FlamesNation Prospect Update: Goalie focus
6 years ago
The Flames may have lost Mike Smith for the time being, and with confidence in Eddie Lack already low, it’s likely the Flames have to look to California for a goaltender. They already have a competition brewing between Jon Gillies and David Rittich, and whoever wins could potentially open a spot for Tyler Parsons (who also may be injured, but looking ahead) in the AHL.
Not a bad time to be a Flames fan.
In case you missed it
- Here’s last week’s update.
- Stockton’s Finest provides a recap of the Heat’s game against the Manitoba Moose.
- Wondering where Andrew Mangiapane could fit on the roster.
Rasmus Andersson – D, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30.83 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andersson’s brief NHL adventure ended yesterday and now he’s back in California.
Austin Carroll – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carroll found his way back into the Stockton lineup and fought a guy.
Dillon Dube – C/LW, Kelowna Rockets, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 17 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 29.38 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.84 |
A very busy week for Dube. He finished the WHL-Russia series with two goals and three assists in two games, including this goal last Tuesday:
He came back and added three points in two games with the Rockets immediately after.
Zach Fischer – RW, Spokane Chiefs, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17.84 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.19 |
Fischer scored two goals last week, including this one where he appears to completely run over a goalie? Okay, I guess.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14.82 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.7 |
Foo is second only to Andrew Mangiapane in shots on goal (33 to 36). Seeing as Garnet Hathaway’s SH% is 30% and Foo’s is around 3%, we can expect a massive reversal of fortunes soon.
Adam Fox – D, Harvard Crimson, ECAC
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22.63 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.8 |
Harvard and Fox had a lacklustre weekend, with only one assist on the three total goals the Crimson scored.
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Healey comes as advertised, I guess.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW, Baie-Comeau Drakkar, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 20.50 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2.56 |
D’Artagnan still has yet to score a secondary point. Two more primary assists this week.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| KHL current | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23.02 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VHL current | 14 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 37.84 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.49 |
It’s international break in Europe, so none of the Flames’ European players actually played league hockey (this makes the rest of the update a little boring but) unless they were Pavel Karnaukhov, who was sent back to the VHL to get some game time in while the KHL team was on a break. I’m going to assume he’s back with CSKA Moscow immediately after.
Morgan Klimchuk – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26.68 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.15 |
Klimchuk added two more points this weekend, both primary. He’s oddly become the most interesting player from that 2013 draft haul.
Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20.75 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.78 |
Oli is back on the schneid, having not scored a point in the past two weeks.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.95 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International break.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.93 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.43 |
Lomberg finally got back on the scoresheet, having been absent from it since the first week of the season.
Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 56.32 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.26 |
It’s actually unreal how well Mangiapane has been playing. Three more points, all primary, all 5v5. It’s hard to see how the Flames could fit him into the lineup, but I really want it to happen.
Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Sioux Falls Stampede, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10.6 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 |
Mattsson scored another goal this week, just like he did last week. Consistency is key.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Played a game of hockey.
Matthew Phillips – C/RW, Victoria Royals, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 21 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 41.90 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1.91 |
Phillips has been slowing down over the past couple of weeks, if you can call “scoring a point per game” slowing down.
Emile Poirier – LW/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9.64 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 |
Poirier only played in one game this past week, scratched for unknown reasons. He technically picked up an assist, but only because it was a stat correction.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Played a game for the first time in weeks. Didn’t see much ice time and didn’t do much, either.
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 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16.74 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International break.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sarnia Sting, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 20 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 38.13 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -0.14 |
Another strong week for Ruzicka, who picked up three points against the Owen Sound Attack. He’s (slowly) starting to become less reliant on PP scoring.
Hunter Shinkaruk – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16.06 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.64 |
Scored a goal this week.
Hunter Smith – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7.65 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.09 |
Smith added another assist this week for the Flames’ ECHL affiliate.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, HV71, Superelit/SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| SHL current | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Superelit current | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 19.13 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International break.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12.44 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ditto.
Juuso Valimaki – D, Tri-City Americans, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20.38 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.40 |
Didn’t do anything this week.
Tyler Wotherspoon – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Current | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26.68 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9.16 |
Wotherspoon had a massive week, picking up four assists. It really sucks for him that Brett Kulak has the final LHD spot locked down, because it’s hard to see what more Wotherspoon could do to get an NHL job.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | SA | |
| Current | 8 | 480.18 | 0.924 | 243 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 57.97 | -0.006 | 31 |
Gillies stopped 28 of 31 (.903) in a 4-1 loss to the Manitoba Moose. I’d expect him to get the nod if Mike Smith is out for a little while.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL
| GP | TOI | SV% | SA | |
| Current | 5 | 246 | 0.872 | 117 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 118 | -0.038 | 50 |
McDonald picked up both starts for KC this week, including a back-to-back because…
Tyler Parsons – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | SA | |
| Current | 5 | 359 | 0.870 | 216 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
… Parsons appears to be injured. The Mavericks used an emergency backup goalie (named Sam Barnett, in case you were wondering) for both games this past weekend. Twitter searches provided no official reason for the club, but there appeared to be a nagging injury from a few weeks back that was negatively affecting his play. This is all speculation, but probably well informed speculation.
Parsons is actually playing in this morning’s (!) KC Mavericks game, so I guess he is healthy again.
(Twitter searches also revealed that Parsons got engaged this past week. Congrats, Tyler!)
David Rittich – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | SA | |
| Current | 5 | 299.88 | 0.928 | 153 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 59.88 | -0.009 | 26 |
Like clockwork, Rittich put up a stinker after a shutout, only saving 23 of 26 in 6-3 win over the San Diego Gulls.
Nick Schneider – G, Calgary Hitmen, WHL
| GP | TOI | SV% | SA | |
| Current | 16 | 950 | 0.898 | 500 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 125 | -0.003 | 66 |
Schneider recorded two sub-.900 SV% against the Medicine Hat Tigers this weekend.
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