Prospect Info: #189 - LW/C Liam Kirk

[Summer Rose]

Rooting really hard for this kid. I mean, I always root hard for our own prospects, but this kid especially. It would be a great story if he made it to the NHL with us.

Of course, here's hoping that he doesn't turn into another Nathan Walker and disappear after a few games of cameo.

 

[Hi De Hi]

Kinda funny how a cockney accent and a Mexican accent sound the same when they say Coyotes. Haha. The great unifying word of the people. Just don’t say it like a Canadian. Ugh. Kai Oat. Get outta here!

Liam isn't a Cockney (neither was Dick Van Dyke by the way). He is a Yorkshireman. Its a bit like calling someone from Arizona a New Yorker!

 

[rt]

Liam isn't a Cockney (neither was Dick Van Dyke by the way). He is a Yorkshireman. Its a bit like calling someone from Arizona a New Yorker!

You all sound like cartoon owls to us.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Liam isn't a Cockney (neither was Dick Van Dyke by the way). He is a Yorkshireman. Its a bit like calling someone from Arizona a New Yorker!

But do you speak English over there?

 

[Hi De Hi]

You all sound like cartoon owls to us.

You only hate us because all the American girls think we sound like Hugh Grant

 

[RemoAZ]

You only hate us because all the American girls think we sound like Hugh Grant

And you all do a bloody brilliant Harry Potter impersonation!

 

[Hi De Hi]

And you all do a bloody brilliant Harry Potter impersonation!

I used to take groups of Brit highschoolers to Chicago. When we visited US High schools the local kids used to get ours to record their answerphone responses, they said it was like having Harry Potter answer your phone!

 

[Hi De Hi]

You all sound like cartoon owls to us.

Whooo?

 

[ck26]

I used to take groups of Brit highschoolers to Chicago. When we visited US High schools the local kids used to get ours to record their answerphone responses, they said it was like having Harry Potter answer your phone!

The ladies in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire do much worse when I drop my Texas accent on them

It's a good thing Liam Kirk is a goofy looking kid, because if he was a man rocket like Sheldon Souray or Tom Wilson, combined with the accent and the NHL $$$$$, he'd probably never make it to practice.

 

[Jormungandr]

He was just drafted by the Peterborough Petes.

 

[Siamese Dream]

There it is

Lots of Sheffield connections at Peterborough

 

[Gwyddbwyll]

9th overall pick! Good sign, they really want him and must have a good role for him to play.

 

[Mosby]

Definitely going to catch a few of his O games next year.

 

[Jormungandr]

Jenik also went 6th to Flint. Prosvetov went 15th to Saginaw.

 

[Petes]

 

[rt]

Good fit! Nice result!

 

[Dirty Old Man]

I used to take groups of Brit highschoolers to Chicago.

(See, I thought your username might have been a Blues Brothers reference (also set in Chicago), but upon Googling there was apparently a BBC sitcom of that name in the 80s?...ah, well... )

 

[OHLFan90]

A writer from my site wrote this. She is from the UK and beyond excited. Check it out!

Petes Select Brit Liam Kirk in CHL Import Draft

 

[XX]

Knew the Petes liked him but 9th overall is a great sign.

Janik going high isn't surprising, the Coyotes have a second round grade on him. He has looked great in camp. I hope he reports.

Halifax took camp invite Fagemo at 46

 

[MIGs Dog]

Curious, are there many former North American Pros that play in the UK Elite League? Trying to gauge the level of competition he faced in that league.

 

[ParisSaintGermain]

Jolly good

 

[Siamese Dream]

Curious, are there many former North American Pros that play in the UK Elite League? Trying to gauge the level of competition he faced in that league.

Yes, they're allowed 14 foreign players on a roster, most of those being North American

 

[ck26]

Curious, are there many former North American Pros that play in the UK Elite League? Trying to gauge the level of competition he faced in that league.

Nobody you've heard of. Sweden gets players you kinda remember having played for the Devils, like, 5 years ago. Czech and Germany get the tier below that. The UK leagues below that. I've attended about 6 games the last year and a half ... it's not impressive but it's not terrible either.

That said, there are grown ass men who play in the EIHL. Matt Nickerson never quite made it after being drafted by the Stars in 2003. Tyler Beskorowany came to camp for us and had a cup of coffee in Springfield a few years ago, and he's not doing that great in the EIHL. (Also a Stars draft pick, weird). Peter LeBlanc got drafted by the Hawks and was a stud in the AHL and is now not even leading his EIHL team in scoring. Anyone remember drafting Evan Bloodoff 9 years ago? He's lighting up the EIHL. Brendan Perlini's older brother Brett led Nottingham in scoring last year.

The NHL isn't sending veteran scouts over here, but there are grown ass Canadian men playing in this league and Kirk held his own.

Sheffield Steelers 2017-18 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com

He's the youngest player on his team by, like, a decade and he put up some points. Love to see what he will do this year in the OHL.

 

[Hi De Hi]

(See, I thought your username might have been a Blues Brothers reference (also set in Chicago), but upon Googling there was apparently a BBC sitcom of that name in the 80s?...ah, well... )

Yes its from the sit com. I used to be on the bench for a pee wee team and wore a bright yellow jacket like the characters in the sit com.

 

[Hi De Hi]

Nobody you've heard of. Sweden gets players you kinda remember having played for the Devils, like, 5 years ago. Czech and Germany get the tier below that. The UK leagues below that. I've attended about 6 games the last year and a half ... it's not impressive but it's not terrible either.

That said, there are grown ass men who play in the EIHL. Matt Nickerson never quite made it after being drafted by the Stars in 2003. Tyler Beskorowany came to camp for us and had a cup of coffee in Springfield a few years ago, and he's not doing that great in the EIHL. (Also a Stars draft pick, weird). Peter LeBlanc got drafted by the Hawks and was a stud in the AHL and is now not even leading his EIHL team in scoring. Anyone remember drafting Evan Bloodoff 9 years ago? He's lighting up the EIHL. Brendan Perlini's older brother Brett led Nottingham in scoring last year.

The NHL isn't sending veteran scouts over here, but there are grown ass Canadian men playing in this league and Kirk held his own.

Sheffield Steelers 2017-18 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com

He's the youngest player on his team by, like, a decade and he put up some points. Love to see what he will do this year in the OHL.

No-one you would have heard of unless you remember Theo Fleury, Wade Belak, Matt Beleskey and a few other NHLers