Confirmed with Link: Coyotes sign Emerson Etem, 1-year, 2-way

[TheLegend]

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[XX]

Great AHL player, possible camp competition. One more of these, please.

 

[Llewzaher]

awesome

 

[Tad Mikowski]

Nice to see Tucson getting some ammo

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

Great pickup for the AHL...likely never going to see the ice ever again at the pro level, but he will help Tucson for sure as a PPG AHL guy.

 

[rt]

Can be a point per game player in the AHL.

 

[_Del_]

This is who I really wanted instead of Visentin. A little late on the pick up...

 

[RABBIT]

Love it!!

 

[Matias Maccete]

This is who I really wanted instead of Visentin. A little late on the pick up...

Lol I was just going to post this same thing. More AHL depth is good, having a minor league team that isn't a barren wasteland is a good thing.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Love this pick-up!

 

[CC96]

Good pickup. I remember he was a pretty highly regarded prospect, a few years back.

 

[ScottsdaleYote]

Lol I was just going to post this same thing. More AHL depth is good, having a minor league team that isn't a barren wasteland is a good thing.

That makes 3 of us! I was VERY pissed that we passed over Etem by reaching for Visentin...I guess at the end of the day it didn't matter. Neither were NHL material.

 

[rt]

Great straight line speed. Good shot. No hockey sense. Great minor leaguer.

 

[Jakey53]

Great pickup for the AHL...likely never going to see the ice ever again at the pro level, but he will help Tucson for sure as a PPG AHL guy.

Can be a point per game player in the AHL.

So why hasn't he produced in the NHL? Great pick up.

 

[rt]

So why hasn't he produced in the NHL? Great pick up.

Struggles with consistency and hockey sense at the NHL level. He's a fine minor league player though.

 

[SR]

I believe he is a local California kid, too. One of few who have made it to the NHL coming out of California.

I like it.

 

[rt]

I'll always have a soft spot for Etem after he listed Bad Religion as his favorite band on his draft profile. Haha. Hard to believe looking back that both he and former teammate Hunter Shinkaruk have both been such disappointments so far. Reminds me of those seemingly stocked Oil Kings rosters of that same era that produced a bunch of busts. Who knew that Griffin Reinhart, Curtis Lazar, Hank Samuelson, David Musil, Brett Pollock, Mitch Moroz, and Michael St Croix would all bust so hard? I mean, those are all first and second round picks. All on an elite CHL team. All fizzled out at the next level. Hell, Samuelsson, Musil, Pollock, Moroz and St Croix aren't even useful AHL players. None seem to have a future in playing hockey at any level. From top prospects and Memorial cups to trying to find a real job inside of 5 years for these guys. Wow.

Mark Pysyk is basically your one guy from that powerhouse group that's on track. Haha.

 

[Mosby]

Didn't realize he missed basically all of last season. Neck injury I think.

 

[Summer Rose]

Great straight line speed. Good shot. No hockey sense. Great minor leaguer.

Sounds like me as a player.

 

[Llewzaher]

I would bet he will be either called up at one point , or start out with the big club... Likely a short stint though

 

[rt]

I would bet he will be either called up at one point , or start out with the big club... Likely a short stint though

Yet another LHS winger?

1. Domi
2. Duclair
3. Perlini
4. Keller
5. Rieder
6. Crouse
7. Martinook
8. McGinn
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9. Etem???

What the hell would be the point of that?

 

[Sinurgy]

I believe he is a local California kid, too. One of few who have made it to the NHL coming out of California.

I like it.

He is indeed, I remember he made a crack about Buffalo being kind of crappy during the WJC's and some people got all offended. The more sensible pointed out that he was from SoCal and never had to deal with ****** weather before.

 

[_Del_]

Yet another LHS winger?
What the hell would be the point of that?

I don't think he's going to get a stint unless there are injuries, but he's another LHS that prefers the off-wing.
I guess there's an outside chance we catch lightning in a bottle, but it looks like Tucson will be exciting this year.

 

[rt]

I don't think he's going to get a stint unless there are injuries, but he's another LHS that prefers the off-wing.
I guess there's an outside chance we catch lightning in a bottle, but it looks like Tucson will be exciting this year.

Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled to have him in Tucson. Very happy we signed him. For Tucson.

 

[Summer Rose]

Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled to have him in Tucson. Very happy we signed him. For Tucson.

Same. Like Ultra Mega Chychrun said earlier it's a good idea to have a farm team that's actually "not a barren wasteland" and in my opinion, actually good. Etem will be a big help for the Roadrunners. I would be surprised if he gets a single NHL game though.