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Islanders prospects daily: Samuel Bolduc continues good pro debut

By Michel Anderson |
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Samuel Bolduc poses after being selected 57th overall by the New York Islanders during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Samuel Bolduc poses after being selected 57th overall by the New York Islanders during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – JUNE 22: Samuel Bolduc poses after being selected 57th overall by the New York Islanders during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – JUNE 22: Samuel Bolduc poses after being selected 57th overall by the New York Islanders during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images) /

Here’s your daily recap of yesterday’s games, updates, and rankings for New York Islanders prospects and players within the system.

This is the tenth post of what has been a daily update on New York Islanders prospects and players within the system.

You’ll find an update on stats from prospects in action yesterday, a round-up of who’s playing today, and I’ll tell you how some of those prospects in action yesterday are doing in my prospects rankings.

Prospect Update from Yesterday

Collin Adams’s UND side booked their ticket to the NCHC’s title game after going through the University of Denver in overtime. Adams wasn’t exactly “stellar” in the win. He had a shot on goal and was less than 50% on the faceoff dot.

But that’s what happens with deep teams. Even when their big players have off days, or are shut down, other guys can step in. UND goes on to step one of their plan to take an NCHC title and an NCAA title.

The rough times continue for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers with yet another loss to Providence. The only two goals scored by the Tigers were in garbage time. Tom Kuhnhackl and Cole Bardreau’s goals were scored in the final two minutes of regulation. Providence was already up 5-0 at that point.

Samuel Bolduc gets another helper to continue leading the team in points. Unfortunately, the AHL doesn’t publish ice-time for public consumption, but I’d expect Bolduc to record big minutes for BPT, which is great for his continued development. At the rate it’s going for him, he’ll be in the NHL soon.

Update from today:

Anatoly Golyshev has terminated his KHL contract. More on him later here.

Robin Salo is interviewed after being selected 46th overall by the New York Islanders (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Robin Salo is interviewed after being selected 46th overall by the New York Islanders (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

Prospects (and players in the system) in Action Today

  • Ruslan Iskhakov (TPS)
  • Robin Salo (Orebro)
  • Collin Adams (UND)

Ruslan’s point streak is up to six games for TPS. Pull out a bit further on his season and you’ll see he has 15 points in his last 15 games. It’s been an incredible turnaround for a player that was a healthy scratch not too long into his start to life in Finland.

The young center has truly become the star TPS thought they had signed in the summer. It’s helped turn their team around from the bottom half last year to third in the Finnish Liiga this year.

After a heavy defeat to Oskarshamn a few days ago, Orebro is back on the ice to play Brynas. Salo has been eating up big minutes of late for Orebro as they continue their push for a top-three spot in the SHL. He’s only hit less than 20 minutes once in his last five games.

Twenty-four hours later, UND is back on the ice for the NCHC title game against second-ranked St. Cloud State. The two teams have only played twice this year. They split that record 1-1, with UND holding a -1 goal-differential across both games.

Over those two games, Adams holds a goal, two shots on goal, a +2 rating, and an 83% FOW efficiency. Both meetings were earlier in the year when Adams wasn’t scoring as regularly.

Russia’s Anatoly Golyshev vies for the puck with Sweden’s Malte Stromwall during the Beijer Hockey Games match between Sweden and Russia at the Ericson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 08, 2020. (Photo by Erik SIMANDER / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by ERIK SIMANDER/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia’s Anatoly Golyshev vies for the puck with Sweden’s Malte Stromwall during the Beijer Hockey Games match between Sweden and Russia at the Ericson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 08, 2020. (Photo by Erik SIMANDER / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by ERIK SIMANDER/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images) /

Prospect Rankings and Movement

Anatoly Golyshev 

As we know now, Anatoly Golyshev is leaving Russia for North America. We assume he’s signing a deal for this season with the Isles, but until an official release from the Isles is made it’s all speculation.

What isn’t speculation is how good he’s been at the KHL level. His 220 points in 403 career games make him Avtomobilist’s franchise leader in goals and points.

At the NHL level, that scoring rate makes him (using translation factors), about a 36 point player over a full 82 game season.

Will he play this year? Maybe. Whether that’s at the NHL or AHL level is yet to be determined. Who knows what Lou and Barry have in mind. But tossing him straight to the NHL seems like a stretch considering how the two like to bring in new players.

In terms of my rankings, Golyshev doesn’t exactly rank. He’s 26 so I don’t count him as a prospect anymore. But, I do keep track of him, so if he were a prospect he’d be just outside of the top 10.

But as former NHLer Anthony Stewart says, Golyshev is legit.

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