Montreal Canadiens Prospect Roundup 7

Sweden

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Sebastian Collberg	Elitserien	Frölunda	Last Week	3	1	0	1
			Total	33	6	3	9
	World Juniors	Sweden	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	6	4	2	6
	Allsvenskan	Örebro HK	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	15	6	2	8

Slump busted! It was a long time coming, as Collberg went from January 25th to February 28th without a point, but he scored a goal on the last day of February. Maybe now his coach will decide to give him a little bit of ice time. Ah who are we kidding? It’s almost as if Collberg did himself a disservice by scoring in the shootout so often, he’s too valuable to send down, but his coach refuses to play him.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Magnus Nygren	Elitserien	Färjestads	Last Week	2	0	1	1
			Total	48	12	16	28

Nygren with another assist in just two games on the week. Luckily not all Swedish clubs are mishandling Canadiens prospects. Nygren gets top minutes for Färjestads and has been playing so well that Hockey’s Future bumped him into the Habs’ top 20 prospects for the first time.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Erik Nystrom	Super Elit U20	Modo U20	Last Week	0	0	0	0
			Total	22	8	16	24
	Allsvenskan	Karlskrona HK	Last Week	3	2	1	3
			Total	22	5	6	11

Nystrom seems to have adjusted well to the Allsvenskan, bringing his scoring up to a half point per game. To give some context into how well the 6th round pick is playing, Collberg was just over a half point per game in the same league, and we know how talented he is. Every week I’m impressed by what I hear about Nystrom. He just won’t fade away.

Czech Republic

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Daniel Pribyl	Czech Extraliga	Sparta Praha	Last Week	2	1	0	1
			Total	40	12	10	22

Pribyl now has 11 points in his last 10 games, doubling up the 11 that he totalled in the first 30 games of the season. This is the kind of production Pribyl is capable of with his talent, we’ll see how long he can keep it up.

Canadian Hockey League

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Brady Vail	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	Last Week	2	1	2	3
			Total	61	18	31	49

An offensive week for Vail with over a point per game is his first in quite awhile. Soon he should cross the 20 goal and 50 point marks on the season, although he has just 1 goal in 8 games. It should be noted that while Vail has improved his points per game a tiny bit, his goal scoring is behind where it was last year. Luckily it’s the defensive work that we’re looking for from him, and by all counts his play there is fantastic.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Olivier Archambault	QMJHL	Drumm. Volitgeurs	Last Week	3	2	2	4
			Total	58	27	32	59

Over a point per game now after spending quite a long time below that threshold, Archambault is finishing the season strong. He has 16 points in his last 11 games, including 7 goals. He has made new career highs for himself in goals and points, while needing just one more assist to tie his career high there. This has also been the healthiest season of Archambault’s career, so maybe there’s something there.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Charles Hudon	QMJHL	Chicoutimi	Last Week	4	1	2	3
			Total	51	29	35	64

Hudon’s point streak ended this week at 5 games, over which time he accrued 12 points. He’s gone two games without a point now, so expect him to be hungry and put up a big show for next week.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Darren Dietz	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	Last Week	4	1	1	2
			Total	65	20	28	48

Dietz couldn’t keep his hot streak going this week, but a half point per game is pretty good for going ‘cold’. His play of late may result in the Canadiens signing him to an entry level contract soon, which he would clearly deserve. In spite of not collecting all the points, Dietz managed a +7 rating in 4 games this week.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Dalton Thrower	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	Last Week	4	1	1	2
			Total	50	5	20	25

Thrower is staying steady at a half point per game, and his defensive work looks pretty solid from his +20 rating. He hasn’t shown much improvement offensively though.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Tim Bozon	WHL	Kamloops Blazers	Last Week	3	0	2	2
			Total	62	32	47	79

A scout recently commented on Bozon that he’s a natural goal scorer, but sometimes thinks he’s a playmaker, and that’s when his play deteriorates and he gets himself into trouble. Looking at Bozon’s last 11 games where he has just 1 goals and 7 assists, it seems we’re in one of those streaks. The Canadiens will have to work with Bozon in teaching him to shoot first.

NCAA

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mac Bennett	NCAA	Michigan	Last Week	2	0	0	0
			Total	25	5	10	15

Nothing to report on Bennett from a point perspective, as he’s cooled off a bit now with no points in 3 games. He is a +4 over that time though, which brings him out of the negatives on the year.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Danny Kristo	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	1	2	3
			Total	31	20	24	44

Kristo’s point streak lives on at 8 games, but his streak of a goal and an assist every game dies at four. Check out this video of Kristo and his teammates talking about what life is like playing hockey at UND.

Name	League	Team	Timeline	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Mark MacMillan	NCAA	North Dakota	Last Week	2	3	3	6
			Total	33	12	12	24

MacMillan has had enough of his cold streak and absolutely exploded offensively in his last two games. It doesn’t totally make up for his 10 games of struggling, but another couple games like that would essentially erase it. Let’s see what he can do.