no one knows what will happen whether injury or a player being traded...... as i keep saying let them all play themselves for a position in the big league.
the only names he should be concerned with are Boqvist and Joker, outside of that the rest are LDs or just not good enough to block his path. Byram has little to no bearing on Mitchell overall IMO.
But a guy like Boqvist can play both sides, and having Byram on the left means Boqvist likely lining up on the right.
While true, the hawks may limit the number of rookies they play. So if byram is really all that he may squeeze out Mitchell because the hawks don’t want to play two rookies. If Mitchell isn’t playing with the hawks he will be at the rock.
sure, but my point is Byram really has no barring on Mitchell..whatever side they want Boqvist to play is one thing, but Byram will not be competition for Mitchell. Joker and Boqvist are his competition, the rest are a couple of vets/who could get moved after next year and some other warm bodies. I am not going to speculate one ounce on why he didn't sign, just hope he is getting solid advise from his agents (aka family advisers), better than Kayes got because a spot was there for Kayes if he wanted to earn it when he turned pro.
It's adding another strong defensive prospect. There are 6 spots on defense and a ton of tough competition for the couple spots that won't be taken up by the veterans.
so are you saying he is afraid of competition? if that is truly the case, not sure I would want anyone like that. Kayes situation seemed a bit of him feeling hurt Hawks didn't sign him when he wanted to turn pro, so he paid us back which was his right but kind of showed his character. I have a hard time believing Mitchell is looking at our defense and being scared/worried/whatever over our depth chart. a spot is there for him to earn by end of next season...
That's kind of what I mean. Do you know if he is a social person, and is in to random hook ups and the party life? I have no idea. Maybe he is their to play hockey and get some kind of education? It is a top notch hockey school.
I'm saying no kid wants that competition.
but again I just think you are making a bigger issue than what is really there. many of those names are just bodies, and yes it still matters that some of them play LD..I get what you are saying- I do, but it isn't like this is the Hurricanes and Fox where they have 4 legit top pairing dmen...we have 1 lol..and a number of those bodies will be moved over the next two years. I don't know what his reason is for not signing, but respectfully disagree, it isn't about the names listed IMO..
We'll certainly have to move some bodies. But Jokiharju has already started proving his worth defensively in the NHL and Boqvist is currently our top prospect. We're probably not moving them out. And we're certainly not going to remove every current defenseman we have not named Keith (Seabrook will stay, but hopefully just be benched for future seasons).
Once you sign an NHL contract, you are no longer allowed to play college hockey.
yep, CHL kids get to sign their ELC and still play in that league, NCAA of course is f***ing archaic and slave laborers who frown upon that shit lol...
NCAA is very picky about that sorta thing. From what I can remember, there are even rules against prospects being able to spend more than a day or two in training camp with their NHL organization.
