The Flames seem to have recently developed an eye for picking up prospects who tend to see major growth from year to year. Seems like a good plan to me.

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Rasmus Andersson – D, Stockton Heat, AHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
34
4
19
23
14
11
8
26.07
Change from last week
3
0
1
1
1
0
0
-1.28
Just an assist for Andersson this week.

Austin Carroll – RW, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
17
2
0
2
2
2
2
4.53
Change from last week
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
-0.63
Just two games played for Carroll this week.

Dillon Dube – C/LW, Kelowna Rockets, WHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
30
21
24
45
20
28
14
34.35
Change from last week
3
3
3
6
0
0
0
0
Dube finally saw action again after the World Juniors and a team-sanctioned vacation (mostly due to the flu). He came back to score two points per game, and is now 10 points away from topping his last year’s total. Here’s a cool video from Global Kelowna about him.

Zach Fischer – RW, Spokane Chiefs, WHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
38
20
14
34
23
23
18
21.28
Change from last week
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
-0.52
An unusually quiet week for Fischer, who only had one goal but only played two games.

Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
37
9
10
19
10
17
9
19.79
Change from last week
3
1
2
3
3
3
10
1.66
With everyone else gone, Foo is starting to become the offensive outlet for the Heat. He lived up to that role this week, potting three points, all 5v5, all primary.

Adam Fox – D, Harvard Crimson, ECAC

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
15
0
12
12
5
5
1
15.09
Change from last week
2
0
2
2
1
1
0
0.58
There appears to be some odd fear that Fox won’t sign in Calgary, for some reason. Here’s our take:

Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Swift Current Broncos, WHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
47
37
49
86
46
64
33
43.51
Change from last week
4
2
3
5
2
3
2
-1.28
Gawdin’s slowdown over the past month has been pretty apparent. The guy has slipped four NHLe points (?) over the past month. As Swift Current has been stocking up, they’ve also begun to rely on him less. Not great indicators, but perhaps he can fight back and earn that top billing again.

Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
28
0
1
1
0
1
0
1.38
Change from last week
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
-0.1
Healey is back in rotation duty again, after a solid stretch of regular hockey. Three games played out of the last six possible.

D’Artagnan Joly – RW, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
37
15
25
40
21
33
19
22.16
Change from last week
4
1
4
5
2
33
1
0.41
His stats don’t look that great, but Joly is quietly having a great season for Baie-Comeau. He’s crept up to second in team scoring with seven fewer games played than first or third place. Among 2017 draft eligibles, he ranks fifth in the whole QMJHL in points per game and second in primary points per game. He’s tied for 13th among all QMJHLers in primary points per game. He is also just eight points away from equaling his 2016-17 effort. Last year, he did that in 66 games. Don’t sleep on this kid.

Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
KHL current
11
0
2
2
2
1
1
11.03
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
VHL current
32
12
18
30
18
24
14
29.21
Change from last week
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
-1.95
Karnaukhov has found a permanent residence in the VHL, it appears. Slowing down in that league will do that to you. It’s the first time all season his NHLe has dropped under 30 in that league.

Morgan Klimchuk – LW, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
38
11
13
24
14
18
11
24.34
Change from last week
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
-2.8
Klimchuk has slowed down in recent weeks. No points this week.

Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
35
2
17
19
12
12
9
20.92
Change from last week
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
-0.76
Just one assist this week from Kylington.

Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
27
2
1
3
3
2
2
5.28
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lindstrom sat out both of Skelleftea’s games this week, reason unknown.

Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
36
5
9
14
12
8
6
14.98
Change from last week
3
1
2
3
2
1
0
2.15
Lomberg has been hot recently, picking up the slack for a lot of the recent offensive slowdown in Stockton.

Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
30
16
19
35
20
26
16
44.96
Change from last week
1
2
0
2
1
2
1
1.11
Mangiapane went down and immediately scored twice for Stockton. He hasn’t made much of an NHL impact yet, but it’s pretty safe to say that he is too good for the AHL.

Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Sioux Falls Stampede, USHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
33
8
10
18
15
16
13
12.52
Change from last week
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
-0.81
No points for Mattson this week.

Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Up to date
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Didn’t play.

Matthew Phillips – C/RW, Victoria Royals, WHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
48
32
43
75
31
54
24
37.16
Change from last week
3
2
5
7
1
6
1
1.23
Phillips continues his impressive post-holiday play, scoring seven points this week. He also moved back into the lead for shorthanded WHL scoring. The next closest Royal is 19 points behind him. He’s also about to pass his rookie year totals, when he scored 76 points in 72 games. Also just 15 points away from passing last year’s total, which he could feasibly do in the next 10 games. He’s on pace for 112 points this year, which is incredibly good.

Emile Poirier – LW/RW, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
37
3
12
15
9
14
8
15.62
Change from last week
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
-1.38
Really wish Poirier would be given better billing than the third line. You have to start wondering whether or not he’s destined for greater things than the AHL.

Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat, AHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
16
0
2
2
1
0
0
4.82
Change from last week
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2.25
Recorded his second point of the season.

Daniel Pribyl – RW/C, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Still injured.

Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
36
1
10
11
10
7
6
18.54
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Didn’t play this week. Injured.

Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Up to date
42
26
24
50
23
41
19
29.29
Change from last week
3
6
2
8
7
8
7
2.80
Wow. Ruzicka has had a hard few weeks (months really: his struggles date back to December), but he exploded this week with eight points, all primary, seven of them coming at 5v5. That shatters his records from last year. This included a natural hat trick against Flint:

Hunter Shinkaruk – F, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Up to date
36
12
6
18
12
15
11
19.27
Change from last week
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
-0.58
Just a goal this week for Shinkaruk.

Hunter Smith – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Up to date
35
9
8
17
13
17
13
11.15
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hunter Smith is out with a hand injury.

Filip Sveningsson – LW, HV71, Superelit/SHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
SHL current
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Superelit current
22
10
17
27
16
20
12
20.13
Change from last week
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
-2.01
A rare point-less week for Sveningsson, but he did get a 20 minute misconduct (they don’t joke in Sweden) for a check to the back.

Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
34
11
6
17
6
13
5
17.63
Change from last week
3
2
2
4
1
3
1
3.98
A big week for Tuulola, who scored four points in three games. He’s struggled to find the net in Liiga play, but hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

Juuso Valimaki – D, Tri-City Americans, WHL

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
19
5
15
20
9
14
6
25.10
Change from last week
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Injured, upper body, week-to-week. In Calgary rehabbing.

Tyler Wotherspoon – D, Stockton Heat

GP
G
A
P
5v5 P
P1
5v5 P1
NHLe
Current
38
4
19
23
13
13
9
23.32
Change from last week
3
0
1
1
1
0
0
-0.9
One assist for Wotherspoon.

Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat

GP
TOI
SV%
SA
Current
26
1540.95
0.920
814
Change from last week
6
160.13
-0.001
102
All over the place this week. Followed a shutout last week with another 32-save shutout, but then had a rough outing where he saw 34 shots on net (allowed five goals, 0.853 SV%) in just over two periods of hockey against Ontario. He then followed it up with a 32/36 performance the next day. It certainly doesn’t help that Tyler Parsons isn’t quite up to AHL muster yet, but just a rough week overall.
Despite this, he ranks seventh for goalies who have played 20 games or more in SV%. He also leads the league in shutouts.

Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks

GP
TOI
SV%
SA
Current
21
1189
0.892
581
Change from last week
1
60
0.001
19
Allowed two goals on 19 shots, and only appeared in one of the three Maverick games this week. It’s a minor concern, but he’s currently lost the starting job to Chris Nell, a goalie two years older who was demoted by the Rangers to the Mavericks. He’s been a .885 goalie so far this year, but is currently rocking a .939 with the Mavericks. Let’s see if that holds.

Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat

GP
TOI
SV%
SA
ECHL Current
19
1034
0.907
567
Change from last week
–
–
–
–
AHL Current
2
77.68
0.844
45
Change from last week
1
17.73
0.019
5
There’s no timetable for Parsons to get some start time in the AHL, which is fine because rushing him isn’t necessary (especially given some of the injuries he’s had to deal with this season). He saw a bit of action after Gillies was mercifully pulled. Only faced five shots.

Nick Schneider – G, Calgary Hitmen, WHL

GP
TOI
SV%
SA
Current
42
2381
0.885
1267
Change from last week
3
182
0
89
Schneider’s weeks are almost predictable. One amazing game (0.944 against Kamloops), one awful one (0.815, against Saskatoon), and one par-for-the-course one (0.885, against Prince Albert).