Bodee Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 What kind of player do we have here. 2011-12 Regular Season Niagara IceDogs 59 23 44 67 36 104 He seems to be a fairly prolific scorer and also seems to be a centre who likes to put himself about with PIM of 104 (almost double the next highest in the team) The boy seems fairly driven.......in the mould of RR37 perhaps. At age 21 and 5'-10" @ 186lbs he has probably room for some physical growth. A +/- of 36 is good in anyones book and I just wonder if we may see him up with Jensen in Chicago next year. Not a high draft at 6th round but we might have a real prospect here if he maintains his focus. Both he and Jensen are bound to eventually start to put pressure on Schroeder imo Coming from/ living in Scotland and fairly late into the NHL and the various levels below, perhaps the more knowledgable amongst you could enlighten me on this player's early potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Good player, but limited chances at the NHL. Might turn into a good two way 3rd line center, but doesn't project much higher than that. He might surprise, but I think we have better options in the system, like Joseph Labate on the 3rd and Mats Froshaug centering the 4th, as both have more size for a bottom six role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckRow Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Good player, but limited chances at the NHL. Might turn into a good two way 3rd line center, but doesn't project much higher than that. He might surprise, but I think we have better options in the system, like Joseph Labate on the 3rd and Mats Froshaug centering the 4th, as both have more size for a bottom six role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 He might be one of our first propsect that will play in the bottom 6 in the future....as we have drafted more top 6 talent than bottom 6...I think he will just the first one to be our drafted third/fourth line center...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbro Baggins Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 The player that I would compare him to is Brad Marchand, but with less offensive skill. He could be a good 3rd or 4th liner for us in the future, but he needs to keep his head on straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Thanks guys, interesting comparison to less offensive Marchand. He might settle for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 He might turn into a Jannik Hansen. If he does, I would consider that pick a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Not a chance. Friesen is more likely to crack our line-up one day over Froshaug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnycanuck46 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Friesen has 19 points in 12 playoff games so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sounds like an Alex Burrows type, more than RR37? We can only hope, although I would be thrilled to have another (hopefully healthy) RR37... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Reminds me of Dave bolland kinda.. I wouldn't mind getting our own bolland haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Horvat Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'm surprised we don't hear much about this guy given what he's doing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 by "massive" hits (in elvis15's post) he's not talking about Brad Marchand submarine style on Salo massive right? Hoping more of the Dustin Brown/ Cal Clutterbuck knock you down but play clean style? I'd really like it if he (or any of the other big centers we have) can pan out to be a Mike Richards for us-- edgy, can score and is clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 He'll probably never even get a real crack at our line-up, maybe get a few games as a call-up. As an overager, 67 points is really nothing special, players who never amounted to anything more than career AHLers put up much better overage seasons than Friesen did. His physical edge make give him a chance, but the rest of his game simply isnt NHL calibre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Heyman Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 by "massive" hits (in elvis15's post) he's not talking about Brad Marchand submarine style on Salo massive right? Hoping more of the Dustin Brown/ Cal Clutterbuck knock you down but play clean style? I'd really like it if he (or any of the other big centers we have) can pan out to be a Mike Richards for us-- edgy, can score and is clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows53 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Freezer is an NHL ready name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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