Confirmed with Link: [VAN/EDM] Canucks trade F Kellan Lain for F Will Acton

[WetcoastOrca]

Good addition to Utica.
Would be a great experience for our young guys if Utica could win it all this year. Nothing like a winning atmosphere and hard working vets to teach the young guys how to prepare and play properly.

 

[TruGr1t]

Sick we got holmberg

Huh? Haven't seen this reported anywhere.

 

[biturbo19]

Okay.

I am indifferent to this move.


Utica gets a better bottom-6 type. Edmonton gets a big and tall guy who they will inevitably try to cram onto their NHL roster at some point with predictably poor results.

 

[DCantheDDad]

So it looks like Holmburg + Acton for Lain. It seems to me like a change of scenery trade more than anything.

 

[Bgav]

Huh? Haven't seen this reported anywhere.

@CarterBaum: Mitch Holmberg (on AHL deal) has been traded to Utica from #OKCBarons as part of the #Oilers Lain move.

 

[ziploc]

Lain will see significant time on the Oiler's "NHL roster", and this is a significant plus for us.

 

[TruGr1t]

@CarterBaum: Mitch Holmberg (on AHL deal) has been traded to Utica from #OKCBarons as part of the #Oilers Lain move.

Thanks!

 

[MS]

@CarterBaum: Mitch Holmberg (on AHL deal) has been traded to Utica from #OKCBarons as part of the #Oilers Lain move.

Ah, this must be to offset the AHL salary difference between Lain and Acton.

Will be sent to Kalamazoo and likely released at the end of the year. Lit up the WHL last year as an undersized player to earn an AHL contract but has struggled in the ECHL so far. Similar situation to Valk but with worse results to this point.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Acton is a much better AHL player. Lain is just ... ick. Last year in the AHL Acton was a 0.5 points/game player while being excellent in all 3 zones. He sucks in the NHL but is a terrific AHL role player. Lain just isn't a positive contributor even in the minors.

Both guys are UFA at the end of the season so age is irrelevant. And we save money.



Lain can't skate and is a fringe AHL player. You aren't getting anything back.

We are still happy he is gone. No one wanted him

 

[Barney Gumble]

Crappy AHL player for crappy AHL player.

But this is a win for us, however small.

Acton is a bit better player with more experience, is a better player at the AHL level, and we save % since Acton has a $100k AHL salary and Lain is at $200k.

In the case of the former Oiler, crappy NHL player (because they had no better player to use in the lineup).

edit: unless I have him confused with someone else?

 

[DL44]

Acton was never gonna get a fair shake from Oiler fans because of the perception of nepotism and the old boys club effect...

He bore an excessive amount of criticism for what he deserved from their fans...
But he is what he is... a tweener between leagues capable of a call up duty if necessary.


I'm sure we'll be a lot more objective in our assessment of his play since his father isn't on the coaching staff here...

 

[cc]

Might turn out to be decent for utica if Holmberg can develop with valk, fox and blomstrand. Don't know much about holmberg but it looks like has some upside.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Ah, this must be to offset the AHL salary difference between Lain and Acton.

Will be sent to Kalamazoo and likely released at the end of the year. Lit up the WHL last year as an undersized player to earn an AHL contract but has struggled in the ECHL so far. Similar situation to Valk but with worse results to this point.

Yup Holmberg was Dane Fox like in the WHL last year, but he hasn't been able to translate that game to pro like his old team-mate Tyler Johnson has on the Lightning.

I don't mind this trade. Lain for Acton is a complete 'whatever' and Holmberg is a complete long shot offensive project like Valk.

 

[Nuckles]

Benning didn't make a bad trade? PROGRESS!

 

[Steveorama]

Random meaningless fact:
Acton and Lain were teammates for a year at Lake Superior.

 

[PM]

Holmberg put up some serious points last year in the WHL but I'm guessing he was an overager similar to Fox. But hey we now got two junior 60 goal scorers on our ECHL team.

 

[701]

Freakins on Acton:

'Yet as Eakins memorably put it, “He’s like a smell that just won’t go away.â€'

My dog was like that, after he jumped up on the table and ate a pound of butter

 

[Caspian]

Fun fact both Acton and Lain played for Lake Superior State University in 2010-11.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Based on BadGoalie and orcatown's reviews of Utica games recently, Lain was probably press box bound as soon as Jeffrey was healthy again. So this is no loss for us.

 

[Jay Cee]

Lain signed with the Canucks with some understanding he would have some chance of playing here in the NHL and that is clearly not going to happen. Probably some level of appeasement here.

Pretty boring move anyway I guess. Neither player is very good.

 

[Taelin]

Will Acton is a better AHL player than Lain. Either way, this trade doesn't affect us.

 

[Hansen]

Jeeze I liked big Lainer. Oh well, Holmberg might catch on with Fox, Valk, Bloomer and the gang down in the Zoo. Don't know a lot about Acton.

 

[M2Beezy]

2 hours a way woooohooo come on guys big game!!

Edit oopa wrong thread

 

[jimmythescot]

2 hours a way woooohooo come on guys big game!!

Edit oopa wrong thread

Don't worry. Your woohooing is perfectly justified in this thread.

 

[stevecanuck16]

@CarterBaum: Mitch Holmberg (on AHL deal) has been traded to Utica from #OKCBarons as part of the #Oilers Lain move.

I used to like Mitch Holmberg. I still do, but I used to, too.