WEEKEND UPDATE!

| Lowetide

The Bakersfield Condors have employed Joey Laleggia at forward over the last while and he is doing very well. Will it get him to the NHL? Early days. Who else performed well for the Condors? That and more addressed after the break.

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS

  1. LD Brad Hunt 22GP, 4-15-19 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
  2. C-R Andrew Miller 16GP, 6-9-15 (2GP, point taken away this week)
  3. R Matt Ford 20GP, 9-6-15 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
  4. D Nikita Nikitin 14GP, 1-8-9 (recall to NHL this week)
  5. L Ryan Hamilton 20GP, 7-2-9 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
  6. RD Joey Laleggia 22GP, 2-7-9 (2GP, 2-0-2 this week)
  7. L Josh Winquist 8GP, 3-4-7 (Injured this week)
  8. RD Jordan Oesterle 14GP, 0-7-7 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  9. C Jujhar Khaira 16GP, 3-4-7 (NHL this week)
  10. L Kale Kessy 20GP, 4-3-7 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  11. C Kyle Platzer 22GP, 2-5-7 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
  12. C Bogdan Yakimov 16GP, 3-3-6 (2GP, point taken away this week)
  13. L Mitch Moroz 16GP, 2-3-5 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  14. F Josh Currie 10GP, 3-1-4 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  15. R Greg Chase 11GP, 1-3-4 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
  16. R Anton Slepyshev 14GP, 3-1-4 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  17. R Iiro Pakarinen 4GP, 1-2-3 (NHL this week)
  18. LD Griffin Reinhart 4GP, 0-3-3 (2GP, 0-2-2 this week)
  19. C Alexis Loiseau 12GP, 1-2-3 (ECHL this week)
  20. D Dillon Simpson 12GP, 0-3-3 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
  21. L Braden Christoffer 19GP, 1-2-3 (DNP this week)
  22. LD David Musil 22GP, 2-1-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  23. C Leon Draisaitl 6GP, 1-1-2 (NHL this week)
  24. C Marco Roy 9GP, 2-0-2 (DNP this week but was credit with a goal)
  25. C Phil McRae 9GP, 2-0-2 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  26. LD Darnell Nurse 6GP, 0-1-1 (NHL this week)
  27. RD Nick Pageau 12GP, 0-1-1 (DNP this week)
  28. F Kellen Jones 1GP, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
  29. D Mark Fayne 2GP, 0-0-0 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  30. R Tyler Pitlick 5GP, 0-0-0 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
  31. D Martin Gernat 11GP, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
  32. G Laurent Brossoit 15GP, 2.57 .926 (Injured this week)
  33. G Eetu Laurikainen 1GP, 4.02 .818 (loaned to Finland)

  34. G Ben Scrivens 7GP, 4.01 .868 (two good games, including a shutout this week)

LOOKING BACK…

    ECHL


    1. D Ben Betker 24GP, 1-9-10 (4GP, 0-2-2 this week)
    2. F Alexis Loiseau 9GP, 5-4-9 (3GP, 3-2-5 this week)
    3. C-R Greg Chase 10GP, 4-2-6 (AHL this week)
    4. F Marco Roy 10GP, 1-5-6 (AHL this week)
    5. L Connor Rankin 13GP, 2-1-3 (released this week)
    6. C Chase Schaber 2GP, 0-0-0 (DNP this week)
    7. G Ty Rimmer 18GP, 3.06 .916 (AHL this week)

    CHL

    1. Ethan Bear 30GP, 9-24-34 (3GP, 3-3-6 this week)
    2. Caleb Jones 30GP, 5-18-23 (3GP, 1-2-3 this week) 
    3. Keven Bouchard 21GP, 3.85 .876 (One uneven game and one poor one)

    NCAA

    1. L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 16GP, 2-4-6 (DNP this week)
    2. F Tyler Vesel, Omaha 16GP, 1-6-7 (4GP, 0-0-0 this week)
    3. LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 18GP, 2-4-6 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
    4. F Aidan Muir Western Michigan 16GP, 1-2-3 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
    5. G Zach Nagelvoort 9GP, 3.14 .888 (Two reasonable outings)

    USHL

    1. D John Marino 22GP, 1-11-12 (1GP, 0-1-1 this week)

    EUROPE

    1. D Ziyat Paigin 26GP, 3-9-12 (KHL) (3GP, 0-2-2 this week)
    2. G Miroslav Svobota 10GP, 3.01 .922 (Cze-2) (Flipped a switch with new team)
    3. G Eetu Laurikainen 8GP, 2.16 .921 (SM-L) (Two games this week) 

    SEE ALSO

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    • ooj
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      Enjoy your posts and your morning spot on tsn 1260.
      Any insight on to the projection of Ziyat Paigin? I realize he’s a few years away…but like to see some comparables if available

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      • Lowetide
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        He is a big man, saw him good at the WJs a year ago and remembered his name when EDM drafted him. The scouting reports talk about his wingspan and his shot, he looks like he has good speed but a lot of kids fail because of their footspeed. He is an older prospect for a new draft pick, so the Oilers might sign him in the spring. VERY intriguing prospect, always dangerous getting excited about late-round picks (believe me, I know).

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    • Lowetide
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      That Ethan Bear kid sure is looking good right now. He’s leading the WHL among defencemen and is tied for 20th overall.

      And he’s a right-handed shot!

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    • 916oiler
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      I saw Bear play live recently and was impressed.

      But I’m really intrigued with Ziyat Paigin. This guy is getting good minutes from a decent KHL club and is producing really well over 26 games. He’s a 6″6′ defender!
      Is he on the Russia’s world junior roster??

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    • toprightcorner
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      Compared to this year’s WJC selection camp roster, based on points per game and Rob Vollman’s NHL equivalencies (0.37 for Hockey-East, 0.32 for OHL, 0.27 for WHL, 0.26 for QMJHL) only two players are clearly ahead of Bear (Lauzon and Sanheim), and only a few others (Dermott, Dunn, Hicketts, and McKeown) are even close.

      Ethan Bear (WHL), 30 GP, 9-25-34, 1.13 PPG/0.31 NHLE
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      Thomas Chabot (QMJHL), 22 GP, 7-13-20, 0.91 PPG/0.24 NHLE
      Jakob Chychrun (OHL), 28 GP, 5-17-22, 0.76 PPG/0.24 NHLE
      Travis Dermott (OHL), 29 GP, 2-25-27, 0.93 PPG/0.30 NHLE
      Vince Dunn (OHL), 26 GP, 8-16-24, 0.92 PPG/0.29 NHLE
      Haydn Fleury (WHL), 24 GP. 7-13-20, 0.83 PPG/0.22 NHLE
      Joe Hicketts (WHL), 29 GP, 2-28-30, 1.03 PPG/0.28 NHLE
      Brandon Hickey (Hockey-E), 16 GP, 5-2-7, 0.44 PPG/0.16 NHLE
      Noah Juulsen (WHL), 24 GP, 3-8-11, 0.46 PPG/0.12 NHLE
      Jérémy Lauzon (QMJHL), 26 GP, 5-29-34, 1.31 PPG/0.34 NHLE
      Roland McKeown (OHL), 30 GP, 6-22-28, 0.93 PPG/0.30 NHLE
      Travis Sanheim (WHL), 24 GP, 8-23-31, 1.29 PPG/0.35 NHLE

      Here’s Paigin’s NHLE’s (0.80 for KHL) for comparison:

      Ziyat Paigin (KHL), 26 GP, 3-9-12, 0.46 PPG/0.37 NHLE

      So yeah, Paigin is looking really good here, but I kind of feel bad for Bear (born 1997) being overlooked for this year’s WJC squad.

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      • toprightcorner
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        Thanks for the research on the Bear info and your right, I would have like to see him on the WJ roster, he deserves a spot but I don’t know the style they are playing. Bear is 5’11” 200 lbs and build like a brick house. He skates well, solid first pass but not sure if he has shutdown defensive skills that the team may have wanted for players not in top 4 spots.

        All I know is i did research in him after he was drafted and with his points pace being over double last year, this kid has the will to play hard and improve.

        Does anyone know if he is a physical player or hits a lot of people? fights?

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        • YakCity1039
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          Bear will fight, but he’s not a scrapper. Using Darnell last year as a comparison, their scoring is similar (Nurse had 33 points in 36 games), but Bear’s only got 18 PIMs compared to Nurse’s 56.

          Tough to get situational analytics out of the CHL, so we’ll probably just have to wait to see more, but Bear finished +23 last year and is +8 so far this year. Nurse finished +11 in the Soo. Read from that what you will.

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    • toprightcorner
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      Would like to know more about Caleb Jones, 13th in defensive scoring as a rookie. He has done much better offensively than I expected and defense was his strength

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