Josh Shalla
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Birthday:
1991-09-25 |
Position:
LW |
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Eligible for draft:
2011 |
Shoots:
Left |
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Drafted:
2011 |
Height:
6-1 |
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Acquired:
4th round (94th overall), 2011 |
Weight:
202 lbs. |
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
- D
History
2007-08: Josh Shalla Appeared in 6 games without registering a point for the OHL’s Brampton Battalion. Spent the majority of the year playing for the OPJHL’s Bowmanville Eagles where he put up 26 goals and 11 assists in 46 games.
2008-09: Split the OHL season between Brampton and the Guelph Storm, posting 14 goals and 6 assists in 61 games. He also went scoreless in 4 post-season matches.
2009-10: Appeared in 68 OHL games for the Saginaw Spirit posting 32 goals and 33 assists. He struggled in his 6 playoff games, only able to manage 1 assist. Despite those solid numbers, he went undrafted in his first year of eligibility.
2010-11: Turned in a tremendous season for the Spirit with 47 goals and 25 assists in 68 games. He continued his strong play in the post season with 8 goals and 7 assists in 12 games.
2011-12: Shalla returned to the OHL's Saginaw Spirit for a fourth season of junior hockey after being in camp with both the Predators and their AHL affiliate Milwaukee. Shalla skated in 53 games for the Spirit, missing time at the beginning of the year after being suspended for ten games for a hit on Kitchener's Matia Marcantuoni. Shalla was the Spirit's leading goal scorer with 40 goals and had 36 assists; finishing plus-17 with 27 penalty minutes. After getting off to a slow start, the Spirit finished third in the West Division and reached the second round of the playoffs. Shalla scored 4 goals with 10 assists and was plus-2 with 2 penalty minutes in 12 playoff games. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with Nashville in April 2012.
Talent Analysis
Shalla has excellent size and has proven to be a top quality sniper in the OHL. He has a knack for being in the scoring areas when he needs to and has an excellent shot. The big knocks on him are his skating and his work ethic, which were chief among the reasons he was passed over in the 2010 Entry Draft.
Future
Shalla will start his first pro season at the ECHL level with the Cincinnati Cyclones and needs to put up solid offensive numbers in order to be recalled to the Admirals in the AHL. He could be assigned up and down between the ECHL and the AHL this depending on injuries in Milwaukee or the NHL lockout being settled causing some NHL call-ups.
