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Old 06-24-2018, 12:53 PM   #61
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We drafted what we trained out of Ferkland x100

Hopefully this time around they want to reign it in opposed to tamp it down.
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Old 06-24-2018, 02:32 PM   #62
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Flames director of amateur scouting Tod Button gives you a run-through of what each of today's NHLDraft picks brings to the organization!

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status...28563186270208
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Old 06-29-2018, 02:36 AM   #63
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I don't mind the player at all but question taking him this early. I really like Cole Fonstad of the Raiders and was hoping the Flames would take him at this spot. Fonstad has the much higher ceiling - and higher likelihood of amounting to nothing - but my vision is to always try and hit home runs in the draft and pick up dime a dozen utility players by other means. In fact, I had Milos Roman rated higher than Pospisil so that's some good work by the Flames - intentionally or not - getting both by way of drafting Roman later.

Regardless of the minor griping, I see Pospisil as having 2nd-line winger top-end potential with a more reasonable expectation of 3rd/4th-line winger.
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Old 06-29-2018, 02:53 AM   #64
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Does he have "big teeth"?

If so we might have Ville Nieminen part 2
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:36 PM   #65
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Sportsnet has confirmed Martin Pospisil’s plans to play at St. Lawrence University next season are in jeopardy due to academic ineligibility.

The 19-year-old Slovak has had trouble with his ACT scores, which could very well open the door for the Flames to sign him to a pro contract this summer.

The Flames’ 2018 fourth round pick has a late birthday, making him eligible to play in AHL Stockton next season, if he and the Flames so desire.

“There are a bunch of schools that want him now, but we may sign him,” Flames GM Brad Treliving admitted Wednesday.
And some other news about Flames draft picks....almost all of it good!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...f-fast-starts/
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:39 PM   #66
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The Flames’ 2018 fourth round pick has a late birthday, making him eligible to play in AHL Stockton next season, if he and the Flames so desire.
He could sign with the Flames and play in the AHL tomorrow if he wanted.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:53 PM   #67
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He could sign with the Flames and play in the AHL tomorrow if he wanted.
I don't believe that's true.

Junior players can't sign contracts and leave until their season is over....no?
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:55 PM   #68
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I don't believe that's true.

Junior players can't sign contracts and leave until their season is over....no?
Not normally but this was said during the 2nd intermission last night I believe? Either Francis or Sutter mentioned it.
He's not bound to any contract as we speak, his college team terminated it or something ( dont remember the exact terminology )
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Old 11-29-2018, 01:00 PM   #69
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I don't believe that's true.

Junior players can't sign contracts and leave until their season is over....no?
Only players in Canadian Major Junior.

Kylington, for example, played in the AHL in his 18 and 19 yo years.
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Old 11-29-2018, 01:02 PM   #70
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I don't believe that's true.

Junior players can't sign contracts and leave until their season is over....no?
That is because there is a NHL/CHL transfer agreement.

AFAIK there is no such agreement between the USHL and the NHL.
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I don't believe that's true.

Junior players can't sign contracts and leave until their season is over....no?
The USHL is not subject to the NHL-CHL agreement. Players in the USHL or NCAA can sign with an NHL club at any moment and leave. The caveat being they have to leave immediately because an NHL contract voids NCAA eligibility, (which the USHL is in compliance with because as a feeder league they want their players to be College bound).
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Ahhhh...thanks.

Weird that the USHL wouldn't ask for the same agreement the CHL has.
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Ahhhh...thanks.

Weird that the USHL wouldn't ask for the same agreement the CHL has.
They can't.

One of the major issues the NCAA has with the CHL is players that have signed NHL contracts can still play in the CHL. They see it as players who have received signing bonuses (which almost all ELC deals contain) as being paid to play in the CHL and thus the OHL/WHL/QMJHL are professional leagues.

The USHL to keep their amateur status can't have players under NHL contract. Otherwise they too would be considered a professional league in the eyes of the NCAA and have their players ineligible for NCAA programs.
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Yeah, they can't and don't want that agreement. The USHL isn't trying to hoard the 18/19 year old talent that the CHL does. The majority of drafted players from the USHL leave for their NCAA team immediately after being drafted so that agreement just doesn't make sense for them.

Lazy bit of journalism by Francis regardless.
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They can't.

One of the major issues the NCAA has with the CHL is players that have signed NHL contracts can still play in the CHL. They see it as players who have received signing bonuses (which almost all ELC deals contain) as being paid to play in the CHL and thus the OHL/WHL/QMJHL are professional leagues.

The USHL to keep their amateur status can't have players under NHL contract. Otherwise they too would be considered a professional league in the eyes of the NCAA and have their players ineligible for NCAA programs.

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Old 11-29-2018, 01:26 PM   #76
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And some other news about Flames draft picks....almost all of it good!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...f-fast-starts/
Blah, Francis article. That should come with a warning.

He referred to ASU as a "High-End Program" (IIRC it's in it's first full year as an NCAA D1 hockey program). Which isn't to say that it automatically isn't one but I think you'd need more time at the highest collegiate level to garner praise like that.
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Old 11-29-2018, 01:58 PM   #77
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We drafted what we trained out of Ferkland x100

Hopefully this time around they want to reign it in opposed to tamp it down.
I'm fine if they tamp it down and we end up with a hard hitting, seldom penalized, 20+ goal scoring power forward.
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prospectshifts.com posted a shift-by-shift game for bobby brink (interesting 2019 draft eligible prospect). lucky for us, brink happens to be pospisil's main winger, so pospisil is in pretty much the whole video also. pospisil is number 24. a chance to see what he's all about before the world juniors, it looks like he's been playing heavy minutes in all situations:

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Blah, Francis article. That should come with a warning.

He referred to ASU as a "High-End Program" (IIRC it's in it's first full year as an NCAA D1 hockey program). Which isn't to say that it automatically isn't one but I think you'd need more time at the highest collegiate level to garner praise like that.
This is ASU's fourth full season in Division 1 and they have been ranked in the top-20 of the leading ranking service for the last 3 weeks.

They are currently ranked ahead of such traditional NCAA hockey powerhouses as Boston College, Boston University, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
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Not normally but this was said during the 2nd intermission last night I believe? Either Francis or Sutter mentioned it.
He's not bound to any contract as we speak, his college team terminated it or something ( dont remember the exact terminology )
Reading between the lines of what they said, I think he might not be academically qualified for college.
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