Anyone heard of this guy??? He is a small player who has gone undrafted and is now 21. He is the only unsigned player in the AHL right now who is scoring at a point per game pace (15 in his first 13 games) Is he worth taking a flyer on??
The guy is still unsigned and sits 3rd in AHL scoring. He's tops right now in rookie scoring and would be a great replacement for the contract spot gained by getting rid of Hagman.
Watching Conacher is interesting because although you know that he's small, you don't notice it that much. He plays a relentless game, he crashes the net, he goes to the dirty areas ... that has surely helped him make the team instead of Tyler Johnson, who is of similar size and actually put up even better numbers for their farm team than Conacher.
Johnson, Conacher and Marchessault-Audy are all undrafted, small FA players that will be NHL players. You need to take the risk on these smaller guys once in a while.
maybe Steven Whitney; 5'7, 162lbs forward
undrafted senior putting up numbers at BC
Rylan Schwartz is a player the Flames had interest in, as did the Blues (Jaden's older brother)
5'10, 200lbs center who plays for Colorado College; another undrafted senior
Johnson, Conacher and Marchessault-Audy are all undrafted, small FA players that will be NHL players. You need to take the risk on these smaller guys once in a while.
True, but I don't think it makes sense for any one organization to take a chance on a lot of small players at a time.