Leafs Prospect Matt Frattin
by Chemmy on Mar 15, 2010 10:50 AM EDT
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Matt Frattin should probably already have the nickname Ogie for his being kicked off the UND Fighting Sioux and his rejoining the team after society at large refused to accept him.
Frattin, Toronto's 4th round pick in 2007, is demolishing the NCAA right now. From Brad Elliott Schlossman's UND Hockey blog:
Matt Frattin is playing like a man possessed. He has nine goals in his last 10 games and is showing off all of his tools: He's extremely fast, he's very physical and he has a very heavy shot. Someday, he'll probably play in the NHL.
UND blog "Goon's World" had this to say about Frattin:
Matt Frattin was the best forward on the ice for the Fighting Sioux this past weekend, he scored four goals this weekend and the kid played like a beast, in my opinion Frattin is a prototypical power forward.
"This past weekend" was a three game playoff series against Minnesota and scoring a goal a game in the NCAA (especially against good competition) is really good.
A man possessed? That's the kind I like. Here's a shaky video of him destroying someone in UND's playoff series against Minnesota this weekend.
Frattin was assessed a five minute major for the hit.
Frattin scores a nice one at four on four. Notice the first guy in to congratulate him: it's Ron Hextall's son.
I'm going to try and run down some UND bloggers to tell us what we have in Matt Frattin but he's a guy with a lot of buzz right now and he's a Leafs prospect who plays a rough but skilled game.
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Yes, I really think our team needs some of that buzzsaw craziness in the mix… I love the crazy.
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by Karina on Mar 15, 2010 11:16 AM EDT reply actions
indeed, this fellow looks a few chainsaws sort of a clear cut
I likes it
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 15, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Jesus
He looked like a freight train on that hit. Could have used a slo-mo replay to see if he jumped but what a charge!
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Don’t think so. If you pause it at 0.11 it looks like his skates are on the ice at the moment of impact.
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He'll have trouble 1 upping last year
Maybe he’ll stick a brick on the accelerator of a car off the roof. Or throw another teams player off the roof.
The over/under on sofas is 2.5.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 15, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s 22, a Junior. Even if he comes out early I’d expect him to be at least a couple years away.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 15, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well.
Obviously he still has some growing up to do. Hopefully getting suspended, kicked off the team, and arrested has helped that a little. I’d also like to think that Dion could straighten this guy out if need be, so perhaps his crazy can be channeled properly.
He needs to show up to training camp in 2 years...
And have Orr and Phaneuf take him out back and beat the crap out of him, so he knows where the line is! lol!
by BCapp on Mar 15, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Here are his numbers. Not super-impressive.
2007-08 U. of North Dakota NCAA 43 4 11 15 18
2008-09 U. of North Dakota NCAA 42 13 12 25 48
2009-10 U. of North Dakota NCAA 21 9 6 15 21
Good progression
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Good between '08 - '09, not so good between '09 - '10.
So he’s on pace to have 30 points this season? Hm, meh, OK.
in how many games though? Has he missed a big chunk?
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 15, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He missed half of this season because he had been kicked off of the team.
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He got kicked off for getting drunk and throwing a lawnmower off a roof. OH NO
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Hey, it's not that I don't enjoy getting drunk and throwing things off roofs.
It’s that after doing so, he proceeded to run away from police, get caught, give a fake name. Remember what Burke said about Grabbo? This is 1000x stupider.
But whatever. I don’t really give a cuss, so long as he plays well. I’ll be interested to see what he does with a full season in the A.
Sure it does
It screams ‘stupid’ too
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COLLEGE KID GETS DRUNK AN ACTS STUPID
WORLD WEEPS
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 15, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently almost all his production this year has been in the past 10 games.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 15, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
In NCAA hockey, freshman don’t get nearly as many minutes as the upper classmen. Also, being in the NCAA versus Juniors usually means that a player is a late bloomer.
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All of those numbers are fine.
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Yeah, Stalberg’s numbers were pretty comparable his first two years.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 15, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
39 7 8 15 53
39 10 13 23 34
39 24 22 46 32
by The '67 Sound on Mar 15, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
NO H
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 15, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
So if Frattin continues on his current pace, he’ll have 30 points on the season. Not even CLOSE to Stalberg’s 46 – and Stalberg will have done it in fewer games. I don’t know anything about the teams that either of these guys played for, or how much they would have contributed to Frattin or Stalberg’s respective successes, but I’m not nearly as excited about this guy yet.
He just scored 9 goals in 10 games. That’s pretty exciting.
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It gets the blood flowing..
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 15, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
During the most important time of the year: the playoffs.
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Frattin’s production looks good and after joining a team midseason he shook off a slump to start and is now their best player.
No one’s saying “trade Kessel we have Frattin” but any time you draft a guy in the 4th round (or later) and he looks like a lock to play in the NHL in some capacity you’ve done a good job drafting.
Ditto for Stefanovich, Champagne, DiDomenico.
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any time you draft a guy in the 4th round (or later) and he looks like a lock to play in the NHL in some capacity you’ve done a good job drafting.
We are going to need a lot, A LOT more of this drafting skill
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 15, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
NCAA prospects not drafted high, Frattin’s point totals seem quite common. NCAA players have less games to work with and often, the competition is inconsistent if you’re not playing in a strong conference. That being said, Frattin is creating buzz for himself and a the very least, can be used by Burke and co. as a trading chip for something bigger. In the end, it’s all about converting resources into better assets, whether that be Frattin turns into a top-6 forward himself or brings someone who is better than him.
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Matt has been the best forward on the ice since his return and he has 9 goals in 10 games. Matt has four goals on the weekend, he has an amazing shot.
see Matt score, score Matt score
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 15, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Eric B is the writer for “Goon’s World” if anyone was wondering.
Thanks for stopping by Eric. It’s always appreciated.
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Thanks for joining and for the input.
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How big is he now?
I believe he was listed at 5’11", 185lbs on his draft day but, not surprisingly, he looks significantly bigger now.
Frattin + Caputti?
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! Pain has a name in 2011, and it’s name is Fraputti.
Keep firing Assholes!
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Fraputti
Sounds like some kind of hyper-caffeinated drink!
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 15, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
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