Red Wings Sign D Robbie Russo, 2 Year ELC

[Mister Ed]

Detroit Red Wings ‏@DetroitRedWings
UPDATE: The #RedWings have agreed to terms with defenseman Robbie Russo on a two-year entry level contract.

Wasn't signed by the Islanders. Had 41 points in 40 games for Notre-Dame. 6'0'' , 191lbs.

Russo is a very solid puck mover from the back end and is not afraid to use his body. He is also a great leader and a very hard worker.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/robbie_russo/

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[Run the Jewels]

Wasn't signed by the Islanders. Had 41 points in 40 games for Notre-Dame. 6'0'' , 191lbs.



http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/robbie_russo/

Nice, right handed shot and pretty well developed having gone the college route. Sounds like he also had a year away from college so he's much further along in his development. Should fit in nicely in Grand Rapids and challenge our underwhelming d prospects for a call up.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

A nice depth signing for the Griffins.

 

[joe89]

How does he measure up against, say, Nick Jensen?

 

[Bonin21]

"Wasn't signed" by the Islanders is most likely "chose not to sign with". There is no real downside to picking up a guy like this.

 

[last_sd]

Interesting he signed with us. We don't really have space in current top 6 at the moment and we have 4~5 prospects waiting in line.

 

[Bonin21]

Competition and a kid that knows he'll have to compete is good for business.

 

[Henkka]

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=38628

A righty.

 

[Electric Eric]

Curious to see how Sproul reacts to this.

 

[bababooeyII]

Surprised he was available. Very under the radar signing, especially with all the hype surrounding Mike Reilly

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Now that Russo is under contract this gives us 51 contracts 1 over the Max. I will be curious to see who gets moved. Hopefully Kindl is out the door. But knowing Holland that's just wishful thinking on my part.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Curious to see how Sproul reacts to this.

Hopefully if any thing this just pushes Sproul to get better. At least defensively any ways Sproul my guy and I want him to do great..

 

[joe89]

Now that Russo is under contract this gives us 51 contracts 1 over the Max. I will be curious to see who gets moved. Hopefully Kindl is out the door. But knowing Holland that's just wishful thinking on my part.

According to what site, and does that count for Homer playing in Europe this season?

 

[DetroitRed]

Regarding Ryan Sproul, I think that he, and Marchenko for that matter, would less likely be as threatened by Russo as Jensen probably is.

 

[Frk It]

Don't mind it, pretty lacking in D prospects IMO.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

According to what site, and does that count for Homer playing in Europe this season?

Not sure, Some one else had mentioned the 51 contract also. But we might be mistaken it could be 50 contracts will have to look it up.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Robbie Larusso, brother of the karate kid. Obviously they signed him to be an enforcer. The real question is how effective he'll be, since you can't do the crane kick with skates on. That's got to be assault with a deadly weapon. Then again, I'm sure his fists are registered as deadly weapons already.

 

[Henkka]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1932203

Quote positive commenting there. Free prospect never hurts.

 

[Electric Eric]

Now that Russo is under contract this gives us 51 contracts 1 over the Max. I will be curious to see who gets moved. Hopefully Kindl is out the door. But knowing Holland that's just wishful thinking on my part.

I believe all our CHL prospects don't count towards the max. So guys like Hicketts will slide. Feels like we're bumping up against the max though.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

I believe all our CHL prospects don't count towards the max. So guys like Hicketts will slide. Feels like we're bumping up against the max though.

Okay thanks wasn't sure how some of those contracts worked. We still might be fine then but that's still a lot of defenseman for Ken Holland not to do something though.

 

[Mister Ed]

According to HockeysCap (https://hockeyscap.com/teams/redwings) the Red Wings have 24 roster players and 27 non-roster players, for a total of 51 contracts.

But :

Exception: An 18- or 19-year-old player with remaining major junior eligibility, or a player who is drafted from a European team who is then selected in the CHL Import Draft, does not count toward the contract limit until he has played at least 11 NHL games, if the player is assigned to his major-junior team only.

Hicketts and Turgeon don't count then, possibly Holmstrom too.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Regarding Ryan Sproul, I think that he, and Marchenko for that matter, would less likely be as threatened by Russo as Jensen probably is.

Doubt it, watch Jensen skate.... Sproul is beneath Jensen at this point and considerably so. I hope Sproul bounces back, but Jensen was the #1 D in terms of minutes for the back-half of last season on most nights for the Griffins. A guy Blashill leaned on heavily, more so than Ouellet, Paetsch, Lashoff and the rest of them on most nights.

Jensen actually has NHL gifts too, so while the upside on some of the guys is worth it, in particular Sproul, but they weren't passed by somebody you could never see playing at the NHL level.

I like the Russo signing, the Griffins are an extremely loaded team right now, kind of stinks for those that would like to see how heavy Nedomlel could play. Maybe somebody will take a flier on Lashoff for free, like a Buffalo that needs somebody on the left-side. He will be exposed to waivers again, hard to see him getting claimed, but they have an insane amount of depth for an AHL team. Toledo is also likely to be ridiculous in terms of the talent they ice for their level.

 

[Mister Ed]

I'm thinking a D definitely gets dealt now. Maybe on the eve of the first game, after camp, but I think the rankes will get smaller.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

I'm thinking a D definitely gets dealt now. Maybe on the eve of the first game, after camp, but I think the rankes will get smaller.

Kindl Kindl Kindl any one.

 

[Frk It]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1932203

Quote positive commenting there. Free prospect never hurts.

Saw mostly a Spurgeon vs Hamonic debate, lol.

Was thinking he was small with the Isles fand saying maybe he becomes "another Spurgron", so I was surprised to see him listed at 6'1" and 190-195 lbs.