Playoff Update:
Seattle leads series 2-0
Gropp has 1g and 2a in 2 games
Playoff Update:
Seattle leads series 2-0
Gropp has 1g and 2a in 2 games
I think playing anywhere against grown men would be good for him.Originally Posted by Drew a Penalty
Playoff update:
Zborovsky 8 assists and +23 in 17 games will be facing Gropp 4 goals 7 assists 11 points in 10 games in the WHL Finals.
Winner joins Day in the Memorial Cup.
Seattle won the WHL Championship.
Gropp had a goal and an assist in each of the last 3 games. He missed 4 games in one of the early rounds. Finished with 7 goals 12 assists for 19 points in 16 games. On to face Sean Day in the Memorial Cup.
Looks like the passenger line of thought wins the day. I would add that he was man-sized in that league and has now lost both that advantage as well as Barzal.
Essentially, barring some dramatic change, his NHL aspirations are over almost before they began.
Good Gropp news in a tweet and an article
links to#NYR Prospect Update: @Gropper8 with three goals in two games, @19Lettieri95 nets his 9th for @WolfPackAHL. http://nyrange.rs/2zKT4NZ
there's more on other prospects — Nanne, Zborovsky, Halverson, Ronning — in the same articleProspect Update: Gropp With Three Goals in Two Games
by Matt Calamia @MattCalamia / NYRangers.com
December 3rd, 2017
Ryan Gropp, Adam Chapie and Vince Pedrie all scored goals in Hartford's 5-4 shootout win over Rochester Friday night in the American Hockey League. Brandon Crawley had two assists while Pedrie, Vinni Lettieri and Neal Pionk had one helper each. Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev finished with 34 saves for the win.
The Wolf Pack dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Toronto Marlies Saturday night. Gropp posted his first career multi-goal/point game to give him five thus far in his rookie campaign. Letteri netted his ninth of the year, while the newly acquired Peter Holland had an assist. Georgiev had 35 saves in the loss.
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If n ya gots jowls, they might as well be furry ones.
Isn't every scorer, especially a winger, a passenger in some sense? It's too early to say this for Gropp, even if he's been trending that way.
It's now 4 goals in the past 4 games and he's starting to generate a lot more shots. This is not being a passenger:
https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/stat...94063953711106
https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/st...84303623774208
We have some decent playmakers in Zucc, Buch, Miller and Hayes... so being a passenger may not be the end of the world. As long as he can put the puck in the net of course
Yea - This team is in bad need of a guy or two who doesn't need the puck on their stick. Call it a sniper, call it a passenger...whatever. They need more shoot-first players.
Bring back pirri !!!! (Not)
What is the story with this guy would he be considered a bust at this point in his career ?
"Meet me later in the gymnasium, next to the dumbbells... you'll know me, I got a hat on."
Curly
I'd certainly call him one.
"Everyone says you should be a good loser. If you’re a good loser, you’re a loser."
- John Tortorella
"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence."
- Christopher Hitchens
Will he ever make the team?
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Dude won't ever make it. He became too reliant upon Barzal. Doesn't have the skills to really make it by on his own. He's been up and down the Hartford roster and hasn't stuck anywhere. Gabe Fontaine has gotten similar bottom six minutes and situations and has suceeded.
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