Confirmed with Link: [CHI/VAN] Gustav Forsling traded for Adam Clendening
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If anything this should be a huge point in the favour of whoever made the call to draft Forsling. (Gradin?). Turning a fifth rounder into a good asset so quickly does say to how good of a pick it was.
Still will have to see Clendenning more to get a read on him. His AHL stats, at the very least, are encouraging.
Still will have to see Clendenning more to get a read on him. His AHL stats, at the very least, are encouraging.
LiquidSnake
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Why not us?
My thoughts exactly... plus we need help NOW.
Would think Weber is on the outs soon and that we'll see Clendening up here ASAP. Here's hoping we see some forward changes to this group ASAP as well. Benning (as per 1040 interview today) had a talk with Kassian today. Have to think that if he doesn't respond to Benning, he's gone at the trade deadline.
Love Benning making some moves and getting involved, this D move seems like a good one to me.
Mr. Canucklehead
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I can get behind that, but I wonder when Clendening fits in right now? Is he a big club acquisition? If so, I hope it doesn't mean Corrado is headed back to Utica right when it looked like he was finally going to get a chance.
And if it's for Utica, the question for me is when does he become waiver eligible? I'm gathering soon, seeing as Chicago was in the situation of use, move or lose him...
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Can't remember who but somebody was talking up Clendening in previous armchair gm threads. A young right side pmd is something the Canucks really needed. Would of rather of moved a comparable winger prospect but this could be interesting.
thepuckmonster
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I assume this trade was done so he could play for the Canucks since this could have been done in the offseason
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I don't think Corrado will be touched by this trade. Benning said he's a fairly safe bet to stick with the team, IIRC. I think one of Weber, Sbisa, or Stanton are gone. More likely Sbisa because of his upcoming QO.
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Benning is the man.
http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567754
ADAM CLENDENING, D, Boston University
NHL Central Scouting: “Clendening (jumps) out at you playing on the power play with his high level of finesse and skill. He is an excellent skater and hard to pin down when forechecking. He has a very good shot from the point. He is also very adequate in his own zone.”
Red Line Report: “Plays with an abundance of confidence, using his superb stickhandling and passing to start the transition game. Offensively very smart and gifted—has a great snap shot and deft passing skills. One of the best power play quarterbacks in the entire draft. His vision from the point is great, and he uses a low shot/slap pass for tips while patiently walking the blue line laterally to create lanes. Defensively he was a mess most of the year. Rampant turnovers and a lack of defensive zone awareness are problems—he is way too casual in his puckhandling around the net and allows opposing forwards to camp out around the crease. Does play with a bit of whippy, hard edge, though, and is nasty with the stick.”
Hockeysfuture.com: “Clendening is an offensive defenseman blessed with superb puck-moving ability and on-ice vision. His excellent puck skills are one reason why many scouts are so high on Clendening. He can see plays develop and follows them quite well. He can also be found frequently jumping into plays too. Clendening’s ability to move the puck and patience with it makes him an ideal quarterback on the power play. He makes very good decisions with the puck and distributes the puck very well. Clendening can also control the tempo of the game from the blue line. He is an excellent skater with good speed that can keep up with many of the faster opposing forwards. He also transitions quite well too. One area where Clendening will need to improve is keeping his feet moving more consistently. While he is known for his offensive prowess, Clendening is also solid defensively. He doesn’t shy away from the physical side of the game and plays with a good deal of intensity. However, Clendening could stand to utilize his intensity and grit more to the benefit of his team. He possesses a very good shot and can get pucks to the net. As his rookie season at Boston University went along, one area that Clendening showed noticeable improvement in was the quality of shots he was taking."
http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567754
ADAM CLENDENING, D, Boston University
NHL Central Scouting: “Clendening (jumps) out at you playing on the power play with his high level of finesse and skill. He is an excellent skater and hard to pin down when forechecking. He has a very good shot from the point. He is also very adequate in his own zone.”
Red Line Report: “Plays with an abundance of confidence, using his superb stickhandling and passing to start the transition game. Offensively very smart and gifted—has a great snap shot and deft passing skills. One of the best power play quarterbacks in the entire draft. His vision from the point is great, and he uses a low shot/slap pass for tips while patiently walking the blue line laterally to create lanes. Defensively he was a mess most of the year. Rampant turnovers and a lack of defensive zone awareness are problems—he is way too casual in his puckhandling around the net and allows opposing forwards to camp out around the crease. Does play with a bit of whippy, hard edge, though, and is nasty with the stick.”
Hockeysfuture.com: “Clendening is an offensive defenseman blessed with superb puck-moving ability and on-ice vision. His excellent puck skills are one reason why many scouts are so high on Clendening. He can see plays develop and follows them quite well. He can also be found frequently jumping into plays too. Clendening’s ability to move the puck and patience with it makes him an ideal quarterback on the power play. He makes very good decisions with the puck and distributes the puck very well. Clendening can also control the tempo of the game from the blue line. He is an excellent skater with good speed that can keep up with many of the faster opposing forwards. He also transitions quite well too. One area where Clendening will need to improve is keeping his feet moving more consistently. While he is known for his offensive prowess, Clendening is also solid defensively. He doesn’t shy away from the physical side of the game and plays with a good deal of intensity. However, Clendening could stand to utilize his intensity and grit more to the benefit of his team. He possesses a very good shot and can get pucks to the net. As his rookie season at Boston University went along, one area that Clendening showed noticeable improvement in was the quality of shots he was taking."
Evolu7ion
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Excellent deal for Vancouver here. Forsling is really overrated on my opinion.. I watched the majority of SWE games at WJC, and while Forsling was a major factor on the PP due to him being the shot threat on the point, he wasn't that dynamic creating offense through the neutral zone and off the rush which is what separates the good PMD from the rest of the pack.
LiquidSnake
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Tatar has 11pts in 7 games on a Slovakia team.
SCHROEDER has 5 in 7 on a much better US team.
That 2009 Canuck draft is prob only trumped by Nonis' 2007 draft as our worst
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PG Canuck
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He was also in the Hawks system.
Keith
Seabrook
Hjalmarsson
Oduya
Roszival
and then Van Riemsdyk (who was playing well until he was hurt), Rundblad, Erixon. Not saying him not being in the NHL is okay or anything either.
Bourne Endeavor
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Seems like a left/right swap. Chicago fans did pimp him a lot in Kesler trades, so I'm okay with this actually.
He's in the third year of his pro career and he's at the very least shown that he can dominate offensively with a 46 point rookie season and 59 point sophomore season. I can't think of the last D prospect we've had that put up a solid offensive season.
Might be interesting if we sold high on Forsling, and it was a few years before he would have an impact, but I guess we'll see what happens over the next few years then.
Might be interesting if we sold high on Forsling, and it was a few years before he would have an impact, but I guess we'll see what happens over the next few years then.
Virtanen2Horvat
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Hockey's future analysis.
"Clendening is an offensive defenseman blessed with superb puck-moving ability and on-ice vision. His excellent puck skills are one reason why many scouts are so high on Clendening. He can see plays develop and follows them quite well. He can also be found frequently jumping into plays too. Clendening's ability to move the puck and patience with it makes him an ideal quarterback on the power play. He makes very good decisions with the puck and distributes the puck very well. Clendening can also control the tempo of the game from the blue line. He is an excellent skater with good speed that can keep up with many of the faster opposing forwards. He also transitions quite well too. One area where Clendening will need to improve is keeping his feet moving more consistently. While he is known for his offensive prowess, Clendening is also solid defensively. He doesn't shy away from the physical side of the game and plays with a good deal of intensity. However, Clendening could stand to utilize his intensity and grit more to the benefit of his team. He possesses a very good shot and can get pucks to the net by taking quality chances."
Personally I think Benning just wanted to get a young Dman that was what we are looking for a quarterback, puck moving Dman but sooner. So he moved Forsling in exchange. I think we will see Clendening coming up next season. He is a AHL player so we can freely move him or maybe Benning wants to see him play a bit.
Edler - Tanev
Hamhuis - Corrado
Stanton - Clendening
"Clendening is an offensive defenseman blessed with superb puck-moving ability and on-ice vision. His excellent puck skills are one reason why many scouts are so high on Clendening. He can see plays develop and follows them quite well. He can also be found frequently jumping into plays too. Clendening's ability to move the puck and patience with it makes him an ideal quarterback on the power play. He makes very good decisions with the puck and distributes the puck very well. Clendening can also control the tempo of the game from the blue line. He is an excellent skater with good speed that can keep up with many of the faster opposing forwards. He also transitions quite well too. One area where Clendening will need to improve is keeping his feet moving more consistently. While he is known for his offensive prowess, Clendening is also solid defensively. He doesn't shy away from the physical side of the game and plays with a good deal of intensity. However, Clendening could stand to utilize his intensity and grit more to the benefit of his team. He possesses a very good shot and can get pucks to the net by taking quality chances."
Personally I think Benning just wanted to get a young Dman that was what we are looking for a quarterback, puck moving Dman but sooner. So he moved Forsling in exchange. I think we will see Clendening coming up next season. He is a AHL player so we can freely move him or maybe Benning wants to see him play a bit.
Edler - Tanev
Hamhuis - Corrado
Stanton - Clendening
LiquidSnake
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WTG
December 5th
Looks like we fleeced the Hawks
But knowing our luck Forsling will magically turn into a top 2 defenseman
But knowing our luck Forsling will magically turn into a top 2 defenseman
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