Justin Kirkland: from dime-a-dozen AHLer to potential NHL fourth line candidate

[TheScorpion]

Yeah, that's the thing that has allowed Ryan Lomberg to succeed in the NHL for sure ... he can fly. Phillips, Pelletier, and Duehr can really skate, although unfortunately Duehr doesn't offer much else.

I can see a future where Kirkland is able to keep up just fine. I can also see a future where he's too slow. Very curious to watch him in the preseason.

[TheScorpion]

Double post

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Yeah, that's the thing that has allowed Ryan Lomberg to succeed in the NHL for sure ... he can fly. Phillips, Pelletier, and Duehr can really skate, although unfortunately Duehr doesn't offer much else.

I can see a future where Kirkland is able to keep up just fine. I can also see a future where he's too slow. Very curious to watch him in the preseason.

It would be good to see one of these guys come to camp and grab a job. Force themselves on to the team.
A lot of the guys who should be competing for a job haven't had those type of camps in recent years.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Gawdin seems to have dropped down the depth charts, perhaps owing in part to injury.

I never saw him as someone who would make the NHL. Just a couple cups of coffee and then gone.

[Finger Cookin]

dime-a-dozen AHLer to potential NHL fourth line candidate

[Flamesfan05]

Can’t be worse that Ritchie and Lucic

Give him a chance

Can he fight? That would be a bonus

[Flamesfan05]

Originally Posted by Buff

I never saw him as someone who would make the NHL. Just a couple cups of coffee and then gone.

Too slow for a guy with no real good skill

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Flamesfan05

Can’t be worse that Ritchie and Lucic

Give him a chance

Can he fight? That would be a bonus

2 fights, only one on video (he won). He's listed as 6'3" but only 183 lbs on db. That's skinny. Though AHL lists him at 205.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Could be a lot of journeymen on the market this summer, as many NA players are predicted to return from the KHL due to the geopolitical situation. Could be some interesting AHL-level or bubble players available.