blinkman360
Loyal Players Only
No idea why this dude's name popped in my head today, but I decided to look up his stats and see where he ended up after we let him go. For the life of me I had no idea he was as productive as he was with Bridgeport. 62 points in 66 games his first full season. 49 points in 49 games the following season. Yet even with those numbers he only appeared in 7 games with the Isles before moving on to play in Europe.
Kind of weird to me that a guy that young who had that much success in the AHL wouldn't have at least gotten bounced around the league a bit. Teams taking a chance, while he pushes forward in an attempt to stick at the NHL level. Looks like his last year here was at 24 years of age.
Anybody know what exactly the deal was with this guy? I'm sure at the end of the day he was one of those "doesn't provide value in a bottom-six role, but not good enough to score at the NHL level so can't play in a top-six role either" types. Just kind of weird how quickly he disappeared considering his AHL success. Did he just prefer going to Europe instead of carry on with the life of a minor leaguer? I have a hard time believing there were NO teams looking to sign a 24 year old PPG AHLer.
Kind of weird to me that a guy that young who had that much success in the AHL wouldn't have at least gotten bounced around the league a bit. Teams taking a chance, while he pushes forward in an attempt to stick at the NHL level. Looks like his last year here was at 24 years of age.
Anybody know what exactly the deal was with this guy? I'm sure at the end of the day he was one of those "doesn't provide value in a bottom-six role, but not good enough to score at the NHL level so can't play in a top-six role either" types. Just kind of weird how quickly he disappeared considering his AHL success. Did he just prefer going to Europe instead of carry on with the life of a minor leaguer? I have a hard time believing there were NO teams looking to sign a 24 year old PPG AHLer.