CAR
Caleb Jones
CBJ
Jacob Christiansen
Billy Sweezey
Marcus Bjork
Joshua Dunne
Carson Meyer
Brendan Gaunce
DAL
Alexander Petrovic
DET
John Lethemon
Nolan Stevens
Taro Hirose
Timothy Gettinger
Brogan Rafferty
Wyatt Newpower
Jared McIssac
Austin Czarnik
FLA
Alexander True
William Lockwood
Matt Kiersted
Grigori Denisenko
NYI
Ken Appleby
Dennis Cholowski
Arnaud Durandeau
Grant Hutton
Otto Koivula
Karson Kuhlman
Paul LaDue
Brian Pinho
Robin Salo
Jakub Skarek
NYR
Jonny Brozinski
Ben Harpur
PHI
Wade Allison
SJ
Jacob Peterson
Oskar Lindblom
Ryan Carpenter
WSH
Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Alex Limoges
Michael Sgarbossa
Joe Snively
Dylan McIlrath
Hunter Shepard
I would absolutely take a look at Allison.
Great write up on him in the Athletic
https://theathletic.com/4747496/2023...ts-tortorella/
Quote:
But the thing with Allison is that all one needs to do is watch him play for a week and it’s easy to recognize that there’s something there. Allison shows regular flashes of being a unique kind of hockey player that every NHL club wants on their side — a wrecking ball of a big, aggressive winger who can skate fairly well, play a fearless game centered around goal scoring and attacking the net front, and do it all while hitting, blocking shots and even dropping the gloves on occasion. NHL GMs salivate over players like that.
Allison has yet to put it all together, coming closest in January when he finished with seven points (four goals, three assists) in 13 games and posted a strong 57.77 percent xG For in the process, looking for the first time in 2022-23 like the player who had so impressed in 2020-21. But then … he got hurt, and while he missed just one game with the injury, his play regressed upon his return in February (two points in 10 games with a 42.54 percent xG For).
Basically, Allison is still a work-in-progress, a soon-to-be 26-year-old who appears capable of a breakout but just hasn’t done it yet.
And the problem is that he might be running out of time to do so — at least with this particular organization.
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