what are chances hes the first injury call up?
I feel that if Ritchie and Mckenzie make the team out of training camp that he is next on depth chart moving past Faksa and Glennie. Only thing i can think of that would stop him from being called up is lack of experience in north america.
This Janmark sounds like he could be a pretty good one.
I never really looked into Backman or Janmark too much after the Cole trade, but Janmark specifically seems like if given the opportunity could turn into a solid player for us.
Also I'm loving all the players Texas is loading up with, wasn't too high on them during the year, but with Campbell's return to form, and all the ATO and callups heading into the playoffs this is exciting.
Yeah. The T-Stars gonna be tough to play against. First game is tonight right??
Esa Lindell wins the "Pekka Rautakallio" award for best defenseman in Liiga.
Got a total of 187 votes when the second best, Lasse Kukkonen, got 52.
Lindell on fire at the World's right now. Looks deadly... Geeze having Klingberg and Lindell as late round surprises is crappy for Honka haha... he may be stuck in minors for a while!!..
What a bad problem to have
He can marinate down there for a few years. Klingberg and Lindell have had the luxury of playing against men for a few seasons and being a little older. That always helps too.
also helps in the trade department too. Its the best when there are surprise prospects that do well... other teams will want them. Gives way more options to teams
Ritchie ranks #36 in HF's Spring rankings.
Honka should be top 30, but I'm not holding my breath.
If Klingberg is still classified, I think he has a case for being top 10. He is on the Stars' page, but I'm not sure if that still counts.
John Klingberg has graduated despite the fact that he's still on our hockeysfuture page. He's played 65 games, so he's no longer a prospect by HF's standards.
I thought as much, was too tired to check the specifics though. Thanks.
He didn't exactly light it up in his brief AHL cameo. I think he needs some time to adapt his game to the NA style before he pushes for icetime on the big club. As of right now, he's still gotta pass up Honka and Oleksiak needs to be removed from the picture (likely, but not guaranteed) in order for Lindell to get icetime on the Stars due to injury...unless we get hit with the injury bug really bad. You also have to predict we add another top 4 vet at some point here. We shall see. I'm relatively high on him and I think he'll eventually crack the Stars top 6, even if it's not next season.