Recalled/Assigned: Roster moves thread 2020-21: 4/26 Chekhovich recalled

[Pinkfloyd]

the sharks really need to hunt for some play makers

Agreed. They have some but not a lot and I'm not sure if any are top line potential. I think Bordeleau might but that's probably a stretch. I don't really see that in this draft either. Roughly 2nd line/borderline 1st line quality in that regard. 2022 though there seems to be a good amount.

 

[LadyStanley]

Move coming

 

[Cas]

Move coming

I think they made this move yesterday.

 

[tealzamboni]

Speaking of which - how do we clone Ferraro's motor? Because if we can instill that one in all prospects, we are going to go places.

Draft everyone on Tim Burke's big board.

 

[tealzamboni]

True plays like Labanc trapped in Burns' body. He doesn't seem to realize that he's bigger than a lot of people.

 

[OrrNumber4]

True plays like Labanc trapped in Burns' body. He doesn't seem to realize that he's bigger than a lot of people.

Interesting observation. I feel like one of True's strengths is that he knows his abilities and limits very well. I see him use his size to protect the puck and crash the net very effectively.

 

[tealzamboni]

Interesting observation. I feel like one of True's strengths is that he knows his abilities and limits very well. I see him use his size to protect the puck and crash the net very effectively.

I suppose maybe I just want to see more aggression from him. Either that or I'm overestimating his skating (and he uses his size well to compensate).

 

[hohosaregood]

Interesting observation. I feel like one of True's strengths is that he knows his abilities and limits very well. I see him use his size to protect the puck and crash the net very effectively.

In his first game up, one moment I saw from him that I liked was when he in the defensive zone helping against a rush. He saw his defensemen engaged with the puck carrier so he turned away from the puck carrier to watch for a 3rd man rather than get stuck puck watching. Seemed like a responsible decision to me.

 

[jarr92]

I suppose maybe I just want to see more aggression from him. Either that or I'm overestimating his skating (and he uses his size well to compensate).

I actually thought True has done a MUCH better job with being physical and playing at an NHL speed this year. If he could put on some more muscle he would be a prototypical 4th line center IMO.

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Interesting observation. I feel like one of True's strengths is that he knows his abilities and limits very well. I see him use his size to protect the puck and crash the net very effectively.

He looked very slow in that last game. Better in the game before. Not sure what changed but he's gotta keep his feet moving to play at the NHL level. He's already at a speed deficit playing in the NHL. To be fair though, that is the fastest team as far as puck movement that I've seen in a long time.

 

[Hobocop]

Gregor and Noesen back up to the taxi squad from the AHL.

Steenn Pasichnuk from ECHL to the Cuda

 

[Hobocop]

Hamaliuk has been sent back to junior (Kelowna, WHL)

 

[one2gamble]

Hamaliuk has been sent back to junior (Kelowna, WHL)

Thats kind of lame

 

[themelkman]

Thats kind of lame

He needs it for sure. He had a serious injury and mono in two years in junior. The overage season can pay dividends for some guys (Blichfeld).

 

[LadyStanley]

Sorenson out two weeks for covid

 

[Hobocop]

Gregor and True back down to the AHL, decent chance they'll play tonight with the Barracuda so thin at forward. They've played two defensemen at wing for the past two games.

 

[Lebanezer]

 

[Hobocop]

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Dude you're like the Cuda whisperer. Do the coaches read your posts? That's 2 for 2 that you've said should be called up and right after they did. Blichfeld and now Shovels. Maybe you can Teach Kurz how to be a true insider.

 

[The Nemesis]

Hamaliuk has been sent back to junior (Kelowna, WHL)

Hamaliuk seems like a wasted pick to me. I get what they were going for, it was a home run swing on a big high-upside kid but I've seen him in like half a dozen games and while he's not abjectly terrible, he always just seems like he's just kinda.... there. Someone with his size and who's not a totally irredeemable skater should be better than a 15-goal, 30-point forward as a 17-19 year old in major junior.

Honestly as an overager I'm going to be extremely disappointed if he doesn't at least threaten the 30-goal plateau. And even then I still will think it's gonna be an uphill climb for him as a pro.

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

Hamaliuk seems like a wasted pick to me. I get what they were going for, it was a home run swing on a big high-upside kid but I've seen him in like half a dozen games and while he's not abjectly terrible, he always just seems like he's just kinda.... there. Someone with his size and who's not a totally irredeemable skater should be better than a 15-goal, 30-point forward as a 17-19 year old in major junior.

Honestly as an overager I'm going to be extremely disappointed if he doesn't at least threaten the 30-goal plateau. And even then I still will think it's gonna be an uphill climb for him as a pro.

So he could be another Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau?

 

[The Nemesis]

So he could be another Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau?

No, that was worse because Paquin-Boudreau didn't even have size/physical attributes to dream on. All he had was being a nearly PPG player in his draft year (which was his first year in the Q). From a tools standpoint or a pedigree standpoint there didn't appear to be much to convince that his surge to draft prominence was something sustainable. Hamaliuk made sense at the time and just looks like it was a bad bet now that we've seen him pretty much not develop.

and for anyone that might care now, Boudreau left the Cuda after his 2 playoff game audition, went and played a year at the University of Quebec, and has since played the last few years in a low-level barely-pro league in Quebec mostly famous for at one point being the fightingest hockey league in North America with teams full of goons averaging north of 3 fights per game, and for being such a minor league operation that, I kid you not, one of the teams' official names is the Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5.

That's the actual name. including the frequency number and everything.

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

No, that was worse because Paquin-Boudreau didn't even have size/physical attributes to dream on. All he had was being a nearly PPG player in his draft year (which was his first year in the Q). From a tools standpoint or a pedigree standpoint there didn't appear to be much to convince that his surge to draft prominence was something sustainable. Hamaliuk made sense at the time and just looks like it was a bad bet now that we've seen him pretty much not develop.

and for anyone that might care now, Boudreau left the Cuda after his 2 playoff game audition, went and played a year at the University of Quebec, and has since played the last few years in a low-level barely-pro league in Quebec mostly famous for at one point being the fightingest hockey league in North America with teams full of goons averaging north of 3 fights per game, and for being such a minor league operation that, I kid you not, one of the teams' official names is the Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5.

That's the actual name. including the frequency number and everything.

I did see that he had some time in the LNAH. That league has transitioned into some less fighting and a little more skill but it is definitely still a bottom tier pro league. The fact that he’s not even playing ECHL level shows how bad of a pick he really was. That entire draft was a nightmare, especially considering the team had THREE 2nd round picks and only left with Boudreau and Tyler Kennedy

 

[Hobocop]

Melnichuk's up to the taxi squad and Korenar returns to the AHL.

 

[themelkman]

Not sure im loving the nickname Handy