Is there one of RHP, Heineman, RHP you DON'T think is NHL-ready? If not, why not?

The only NHL ready guy is Jesse Ylönen
RHP might be, but he needs to play a couple games in the big league to see if he belongs there. As for Heineman, no he isn’t NHL ready. Mesar Beck Roy Mysak are all minimum 2 years away. We will have a Laval Rocket team composed of Farrell Roy Kidney Mysak Mesar like next year. Slafkovsky, RHP & Ylönen will play in the AHL this season, but will fight for a spot next year. MTL are stock with bad contract and they gonna die with those cap dumps (Gallagher,Armia,Hoffman)

I don’t think heineman is likely NHL ready. 20 year olds that haven’t played a single professional game in north america generally aren’t ready for the NHL. It’s exceptionally rare.
Who is RHP?

Rafael Harvey-Pinard

Heineman has been lighting up the development camp. Consistent scoring with his NHL shot. Skating is there as well.

Defense is probably not where it needs to be, but the Habs already have that issue in spades.

Lol why would anyone that isn’t a habs fan know that?

Anyhow, on a halfway decent NHL team, he’s probably not an NHLer. I’m not going to pretend to know a ton about him, but I think I can make some educated guesses here. He’s super undersized, and over 25% of his AHL production came on the powerplay. Think that guys going to get powerplay in the NHL? Doubt it. I think it’s highly likely he’s stuck in the, “not good enough to be a top six NHLer, can’t play a bottom six role.”

Every NHL team has a half dozen guys that are lighting up development camp. It’s development camp….

Pro camp as well.

This happens with every team every year. Some 20 year old impresses. It’s incredibly rare that they’re an NHL player.

Gallagher, Gionta, MSL, Caufield... Undersized players can play in the NHL and have meaningful impacts. I actually watch the games and the player, you just sit and judge based on absolutely 0 games watched. It's really sad...

Notice i never said, “he is not an NHLer.” So before you get super defensive, well - let me rephrase - before you go too far getting super defensive, just recognize that all I’m saying is that the odds aren’t in his favor. Case in point, to come up with relevant comparisons, you had to dig up two guys that are long since retired….only one of whom spent significant time in the AHL.

Ever wonder why this guy only got a four game look last season? He played in the worst organization in the NHL, and could only crack the lineup for four games as a 23 year old. That usually doesn’t equate to an NHL player.

Since you are an expert...what is the percentage that quantifies incredibly rare? Where is your supporting data?

Yes. He was not ready last year. This year however is another thing.

I am defensive about anyone challenging my position of course .. but I am frustrated by anyone who projects themselves as an expert but does zero research. Basically you are saying you will not even look at a player play if he's under 5' 11"... This is why your opinion is totally biased and irrelevant.

When did i present myself as an expert?
When did i say I’m not willing to look at a player if he’s under 5’11”
The only thing i asserted is that it’s unlikely that a 20 year old who has never played a pro hockey game in North America, and a 23 year old undersized forward that couldn’t crack the NHLs worst lineup last year (for more than four throw-away games) likely aren’t NHL ready given how the NHL generally operates. That’s objectively true.

Perhaps objectively true, but certainly not SUBJECTIVELY true. We are making an opinion about a player and you are trying to give us a lesson on statistics for players entering the league and using that as your measuring stick for whether you are right or wrong. It's a major bias...

Go back and read what i wrote. Judging from your last couple posts you read me saying, “these guys are not NHL players.” That’s not what I said. I said it’s highly unlikely that they are. There is room for that objective truth, along with your subjective opinion (nothing can really be subjectively true)

RHP had a 3 point night last night and has 4 points in 5 games since being called up.

Ylonen also has 2 points in 8 games.

Seems like I was right about the bottom 6 depth in Laval!

No it seems like you’re cherry picking small sample sizes.

Duh.