Confirmed with Link: Lightning sign Dylan Duke to a 3 year ELC

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[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Zwui21]

LET'S GOOOOOOOO

 

[The Gongshow]

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Great news! Excited to see what he can do in Syracuse.

 

[Todd1a]

Finally I was concerned he would just
Not sign with us

 

[LightningStrikes]

There it is!

 

[Point21]

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

some say hes the American Cirelli

 

[RussianGuyovich]

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

I’m the last person to comment on college hockey, but his point totals are very killornesque.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

The ceiling is a top 6 guy, but his home might be on the 3rd line. Very much like Yanni Gourde who he shares a lot of traits with, Gourde scored 20+ goals in both 2018 and 2019 for us. He was a decent top 6 contributor. But he was a much better player in a different role on that 3rd line next to Coleman and Goodrow. Duke scored 18 last year for Michigan and than upped that to 26 this season. He can score, but like Gourde, most of it has to come from the crease or inside the paint. He's not really a skill guy, can't really score from too far out. Has to rely more on smarts to be in the right spots, and living in the dirty areas.

We saw Duke play this kind of shutdown/checking line role at the World Juniors. Head coach Rand Pecknold had said:

"He’s an elite teammate in terms of selfless play - like he knows that this my job, this is my role, and he’s got great buy-in to go do it. Not a lot of guys want to do that job. Everybody wants to be play on the perimeter and be the skill guy, but he does a great job with [playing at the net front]…He also does a really good job of puck hunting and retrieving pucks on the power play."

We'll see. 26 goals this year was great, but it's the competitiveness, motor, and skating that are his bread and butter. Going back to the draft those were things that really stuck out to JBB and Al Murray when they started talking about him.

 

[Outl4w]

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

Duclair/Cirelli mix middle 6 forward

 

[Hockeyville USA]

f*** YES!!!!!

What's this guys ceiling? I know there were alot of you wanting to get him signed.

Cirelli forechecker, Killorn tip/deflection netfront guy

 

[Rschmitz]

Gourde Lite, not the same speed or nastiness. Doesn't have the size to be a Killorn/Cirelli,

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Gourde Lite, not the same speed or nastiness. Doesn't have the size to be a Killorn/Cirelli,

I moreso meant that he plays like Killorn in front of the net with his tip/deflection/dirty goal ability

 

[Rschmitz]

I moreso meant that he plays like Killorn in front of the net with his tip/deflection/dirty goal ability

understood

 

[Sky04]

His shot is not very good so he's probably going to have to make a living in front of the net. Skating looks like it's improved a ton over the last 2 years, was a pretty big concern given his size.

 

[Outl4w]

At

His shot is not very good so he's probably going to have to make a living in front of the net. Skating looks like it's improved a ton over the last 2 years, was a pretty big concern given his size.

At best he is a middle 6.forward with 15-20 goal potential .

some say hes the American Cirelli

He has a better shot than Tony already. Shot is closer to Duclair.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Killorn didn’t have a very good shot coming out of college either. I believe his scouting report just said “will shoot from anywhere” as a positive.

 

[These Are The Days]

YES!!! The relief is palpable. I didn't want him to play another season and just potentially walk out

 

[Meuracas]

Great stuff. Now sign Powell and Huuhtanen.

 

[These Are The Days]

Great stuff. Now sign Powell and Huuhtanen.

And Howard. For the love of God Howard too.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

And Howard. For the love of God Howard too.

Howard needs one more year of development in the NCAA. Going back to State is fine with me

 

[LTIR Trickery]

He seemed like a pain in the ass to deal with below the dots on pretty much every game I watched. Wasn't at all afraid of playing in front of the net.

 

[flying squirrel]

Cools beans, welcome to Lightning....

 

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