FlamesNation Prospect Update: Parsons comes alive
5 years ago
It’s been a while since we’ve had great goalie news in this space.
In case you missed it:
- Here’s the last update.
- Your Hitmen report.
- Your Stockton report.
- Dillon Dube cracked TSN’s top 50 prospects list.
Dillon Dube – F, Stockton Heat, AHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 15 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 37.2 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2.65 |
Broke his point-per-game average this week, but another strong week for Dube. We’ll see how long he stays in Stockton.
Zach Fischer – RW, Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.26 |
After his strongest week as a professional, Fischer was scratched for one of KC’s two games this week.
Spencer Foo – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 18.47 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.99 |
Four games, no points for Foo. It seems like time to call it.
Glenn Gawdin – C/RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 37 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 20.46 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1.14 |
Gawdin had a great week for the Heat, picking up three points in four games, partially thanks to the reformation of the WHL All-Stars line (Dube-Gawdin-Phillips).
Josh Healey – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7.71 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.54 |
With Marcus Hogstrom finally activated for action and Rob Hamilton signed, the Heat have been experimenting with defensive options to try and clean up their porous own zone play. That’s pushing Healey to the sidelines, unfortunately.
D’Artagnan Joly – RW/C, Rimouski Oceanic
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 42 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 16.63 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -0.09 |
After taking a game off for maintenance reasons, Joly came back and responded with a goal and assist for Rimouski, his first in both categories since his debut weekend.
Pavel Karnaukhov – LW/C, CSKA Moscow, KHL/Zvezda, VHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date (KHL) | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18.46 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.79 |
| Up to date (VHL) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17.31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Still trudging on in the KHL.
Demetrious Koumontzis – LW, Arizona State University, NCAA (Independent)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12.52 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
ASU didn’t play this weekend.
Oliver Kylington – D, Stockton Heat – X
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
With Juuso Valimaki nearing a return, it’ll be interesting to see what management does with their waiver-exempt LHD. The obvious move is to demote Valimaki to try and help him make up for lost time, but in the long run, it’s likely they don’t believe Valimaki will best be served by AHL time for more than maybe two weeks. It’s hard to demote Kylington, especially given his general inoffensive play and game-winning beauty against Edmonton, so it’s going to be a tough choice. Poor us, having to decide between which two high-ceiling rookie defencemen get to play in the NHL.
Linus Lindstrom – C/LW, Skelleftea AIK, SHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.09 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 |
In his last three games, Lindstrom has played a combined 5:12. Not average, combined. It leads to me to the interesting idea that the Flames might bring him over to North America just so he isn’t stapled to the bench in Sweden.
Ryan Lomberg – LW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 31 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12.86 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.9 |
No points for Lomberg this week.
Andrew Mangiapane – LW/C, Stockton Heat – X
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 42.92 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Let’s see how long he sticks in the NHL.
Mitchell Mattson – C/LW, Michigan State, NCAA (Big 10)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Played in both of MSU’s games this weekend.
Adam Ollas Mattsson – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10.22 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.16 |
No points for AOM this week.
Andrew Nielsen – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 24 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9.96 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
An assist and an ejection for Nielsen this week.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen – C/LW, Denver Pioneers, NCAA (NCHC)
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 21 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| Change from last week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Emilio picked up another assist this week. With 13 games left in Denver’s regular season (not including the NCHC tournament or the Frozen Four), could it be possible that he finishes the year still maintaining a point-per-game pace?
Matthew Phillips – RW, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 38 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 26.22 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -0.74 |
Back on the scoresheet with two assists after being blanked the week before.
Brett Pollock – LW/C, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13.7 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.91 |
Getting the healthy scratch treatment.
Martin Pospisil – C/LW, Sioux City Musketeers, USHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 28 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 31.98 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
A slow week by Pospisil’s standard, having only picked up two assists this week, though the team as a whole struggled to find the scoresheet.
Rushan Rafikov – D, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16.84 |
| Change from last week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No games for Rafikov this week.
Milos Roman – C, Vancouver Giants, WHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 37 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 24.09 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.67 |
Two assists for Roman this week, who has remained strong for the Giants post-WJC.
Adam Ruzicka – C/LW, Sudbury Wolves, OHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 41 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 21 | 31 | 18 | 27.13 |
| Change from last week | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -0.75 |
Although it’s early, Ruzicka appears to have found his more all-around game with Sudbury, relying less on powerplay time to generate points. All but one of his points with the Wolves are primary 5v5 points.
Kerby Rychel – F, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 39 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 33.72 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.58 |
Another strong week for Rychel, who picked up a couple of points as per usual.
Filip Sveningsson – LW, IK Oskarshamn, Allsvenskan
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 29 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 33.70 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.69 |
Another week, another big powerplay contribution from Sveningsson.
Eetu Tuulola – RW, HPK, SM-Liiga
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 42 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 22.06 |
| Change from last week | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1.67 |
A monster week for Tuulola, who awoke after a few weeks of point-less slumber. He picked up three points in a 6-5 comeback victory, assisting on the last-minute tying goal and ending it in OT.
Rinat Valiev – D, Stockton Heat
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 32 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12.54 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0.71 |
Another big week for Valiev, who picked up his first goal as a member of the Flames organization. Maybe there’s more than meets the eye here.
Dmitri Zavgorodniy – C/LW, Rimouski Oceanic, QMJHL
| GP | G | A | P | 5v5 P | P1 | 5v5 P1 | NHLe | |
| Up to date | 46 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 23.79 |
| Change from last week | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1.16 |
Still in a slump, relatively speaking. His NHLe has dipped by about seven points in the last two months, and by three points in the previous month alone.
Jon Gillies – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 26 | 1371 | 0.867 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 118 | 0 |
Not doing so well. Allowed four on 30 shots (0.867) and five on 36 shots (0.861), both against Bakersfield.
Mason McDonald – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 12 | 674 | 0.907 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Hasn’t played in a while.
Tyler Parsons – G, Stockton Heat
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| Up to date | 11 | 572 | 0.892 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 125 | +0.021 |
An absolute monster of a week for Parsons. First, he stopped 49 of 51 shots (0.961) against the Texas Stars, good for a Heat team record, and then doubled down with a stellar 29 of 30 (0.967) in a shootout loss against Colorado. I won’t declare the Stockton goalie problem solved right now, especially given some of the volatility of Parsons’ numbers thus far, but he’s probably earned the starter’s net for the next little while.
Nick Schneider – G, Kansas City Mavericks
| GP | TOI | SV% | |
| ECHL Up to date | 12 | 725 | 0.889 |
| Change from last week | 2 | 123 | -0.05 |
| AHL Up to date | 11 | 220.16 | 0.922 |
| Change from last week | – | – | – |
Back in the starter’s net for KC, but not a lot of success. Allowed four on 29 shots (0.862) and six on 27 shots (0.778), both against Wichita.
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