Rumor: Wings a finalist to sign UDFA F Ben Meyers (University of Minnesota) - News: Signs with Colorado
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Any chance he's friends with a budding defenseman?
Who has family in the Metro Detroit area?
So we could see a reverse Parise / Suter?
Who has family in the Metro Detroit area?
So we could see a reverse Parise / Suter?
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I think they would find a spot him for to get games in before the playoffs. Playing in your home state likely holds some appeal though.
He would probably finish the season playing on our third line if he signed here though. You’re not wrong about the immediate role.
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He's outscoring his teammate Knies, who is the #6 prospect in ALL of hockey, so this could be a HUGE get. /s
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"In terms of the NCAA, he's an everyman," a scout said. "Minnesota can just throw him into any matchup and he'll succeed. Meyers can take over shifts. The right NHL team could make use of him throughout the lineup."
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Looks like he doesn't really fit into Minnesota's picture :
'' With Minnesota, the questions about whether or not he can make the jump to the NHL and help now is a huge question. Add in the logjam for the next wave of prospects, and the situation gets muddy. There’s no such thing as having too many options when you’re an NHL GM like Bill Guerin. That is until you have to figure out how they all fit into the organization. ''
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He would be a free asset for the Wings and could play a role in the bottom six for years to come.
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Looks like he doesn't really fit into Minnesota's picture :
'' With Minnesota, the questions about whether or not he can make the jump to the NHL and help now is a huge question. Add in the logjam for the next wave of prospects, and the situation gets muddy. There’s no such thing as having too many options when you’re an NHL GM like Bill Guerin. That is until you have to figure out how they all fit into the organization. ''
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He would be a free asset for the Wings and could play a role in the bottom six for years to come.
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Knies is a superior player. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him play in the NHL next season.
Myers might be a something, but probably just a good bottom 6 guy.
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Meyers could be a fan favorite if his game translates to the NHL. His makeup is similar to that of Mazur and Mastrosimone. High compete, huge motor, infectious leadership, and enough skill to chip in some offense. The Wings need players like that to translate to NHL success stories, they currently have too many passive players imo.
He's a Minnesota boy, through and through, and his preference is surely to play for the Wild, but the Wings probably have a decent shot at him given the wide gap in opportunity. Meyers is NHL-ready and can step right into Detroit's lineup. There's a high likelihood he gets lost in the shuffle in Minnesota though.
Go get him, Stevie.
He's a Minnesota boy, through and through, and his preference is surely to play for the Wild, but the Wings probably have a decent shot at him given the wide gap in opportunity. Meyers is NHL-ready and can step right into Detroit's lineup. There's a high likelihood he gets lost in the shuffle in Minnesota though.
Go get him, Stevie.
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Remember Hirose and Kuffner?
This kid is 23, older than Veleno, Seider, Raymond, and Raz. He's also NHL size at 204 lbs.
Throw this kid in and bench Erne or send Hirose back down. There's room on the roster for this kid.
These guys don’t usually amount to much more than depth guys but we’re short on quality depth too so it can’t hurt to give him a chance. Hope we land him. Maybe he knocks it out of the park and becomes an Andrew Copp type, we could use an unexpected win.
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Also Meyers is 4 years older than Knies.
Not comparable AT ALL.
Could be next Luke Glendening on the making. With better scoring.
11 years ago, 23-year old Luke Glendening was undrafted Grand Rapids native, playing as Captain for Michican University. Now 23-year old Ben Meyers is Minnesota-native, playing as Captain for Minnesota University...
Red Wings was loaded on those days and he still signed to nearby team. Expect the same in this case. They pick the hometown team, especially because it's having success. Young players avoid losing teams, no matter what you try to sell them. Blaa blaa that we are a future winner and could give a better opportunity.
They pick the better team from hometown. It's special to play in front of your family etc. When you can choose, everybody will choose that.
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Also Meyers is 4 years older than Knies.
Not comparable AT ALL.
Could be next Luke Glendening on the making. With better scoring.
11 years ago, 23-year old Luke Glendening was undrafted Grand Rapids native, playing as Captain for Michican University. Now 23-year old Ben Meyers is Minnesota-native, playing as Captain for Minnesota University...
Red Wings was loaded on those days and he still signed to nearby team. Expect the same in this case. They pick the hometown team, especially because it's having success. Young players avoid losing teams, no matter what you try to sell them. Blaa blaa that we are a future winner and could give a better opportunity.
They pick the better team from hometown. It's special to play in front of your family etc. When you can choose, everybody will choose that.
I would gladly take another Glendening on this roster. The guy was shit offensively but he at least played with some heart, which is more than we can say for 2/3rds of Detroit's roster.
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Even if he's a younger version of Glendening, then sure... why not? This team severely misses Luke.
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Izlez mentioned that he's got more points than Knies. My point is that doesn't matter because they're going to be different players in the NHL. Drink a coffee, man. Wake up so we can talk prospects.
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Meyers is not a Luke Glendening, let's just get that straight. Meyers has a motor and excellent compete, but LFG's was on another level. And Meyers does not have LFG's defensive game. Depending on how he translates to the NHL, Meyers has a little to a lot more offense though. Meyers is less a shutdown player and more a Swiss army knife.
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So basically a poor man's Vladislav Namestnikov who fetched us a 4th at TDL?
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For the record, I know that there is no comparison to make there and you can't just look at stats. I threw a /s in there.
I had just seen the ridiculous list that put Knies as the 6th best prospect in the world, and his name popped up when looking at Meyers' stats, so I made a bad joke
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What about the other NCAA UFA's we signed in the past. I am causiously optimistic, but lets wait and see
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They both played 10 games that season. That's all I was getting at, if he signs he'll play because I'm sure that will be part of the agreement.
I would love to see Erne sit and have to watch a college kid take his place. Erne deserves a swift kick in the ass.
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