1 year 4 months later...
Past season with the Stockton Heat, AHL
24+20=44 (0.77 ppg)
Played 2 games for the Flames in the NHL, no points.
Does not have a contract for the next season.
Interesting info: has already played for 13 different teams in his career (OHL,NHL,AHL) before turning 25
- traded 3 times in the OHL, 3 times in the NHL/AHL ( if you count Belle Tire & Sun County Panthers -> 15 teams)
I wouldn't put too much stock into his being traded three times in the OHL. The upper limits on age in the CHL means that almost every team goes through a 4-5 year cycle that consists of:
Being bad and trading away good older players to contending teams, resulting in plenty of high draft picks
followed by
Assembling a good young core and developing it
followed by
Having a good team consisting of older players at or near the height of their CHL development, entering a "win now" phase(because next season these players will age out), and trading away high-potential young players and high draft picks for more developed older players because by the time the young players get really good, they'll be the only good players on the team.
Wash rinse repeat.
Some team are so consistently good that they can break the cycle because their reputation for coaching and development is such that they can convince good NCAA-bound players to break their commitment and attract European import players good enough for their home country's top men's leagues.
For example, Nikita Kucherov was traded in his last QMJHL season, as were Jason Robertson and Brayden Schenn.
