Confirmed with Link: Rangers sign defenseman John Gilmour
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Irishguy42
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I would guess Hartford looks like (in no order):
LHD: Bodie, Gilmour, Summers, Graves
RHD: Hughes, Paliotta, Clendening, Andersson, Donnay
LHD: Bodie, Gilmour, Summers, Graves
RHD: Hughes, Paliotta, Clendening, Andersson, Donnay
UAGoalieGuy
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Flames fan who saw a lot of his Providence career, here.
Strengths:
Highly competitive and intense
Good offensive skills that can break out the puck
Strong skater with four-way mobility
Closes gaps tightly with a good stick and anticipation
Was arguably the #1D on the 2014-15 NCAA national champs as a 21YO (which is avg age for that league)
Weaknesses:
5'11, maybe 6'0 tall at best
Not elite at any single facet or skill to create separation from the prospect pack
He basically just wasn't high enough on Calgary's depth chart with Kylington, Kulak, Culkin, and Hickey aĺl having the strong skating left shot puck movers quota filled.
NHL comparable if everything goes right: Jared Spurgeon?
Regardless though, Gilmour is a player who will grow on you. He has the kind of constitution to will a team to victory against all odds with his relentlessness. Talent-wise he deserved an ELC from Calgary but got lost in the AHL numbers game.
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Osminator
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Worth a shot. Smart player and ultimately smarts matter more than anything else. He's seemingly the 4th LD for Hartford, but AHL teams need double the replacements (for their own injuries and for callups when the Rangers get injuries) so he should get plenty of ice time. There's also a chance Graves makes the Rangers mid-season, depending on his progress.
Igor Shestyorkin
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Pavel Buchnevich
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OvermanKingGainer
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Pretty much every D on Providence shot left, so Gilmour being one of the older players in his final year or two saw plenty of time on the right side. I imagine he's more natural on his left side though, I didn't see any amazing backhand skills or anything. He can one-time it pretty hard from the middle-right though.
Another little note: his +/- isn't great (+5 over the last two years) but he was out there often with younger forwards keeping them above water while a guy like Jake Walman (Blues prospect) saw more ice time with the top line (they kept him above water). It was often that he'd get caught on the ice for freshmen forward mistakes, but most would agree that Parisi and Gilmour were the two best two-way D on Providence, followed by Walman who is an elite offensive talent. In a sense you could say they were Pietrangelo/Bouwmeester to Walman's Shattenkirk.
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pld459666
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If he turned into a Spurgeon level player, that'd be amazing. He's exactly the type of defenseman we need. Not getting my hopes up, but good pick up.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Thanks!
There's a right handed shooting defenseman epidemic in our prospect pool, so players who can play on the right-side are very valuable to us, and pretty much every other team in the NHL.
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Agree.
Lot of them may not amount to much but you have a chance of hitting a jackpot too.
silverfish
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This is the move when you trade away draft picks. NCAA. Sign many, hope 1 hits. Worst case scenario, bodies for Hartford.
Keep it up.
Keep it up.
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Change is good.
Eh, I recall Bodie as being described as more of a threat in the offensive zone, and more of a liability on D.
But it doesn't really matter. Bodie's become a fairly good AHL player, which is not a bad thing. You sign these guys knowing full well that that's where most of 'em will top out, because a) you need to sign 5-10 Mat Bodies to produce 1 Torey Krug, and b) the organization NEEDS fairly good AHL players.
But it doesn't really matter. Bodie's become a fairly good AHL player, which is not a bad thing. You sign these guys knowing full well that that's where most of 'em will top out, because a) you need to sign 5-10 Mat Bodies to produce 1 Torey Krug, and b) the organization NEEDS fairly good AHL players.
Made Dan
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Friend at Providence told me he can skate, but not sure that alone will be enough to see him succeed at the NHL level. Take it for what it's worth (nothing).
