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Originally Posted by Sandman
Sadly, I know nothing about this kid- but he's talked about as being an excellent defensive performer, with a high-end motor, and a robust physical game. Stats are not bad for a 23 year-old, but not indicative of a future top-6 NHLer- more of a rugged bottom-six defender, and there's nothing wrong with that. Needless to say, I like him already.
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Apparently, according to HF Boards, he wanted to play for the Hawks at the end of last year, to burn a year off his ELC, but the Hawks declined. They did allow a number of other higher end prospects the opportunity to do that.
He's an older prospect that only had any kind of stats in his 4th year when he was older than most players.
Speculation is, he didn't like the higher rated prospects ahead of him in the Hawk's system. He wouldn't like the Flames prospect roster also, although the Flames prospects are generally a bit younger and behind the Hawks's prospects development wise.
It seems like he wants a situation where he might be able to play right away.
Edmonton it is.