Hopefully when CK saw CA play, CA told CK "get the hell out of BC and sign, this is awesome!"
It is really cool how they went out to watch their teammate play. It can only help our cause in getting him signed. I'm from the same southeastern CT town as the Atkinson family, and I have had the privilege of watching him play at Avon Old Farms a few times and he is a really impressive player. I'm pulling for him, as are the rest of us hockey players from Greenwich
2 games ago Werek was complaining after every call. Last night he got drilled and the announcers said he started thrashing sticks around on the bench after he got crushed.
I think he'll definitely get 9 games. It's unfortunate that him and Toffoli are too good for the OHL but probably aren't ready for the NHL.
He'll need to bulk up this offseason, while not forgetting about improving his skating. It's not that his skating is a problem, but when you bulk up, you often slow down because you are not used to the extra 10-15 pounds.
If he gains weight while keeping up (or even improving) his skating, he should get a very long look in the preseason.
I hope Hartford goes deep enough into the playoffs so that he'll get a chance to play a little pro hockey this season. A few games in the AHL could be useful to him, whether he goes to the OHL or makes the Rangers next year.
Roman Horak's WHL season is over. They lost game 5 to Spokane. Series over.
Regarding Kreider,the Rangers did not make Stepan an offer until late May. They didn't contact McDonagh's camp until late April-early May which was after the Rangers had their organization meetings at Sather's mansion in La Quinta.
Stepan made these comments on June 9
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“It surprised me,” Stepan said Wednesday of the decision. “I told (Eaves) that my world got flipped upside-down a couple weeks ago.”
That’s when the Rangers, who chose Stepan in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft in 2008, began aggressively pursuing him.
“It’s something where I felt bad and it was a tough decision,” Stepan said, noting that he’s gotten little sleep the last 10 days weighing his options, “but it in the end it was the best thing for me.”
Stepan like Kreider had an injury. Stepan suffered a concussion in the loss to BC. Kreider admitted on twitter his jaw is not 100%. Can't eat solid foods.
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@SLUHBNYC : The jaw is getting a lot better thankfully! Still can not chew though. I'm living off spaghettios and macaroni haha.
We need to have Kreider hang out with Lundqvist who loves pasta. Not the canned stuff Kreider is eating. Henrik knows all of the good pasta joints in NY.
Looks like Kreider met up with Rangers draft pick Danny Hobbs
Roman Horak's WHL season is over. They lost game 5 to Spokane. Series over.
Regarding Kreider,the Rangers did not make Stepan an offer until late May. They didn't contact McDonagh's camp until late April-early May which was after the Rangers had their organization meetings at Sather's mansion in La Quinta.
Stepan like Kreider had an injury. Stepan suffered a concussion in the loss to BC. Kreider admitted on twitter his jaw is not 100%. Can't eat solid foods.
We need to have Kreider hang out with Lundqvist who loves pasta. Not the canned stuff Kreider is eating. Henrik knows all of the good pasta joints in NY.
Looks like Kreider met up with Rangers draft pick Danny Hobbs
It would be idiotic to play Kreider in Hartford with his jaw not healed. Let him finish out his school year instead of dragging him out of his classes all banged up. Try to sign him over the summer.
Wisconsin's season ended two weeks after BC's season ended this season. The Rangers didn't sign Stepan and McDonagh until the summer. Hartford didn't make the playoffs last season so both of those players didn't have a team to play for after Wisconsin lost. Stepan was hurt and it took him a few weeks to recover from the concussion. Even if Hartford made the playoffs,Stepan was not playing for them because he was concussed. The same can be said for Kreider who is still hurt. Jim Cerny tweeted last week about Kreider's jaw and it was assumed Cerny didn't realize Kreider had returned before BC was knocked out. CT might not make the playoffs again this season.
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Nothing new on Kreider...jaw still broken...college season is over...no pro contract yet! RT @PhilipJWalsh: @JimCerny Kreider?
Columbus signed Atkinson and Chicago signed Hayes but their AHL teams are not making the playoffs. I saw Hayes tweet his followers/friends about coming back to Boston next week. They left school for two weeks only to return to Boston. Do they go back to school to finish out the semester?Did they forfeit their scholarship for the remainder of the school year?Do the players pay a pro-rated amount for their classes?
Can a player on NCAA scholarship sign a pro contract and finish out the semester?Example. Chris Kreider signs an ELC today with the Rangers which will begin in 11-12 but remains in school to finish his school year on scholarship. Is that allowed?
Sounded like Werek was getting a pedicure yesterday.
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With @moon101010 getting our feet cleaned up. #pinkorblue?
Wisconsin's season ended two weeks after BC's season ended this season. The Rangers didn't sign Stepan and McDonagh until the summer. Hartford didn't make the playoffs last season so both of those players didn't have a team to play for after Wisconsin lost. Stepan was hurt and it took him a few weeks to recover from the concussion. Even if Hartford made the playoffs,Stepan was not playing for them because he was concussed. The same can be said for Kreider who is still hurt. Jim Cerny tweeted last week about Kreider's jaw and it was assumed Cerny didn't realize Kreider had returned before BC was knocked out. CT might not make the playoffs again this season.
Columbus signed Atkinson and Chicago signed Hayes but their AHL teams are not making the playoffs. I saw Hayes tweet his followers/friends about coming back to Boston next week. They left school for two weeks only to return to Boston. Do they go back to school to finish out the semester?Did they forfeit their scholarship for the remainder of the school year?Do the players pay a pro-rated amount for their classes?
Can a player on NCAA scholarship sign a pro contract and finish out the semester?Example. Chris Kreider signs an ELC today with the Rangers which will begin in 11-12 but remains in school to finish his school year on scholarship. Is that allowed?
Sounded like Werek was getting a pedicure yesterday.
Moose Jaw was eliminated last night by Kootenay in 6 games.
McIlrath,Horak and Werek are eligible to sign ATO's to play for the Whale.
Hagelin,Thomas and Bourque are the only prospects whose teams advanced. Not counting Wilson(overager)and Stajcer(probably won't be signed).
Andrew Yogan has been a recent scratch in Erie's series with Windsor
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Former Spitfire Andrew Yogan sat his third straight game of the series Sunday.
A fourth-round pick by the NHL's New York Rangers last year, the 19-year-old Yogan missed the first 58 games of the season after having shoulder surgery.
He had two assists in the first three games of this series, but then fell ill according to Erie head coach Robbie Ftorek.
Yogan was back in the dressing room Sunday, but Ftorek did not dress him for Game 6 and sounded reluctant to put him back in the lineup for Tuesday's Game 7 back in Windsor.
"I told him the other day we'd probably go with what we've got," Ftorek said.
I'm pretty sure just a few NHL games is enough to pay any tuition/scholarship penalties they may have incurred.
The signing bonus money can cover the cost of finishing their degrees at BC.
In the case of Kreider,even if Kreider was leaning towards turning pro/going to turn pro why would he not wait until the summer? His jaw is not 100% so he can't play. Finish out the few remaining weeks in the semester. The NCAA would have an issue with him signing a pro contract and remaining in school. His advisor becomes an agent. NCAA doesn't allow players to have agents.
Cerny tweeted Kreider was not 100% and then Kreider confirmed it.
I noticed that Danny Hobbs had a great season statistically this year for UMass, certainly much better then his non-descript first two years. Is he actually starting to look like a pro prospect?
I noticed that Danny Hobbs had a great season statistically this year for UMass, certainly much better then his non-descript first two years. Is he actually starting to look like a pro prospect?
He has another year of eligibility, and if he tears it up he might get a look.
But a lot of mediocre players in the NCAA start producing once they get to be the oldest and get top minutes, top pp time, ect.
Campbell, for example, is at best an AHL player. I think Hobbs will be the same.
