sweden: Grundstrom (unconfirmed)
USA: Bracco (very likely unless they're stupid), Woll (maybe)

Bracco has been the bellweather for the US roster for the past two years, each year getting snubbed for far less skilled big guys. Like when Kessel was left off the World Cup roster because they already had Kane.
 
herman said:
Preliminary World Junior Rosters with Leaf prospects:

Russia: Korostelev
Sweden: Grundstrom (unconfirmed)
USA: Bracco (very likely unless they're stupid), Woll (maybe)

Bracco has been the bellweather for the US roster for the past two years, each year getting snubbed for far less skilled big guys. Like when Kessel was left off the World Cup roster because they already had Kane.
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With a last name like Bracco, he has to be a wop, so I'm a huge supporter.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Yegor Korshkov broke his leg in the KHL today, such a shame given the year he is having.
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via reddit, He had like 5 shifts in the first and scored too.
 
I hope it's not the same leg he broke when Bobby Clarke slashed him in the Summit Series.
 
To be fair on Korshkov's season.  He's trailing Brandon Kozun, Petri Kontiola and Maxime Talbot in scoring.  So while he's having a great year for a 20 year old, it certainly isn't as if scoring in the KHL is something to only comes to players who are destined to actually be good in the NHL.
 
L K said:
To be fair on Korshkov's season.  He's trailing Brandon Kozun, Petri Kontiola and Maxime Talbot in scoring.  So while he's having a great year for a 20 year old, it certainly isn't as if scoring in the KHL is something to only comes to players who are destined to actually be good in the NHL.
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Ya still a bummer, depending on how bad a break, he will be out at least 2 months of prime development time.
 
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