Which Rookies Make the Opening Night Line-Up?
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Nucker101
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Vey - makes the team, not waiver eligible and Willie likely vouched for him
Horvat - a few games before being sent down if he's not ready
Jensen - makes the team
Shinkaruk - my sleeper pick to surprise and make the team right out of camp
Gaunce - AHL
Corrado - starts in AHL, gets called up later
Virtanen and McCann need another year of junior hockey for sure.
Horvat - a few games before being sent down if he's not ready
Jensen - makes the team
Shinkaruk - my sleeper pick to surprise and make the team right out of camp
Gaunce - AHL
Corrado - starts in AHL, gets called up later
Virtanen and McCann need another year of junior hockey for sure.
medhatcanuck
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Jensen - Will get 10 games like Horvat, Vey and Gaunce. If he mucks it up he's back to Utica. Here's praying that he steps it up!
Corrado - Same as Jensen.
Vey - 75%. Barring a collosal poop-up, Vey not only gets the try-out, but gets the opportunity which Benning expressed, starting on the 3rd line, working up to the 2nd line. The reason why it's only 75% is that he possibly could collosally poop the bed and show he isn't quite ready for the NHL yet.
Horvat - 25%. Benning already stated they don't want to rush him. They'll give him his 10 games and then send him back to Junior IMO.
Gaunce - 9%. He has a better chance than people make. But based upon Bennings statement that they don't want to rush Bo, I imagine they have the same mentality for
Brendan. Let him play in the AHL. If theres any surprise player who gets a 10 game tryout it's this kid.
Shinkaruk - 2%. Healing from injury, he'll likely go back to junior to find his legs again.
Fox - 2%. Our bottom 6 is filled top the brim. Barring an extraordinary camp, great 10 game tryout, and an injury, there is almost no chance. I think his chances of making the squad is 2%, chance of getting a 10 day tryout is 3-5%.
Cassels - 0.02%
Virtanen - 0.01%
McCann - 0 %
Demko - 0%
Horvat, Gaunce, Jensen, Corrado, Vey for 10 games.
Only Vey and Corrado stick with big club after that.
Gaunce called up for injuries and plays over 20 games this season.
Corrado - Same as Jensen.
Vey - 75%. Barring a collosal poop-up, Vey not only gets the try-out, but gets the opportunity which Benning expressed, starting on the 3rd line, working up to the 2nd line. The reason why it's only 75% is that he possibly could collosally poop the bed and show he isn't quite ready for the NHL yet.
Horvat - 25%. Benning already stated they don't want to rush him. They'll give him his 10 games and then send him back to Junior IMO.
Gaunce - 9%. He has a better chance than people make. But based upon Bennings statement that they don't want to rush Bo, I imagine they have the same mentality for
Brendan. Let him play in the AHL. If theres any surprise player who gets a 10 game tryout it's this kid.
Shinkaruk - 2%. Healing from injury, he'll likely go back to junior to find his legs again.
Fox - 2%. Our bottom 6 is filled top the brim. Barring an extraordinary camp, great 10 game tryout, and an injury, there is almost no chance. I think his chances of making the squad is 2%, chance of getting a 10 day tryout is 3-5%.
Cassels - 0.02%
Virtanen - 0.01%
McCann - 0 %
Demko - 0%
Horvat, Gaunce, Jensen, Corrado, Vey for 10 games.
Only Vey and Corrado stick with big club after that.
Gaunce called up for injuries and plays over 20 games this season.
That doesn't make sense at all...
McCann has a bigger chance to make the team since he will actually be at both camps. Virtanen isn't cleared to play until October.
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deckercky
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It's the normal roster to start the season, right? So you have to look at the number of waiver eligible players.
FORWARDS
Sedin - Sedin Vrbata
Burrows - Bonino - Kassian
Higgins - ??????? - Hansen
Matthias - Richardson - Dorsett
Sestito
DEFENSEMEN
Edler - Tanev
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Sbisa - Weber
Stanton
GOALTENDERS
Miller
Lack (or Markstrom - doesn't matter for this purpose)
That's 21 players. 2 spots left without rookies. 1 is all but guaranteed to be Vey since he's eligible for waivers.
Maybe Sestito is waived early, but I think he's kept on roster - a heavyweight who can play decent hockey is a very useful piece, particularly with all the goons on Calgary's roster. That means one non-Vey rookies is likely to have a shot.
For opening day, maybe Horvat gets his chance.
Vey: 90%
Horvat: 50%
Corrado: 30%
Others: <10%
FORWARDS
Sedin - Sedin Vrbata
Burrows - Bonino - Kassian
Higgins - ??????? - Hansen
Matthias - Richardson - Dorsett
Sestito
DEFENSEMEN
Edler - Tanev
Hamhuis - Bieksa
Sbisa - Weber
Stanton
GOALTENDERS
Miller
Lack (or Markstrom - doesn't matter for this purpose)
That's 21 players. 2 spots left without rookies. 1 is all but guaranteed to be Vey since he's eligible for waivers.
Maybe Sestito is waived early, but I think he's kept on roster - a heavyweight who can play decent hockey is a very useful piece, particularly with all the goons on Calgary's roster. That means one non-Vey rookies is likely to have a shot.
For opening day, maybe Horvat gets his chance.
Vey: 90%
Horvat: 50%
Corrado: 30%
Others: <10%
I really like Cassels as a fly-under-the-radar type prospect. I think he is sneaky good with great vision and patience as well as an under-rated shot.
If you look at him play with a guy like Michael Dal Colle - a big rugged winger - in Oshawa, you can see how he makes Dal Colle better by either setting him up, or by being in the right place at the right time to finish off a rebound or a scoring chance that Dal Colle will generate with his size and speed.
I could see him playing with a guy like Kassian or Virtanen in the future and complimenting and making these players better. I don't think he will make the opening day line up or anything - or if he will ever even make the big club, but this is HFboards, so I like him nonetheless.
