(Podcast) Rockets' Kirkland working hard to earn entry-level deal

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Photo: Kelowna Rockets forward and Nashville Predators prospect Justin Kirkland has produced 66 goals and 96 assists in 190 regular season games, and another 16 points in 29 playoff games (courtesy of Marissa Baecker/Getty Images)


</p>Is the glass half full or half empty?

Justin Kirkland is one of a relatively small number of junior hockey players to be selected in the 2014 NHL Draft. For certain, this is reason to be optimistic.

On the other hand, he remains one of many from that draft class who have yet to be signed to an NHL contract.

When an NHL team selects a player from one of Canada’s major junior hockey leagues, the team effectively has two years to offer that prospect an NHL entry-level contract.… read more

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