The Official NHL Debut Thread

[Hedberg]

Post players who made their NHL debut here:

October 4:
Colorado: C Paul Stastny
Dallas: LW Loui Eriksson

October 5:
Edmonton: D Ladislav Smid, C Patrick Thoresen
Minnesota: G Nicklas Backstrom (Backup)
NY Rangers: LW Nigel Dawes
Phoenix: LW Patrick Fischer
Pittsburgh: C Jordan Staal, D Kristopher Letang
San Jose: D Marc-Edouard Vlasic
St. Louis: LW DJ King

October 6:
Anaheim: D Shane O'Brien, C Ryan Shannon
Boston: C Phil Kessel
Columbus: G Frederik Norrena (Backup)
Los Angeles: C Anze Kopitar, C Patrick O'Sullivan
Montreal: RW Guillaume Latendresse
New Jersey: C Travis Zajac, D Johnny Oduya

October 7:
Nashville: D Mikko Lehtonen

October 9:
St. Louis: D Roman Polak

October 10:
Vancouver: D Luc Bourdon

October 12:
Phoenix: D Keith Yandle

October 14
Chicago: RW Adam Burish
Ottawa: C Alexei Kaigorodov
Phoenix: RW Enver Lisin

October 16:
New Jersey: D Alex Brooks

October 18:
Pittsburgh: C Evgeni Malkin

October 20:
Florida: C Janis Sprukts

October 21:
Boston: C Nate Thompson
Nashville: RW Alexander Radulov

October 23:
Edmonton: C Alexei Mikhnov

October 25:
Chicago: C David Bolland, RW Michael Blunden

October 26:
Boston: D Matt Lashoff
Philadelphia: LW Triston Grant, D Lars Jonsson

November 1:
Calgary: C Dustin Boyd, C Brandon Prust

November 3:
Edmonton: D Jan Hejda

November 4:
Vancouver: D Alexander Edler

November 5:
Buffalo: LW Drew Stafford

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[Hedberg]

October 5.

Edmonton: D Ladislav Smid, C Patrick Thoresen
Minnesota: G Nicklas Backstrom (Backup)
NY Rangers: LW Nigel Dawes
Phoenix: LW Patrick Fischer
Pittsburgh: C Jordan Staal, D Kristopher Letang
San Jose: D Marc-Edouard Vlasic
St. Louis: LW DJ King

 

[Levitate]

how did Staal look, by the way?

I'm fairly surprised they're keeping him up...are they going to send him down after 10 games?

 

[Freaky Habs Fan]

October 6:

MONTREAL: Guillaume Latendresse

 

[inferno98]

how did Staal look, by the way?

I'm fairly surprised they're keeping him up...are they going to send him down after 10 games?

staal looked nice, hes very good in his defensive zone. a little bit slow but it will come to him

 

[oil slick]

what happened to Ranger Staal? Did he not have a good camp? or is he injured?

 

[Oilslick941611]

Smid and Thoresen did not look out of place at all. smid played 10;55 all even strength. and thoresen played 7;05 with one pk shift.

 

[Levitate]

what happened to Ranger Staal? Did he not have a good camp? or is he injured?

he had an alright camp, but not good enough to make it worth carrying him in the NHL this year.

Unfortunatly he's a victum of that CHL/AHL rule, and had to be sent back to Sudbury. The AHL would be the perfect place for him right now, as he needs to adapt to the pro game. Going back to Sudbury really isn't going to do him much good right now...

 

[Artful_Dodger*]

staal looked nice, hes very good in his defensive zone. a little bit slow but it will come to him

Did he seem to be lacking power/snap on his shots?

 

[danaluvsthekings]

Tonight Anze Kopitar and Patrick O'Sullivan should be making their NHL debuts for the Kings against the Ducks.

 

[Artful_Dodger*]

Patty O'Sullivan, the pride of Winston-Salem North Carolina.

 

[Hedberg]

October 6:

Anaheim: D Shane O'Brien, C Ryan Shannon
Boston: C Phil Kessel
Columbus: G Frederik Norrena (Backup)
Los Angeles: C Anze Kopitar, C Patrick O'Sullivan
Montreal: RW Guillaume Latendresse
New Jersey: C Travis Zajac, D Johnny Oduya

 

[Fat Elvis]

Kopitar looks really good. 2 goals thru 2 periods, one around Pronger. Good looking 1st NHL game, very impressive.

 

[Hedberg]

October 7:

Nashville: D Mikko Lehtonen

 

[Redwingsfan]

what up with latendresse. just about every habs fan out there said he was a lock for the top 2 lines. and he is yet to play 10 min in one game. you havent overrated him have you. you dont usually do that with your prospects

 

[Freaky Habs Fan]

what up with latendresse. just about every habs fan out there said he was a lock for the top 2 lines. and he is yet to play 10 min in one game. you havent overrated him have you. you dont usually do that with your prospects

Eh, ok...I think you're dreaming because nobody said that Latendresse would be a lock for the top two line. In fact, we knew since he signed his contract that he would be on the fourth line.

He's learning right now and will not make an impact for a couple of weeks...we have to give him time right now and Carbo knows how to handle him.

And BTW, why are you bashing every Habs prospect...are you jaleous or what???

 

[Gwyddbwyll]

Good thread - can I suggest the top post is edited to include all the debutants? It'd be interesting to scan through in one go, instead of having to read every post..

 

[KaptainKourage*]

what up with latendresse. just about every habs fan out there said he was a lock for the top 2 lines. and he is yet to play 10 min in one game. you havent overrated him have you. you dont usually do that with your prospects

Or you can just start learning read.

 

[Hedberg]

Good thread - can I suggest the top post is edited to include all the debutants? It'd be interesting to scan through in one go, instead of having to read every post..

Done

 

[Gwyddbwyll]

Cheers Looks like Keith Yandle will be making his debut on Wednesday after Keith Ballard was injured last night.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I'm reasonably certain Luc Bourdon is making his NHL debut against Minnesota tonight, but I'll wait for confirmation.

Edit - Confirmed by Canucks radio.

 

[andimgone]

Enver Lisin should be making his debut tonight against Nashville.

 

[caley]

October 14
Ottawa: Alexei Kaigorodov
Chicago: Adam Burish
Phoenix: Enver Lisin

October 16:
New Jersey: Alex Brooks (At the young age of 30!)

 

[Redwingsfan]

October 14
Ottawa: Alexei Kaigorodov
Chicago: Adam Burish
Phoenix: Enver Lisin

October 16:
New Jersey: Alex Brooks (At the young age of 30!)

i saw that earlier today. he had probably lost all hopes that it would ever happen. i cant imagine how good that must feel.

 

[Heat McManus]

what happened to Ranger Staal? Did he not have a good camp? or is he injured?

I like how we've replaced their first names with their teams

Hurrican Staal
Ranger Staal
Penguin Staal
TBA Staal


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October 18th: Evgeni Malkin, PIT (knock on wood)