Francesco Pinelli | L | 6'0" | 177 | 04/11/03 | Stoney Creek, Ont. | Toronto Red Wings (GTHL) | KIT 2019 (1/13) |
FROM THE WEBSITE.......
The 2019 edition of Canada's national under-17 development camp will be held July 21-26 in Calgary, Alta., with six teams (Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Red, White) on the ice for game action.
All games will be streamed live at HockeyCanada.ca
Note that games don't start til Weds and teams are not yet listed so we'll have to wait to see what team Pinelli is on.
2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge | Hockey Canada
Gained a 1/2 inch and 5 lbs since the draft apparently. Although Elite Prospects has him at 6'0" 176 and NHL Draft Blackbook has him at 6'0" 178.
Of course, we'll have to wait til he gets back from camp to continue the "signing watch". And when MM said (as per Brown's article) that Pinelli "He's got gear and skates and everything for next year" did he mean Rangers gear?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Francesco Pinelli L 6'0" 177 04/11/03 Stoney Creek, Ont. Toronto Red Wings (GTHL) KIT 2019 (1/13)
Pinelli list himself 0n Instagram:View attachment 245609
And on his private Twitter account:
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Positive I suppose...
the fact that it doesn’t say prospect in his bio means he considers himself as a player on the team. I’ve never doubted he’d be here. he’s got all his equipment already. just waiting for a signature
Mitch Marners bio still reads he plays for the London knights lol. I'd look a lot deeper than a twitter bios.
You are right. He is likely coming but I wouldn't take any twitter bio as any source or anything.
I do find it weird that he has had his contract and hasn't signed it. People keep saying it's because he wants to focus on the tourney and camps but wouldn't you think that a signed contract with the Rangers would give you an extra boost? People are going to be asking him about it.
the thing with Marner’s is that it’s a running joke now. he changed it to an ad for a bit and since put “LK93” back there
Yeah I'm not entirely sure cause I swear at one point it did read Leafs but hey who knows.
Something to do with his current contract status with the Leafs perhaps?
I guess he is going for the pro-career instead of education. OHL players lose their free Uni after a certain amount of time correct?
3 seasons or something like that.
He's only done 2 years in the echl. Last season was split between two teams.Well Darby did 3 in the ECHL so I hope the hockey thing works out for him.
He's only done 2 years in the echl. Last season was split between two teams.
True. Still forgoes the free education by heading off to Europe.
Usports is really good hockey, the same options and leagues he's played in and heading too would have been available to him after graduation.
Hell likely get some chances over there. Could make some half decent money but I would have taken the education.
Usports is really good hockey, the same options and leagues he's played in and heading too would have been available to him after graduation.
However he is a married man. Could have been some pressure on him to do something or maybe he's gotten some bad Intel from an agent only wanting to make a few bucks
Hell likely get some chances over there. Could make some half decent money but I would have taken the education.
It appears the team he's signed with is not in the Extraliga but in Czech2 (probably the a similar situation to the SHL and Allsvenken's relationship in Sweden).The better ECHL guys typically only make $600-700 a week during the season while Darby could easily be on a $100k+ contract in the Czech Extraliga. Seems like a better opportunity to keep having fun and make some good money than the ECHL or his current Summer gig (LinkedIn) as a sales rep for Cutco knives.
As far as CHL scholarship eligibility goes, there's only an 18month window allowed to give minor pro hockey (ECHL, etc) a try so Darby isn't just now losing out on the scholarship $.
As far as CHL scholarship eligibility goes, there's only an 18month window allowed to give minor pro hockey (ECHL, etc) a try so Darby isn't just now losing out on the scholarship $.