Confirmed with Link: Ville Mesaken (Unconditional Waivers)
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Change is good.
Welp. Back to Sweden. Win some, lose some. But you keep taking your swings because every 5th or 6th guy winds up being a Dan Girardi/Mats Zuccarello/Neal Pionk.
EdJovanovski
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Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved
I was Today years old when I found out people actually buy Wolfpack Jersey's.
Hunter Gathers
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I was Today years old when I found out people actually buy Wolfpack Jersey's.
I was today years old when I found out someone actually bought a Ville Meskanen jersey.
If they send Staal down for conditioning at any point, your ass better hop on Amazon quick.Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved
eco's bones
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Why in the world would you buy a Meskanen jersey....Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved
Gropp was recalled
But while on the subject, what is going on with Jake Elmer? Juniors is not transitioning to the Pro league?
Brooklyn Rangers Fan
Change is good.
EdJovanovski
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eco's bones
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Zuccarello was highly touted when the rangers signed him. He was expected to be an NHL regular.
Harbour Dog
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I thought he deserved a cup of tea in his first season.
Difficult to fault anybody here though. Good signing, the kid worked hard on the ice and did what he could to make it, and it appears we're facilitating a move back to the LIIGA or another league for him.
If we take swings on these types of guys once or twice a year, I'll be a happy camper.
Difficult to fault anybody here though. Good signing, the kid worked hard on the ice and did what he could to make it, and it appears we're facilitating a move back to the LIIGA or another league for him.
If we take swings on these types of guys once or twice a year, I'll be a happy camper.
Brooklyn Rangers Fan
Change is good.
All UDFAs have some associated probability of making the NHL, whether 5% or 95%, but they're still UDFAs. I mean, otherwise, what's the cutoff? Who "counts" and who doesn't?
And for the record, there were plenty of people concerned about how his size would play in the NA game on NA rinks at the time.
You know wherever you bought that is still like "remember when we sold that one Meskanen jersey..."Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved
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All UDFAs have some associated probability of making the NHL, whether 5% or 95%, but they're still UDFAs. I mean, otherwise, what's the cutoff? Who "counts" and who doesn't?
And for the record, there were plenty of people concerned about how his size would play in the NA game on NA rinks at the time.
No, I agree with you. My only point is that someone like Zucc was a no brainer signing. There were several teams that vied for him. This is unlike Girardi and Pionk who truly flew under the radar.
Pionk was one of the top UDFA's in his class.
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He lives in Vancouver....hockey Jersey's are the same price as toilet paper there.
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yeah, same summer as Butcher, both had strong '16-17 seasons in NCAA,
they were both anticipated almost-ready scoring RHD guys coming out of college
| Butcher | Jan 6 1995 | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | |
| 2016-17 | U. of Denver | NCHC | 43 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 18 | 27 |
| Pionk | Jul 29 1995 | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | |
| 2016-17 | U. of Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | 42 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 24 |
Neal Pionk Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Butcher, having been drafted, had to wait, til mid-August after Sr season, be totally UFA,
Pionk was undrafted, and turning 22 that summer, after a strong soph season at Duluth, was free to sign w NYR in spring
(that was the odd situation where Butcher, despite starring at Denver, declined to sign w Avs, eventually signed w NJD, while Kerfoot declined to sign w NJD and then in August signed w Avs)
