As of Sunday night, according to Elite Prospects, not one Devils prospect had tallied a point this week in a game that matters. This post analyzes that nothing, so you don’t have to.
When Nothing Happens
What does one write about when nothing happens? I suppose I could remind readers of the solid play of Goaltender Jakub Malek in his pre-season debut, or the rise of the profile of Ethan Edwards, but other writers have the preseason games covered. Overseas, it’s been an extremely boring week. When this article was written on Sunday, Gustav Hillstrom and Sigge Holmgren, two bright spots in this young season, have not played since last Tuesday.
In Russia, Daniil Orlov, who has been on fire to start the season, went pointless in the two games he played in that stretch. Fellow Russian defenders have fared much worse on the score sheet overall. Anton Silayev is pointless in 9 games (KHL), Artyom Barabosha pointless in 10 (VHL), and Daniil Karpovich pointless in 5 (3 KHL, 2 VHL). Silayev has seen his TOI drop this season from an average of 17:25 last season and 18:34 in the playoffs to 16:48 under new coach Alexei Isakov.
Winger David Rozsival has started his USHL season with a four game pointless streak.
Winger Kasper Pikkarainen has one assist in eight games to start his comeback season for TPS of the Liiga, an assist that happened before last update. So, nothing this week.
In net, Trenten Bennett hasn’t played a full game since his stellar opening night performance, but made 14 saves on 14 shots in 26 minutes of net time on Sunday night in a 5-4 win. All four goals against Owen Sound were surrendered by the other netminder. The only other Devils prospect to see action in a game that counts, Veeti Louihaarva earned a loss for KeuPa HT in the Mestis, dropping to 1-2-1 on the season.
That’s it.
All of this should change once Utica and the NCAA begin their seasons, but this week, there is only nothing.
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