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Old 02-20-2015, 11:05 PM   #37
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October Development

NHL

Winners
Mark Streit staying off the decline list is helping his stock on the team depth chart. Giroux continues to have strong development, even past his prospect years. MacDonald enjoys a small skating boost, but every bit helps at extending a career. L. Schenn had an awesome month as he improved on both ends of the ice and got a mental boost as he matures in the league. Simmonds gains some leadership as well, increasing his chances of becoming an alternate in the future. Again Couturier stole the show by increasing his abilities in SIX areas; all of which will aid in his growth into an elite Two-Way Forwad.

Losers
Mason gained some acceleration, not the stat I need my goalie of the future to be deep in. As he nears 40 Timonen continues to fall, now his slapshot has lost some steam and he is having some mental lapses in his own zone. Both young Erics (Wellwood and Gustafsson) names' are missing from the development report. Coburn lost some stamina as he no longer can be thought of as a borderline workhorse.


AHL

Winners
When Martinook was found to be getting to his top speed quicker Shjon Podein couldn't help but crack a smile. Rinaldo improved some of his offensive abilities. Petr Straka will now be moving the puck better and be a little bit harder to get off of it, a playmaking career could be in his future. This month treated the backend very well as both B. Manning and M. Alt showed improvement with their ability to move on the ice and improved their abilities to help out in the attacking end.

There were two Phantoms who showed great improvement over the first month of AHL action. Recently signed offensive defenseman Fantenberg looks to as though he could be a free agent steal as he was able to improve in every area of his game. Maybe it was the 6 game stint with the big club, but Tye McGinn has shown bumps in his ability to score away from the net and his work with Ian Laperriere must have given him the confidence to lay down in front of puck.

Losers
Y. Danis continues to let his age show as his skills drop is yielding more and more starts to the younger netminder. At just 29 B. Gervais is losing some offensive skills, an NHL comeback seems unlikely for the blueliner.


Prospects

Taylor Leier continues to surprise as he makes gains in each of the four major categories. Sam Morin made four improvements that will help him on the PK, a role he will likely see a lot of time with when he joins the next level. Anthony Stolarz makes a few gains as he will likely replace Danis on the AHL roster next year. Flyer's top prospect Scott Laughton also made improvements to his defensive game, his faceoff skills will earn him serious consideration for a spot with the Flyers next season. Amorosa does not project to even make the Phantoms roster, but with a few more months like this past one he could see himself earning a little bit more time as a professional hockey player in North America.

The only name of note missing from the prospect development report was Robert Hagg's.

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