bigskyvikes Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Good stuff Dave, can't wait for this FF to get started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikla Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Per Schloss, Nelson got picked to play at the world's in Belarus next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Congrats to Dillon Simpson for signing a 3 yr deal with Edmonton... My guess is a max signing bonus ($300k), a max AHL deal ($70k), and an NHL salary of $625k or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikla Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Congrats to Dillon Simpson for signing a 3 yr deal with Edmonton... My guess is a max signing bonus ($300k), a max AHL deal ($70k), and an NHL salary of $625k or so... It's so sad that this is under the former players thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werewolfoflondon Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Congrats to Dillon Simpson for signing a 3 yr deal with Edmonton... My guess is a max signing bonus ($300k), a max AHL deal ($70k), and an NHL salary of $625k or so... One year in the A for seasoning then on to the NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 One year in the A for seasoning then on to the NHL. I thought the same thing about Taylor Chorney...and he's ended up a journeyman with more time in the A than the N. Both exceptional leaders and by all accounts really good people. Regardless with Dillon, he'll have a degree and have used all 4 years of college eligibility up. No regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 One year in the A for seasoning then on to the NHL. Not a good enough skater. His feet will unfortunately let him down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikla Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Not a good enough skater. His feet will unfortunately let him down. It will be interesting to see. He improved that a lot over the course of his time here. Bochenski is a prime example of excelling in many areas of the game but not having good enough foot speed to play in the NHL, even though he's still playing professionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werewolfoflondon Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Not a good enough skater. His feet will unfortunately let him down. Thanks for popping my bubble. He is really young still having just turned 21 two months ago. Gives him time to improve where needs to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 He's already improved his foot speed a ton since arriving on campus. No reason to think he couldn't improve it more and get his chance in the NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I agree that Dillon's skating is a question mark. He has all of the other tools... If he improves his skating, there is no reason that he couldn't be a reliable 3rd pairing dman...he doesn't have the mean streak or size to be a shutdown, and he doesn't have the skating to be an offensive dman. He is a tweaner, but a tweaner who does many things well... I think my Chorney comparison is pretty good, but Chorney was a better skater and Dillon is a better shot blocker/lane disrupter... The deal is that skating in the NHL is table stakes. You have to be an elite skater, then you have to fill a role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I did not get to see Dillon much in person--in what phase of the game did his modest foot speed show the most. I mean, there's that area below the dots where dmen need three-step kind of foot speed or quickness when they have the puck and when they don't. And there's the neutral zone down to the dots on defense where they need more up-ice (down-ice) speed. Does that make any sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I did not get to see Dillon much in person--in what phase of the game did his modest foot speed show the most. I mean, there's that area below the dots where dmen need three-step kind of foot speed or quickness when they have the puck and when they don't. And there's the neutral zone down to the dots on defense where they need more up-ice (down-ice) speed. Does that make any sense? When he needs to flip his hips and keep up he struggles. Skating sideways and backwards he's good, just not going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I agree that Dillon's skating is a question mark. He has all of the other tools... If he improves his skating, there is no reason that he couldn't be a reliable 3rd pairing dman...he doesn't have the mean streak or size to be a shutdown, and he doesn't have the skating to be an offensive dman. He is a tweaner, but a tweaner who does many things well... I think my Chorney comparison is pretty good, but Chorney was a better skater and Dillon is a better shot blocker/lane disrupter... The deal is that skating in the NHL is table stakes. You have to be an elite skater, then you have to fill a role. Agree on the skating piece....how does heatly still have a job, I'm a better skater than that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Agree on the skating piece....how does heatly still have a job, I'm a better skater than that guy. Well he did have 2 assists last game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikla Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 In other former player news, phenomenal games by Toews, Oshie, and Porter in that Blackhawks/Blues series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 In other former player news, phenomenal games by Toews, Oshie, and Porter in that Blackhawks/Blues series. Yep...I really hope Blues see what Porter has been able to do for the last 2 playoffs and give him a full year in the NHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well he did have 2 assists last game... Very true....every squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. Guy is frustrating though....highest paid 4th liner in the league. Minny is going to fill that cap reduction nicely this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very true....every squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. Guy is frustrating though....highest paid 4th liner in the league. Minny is going to fill that cap reduction nicely this offseason. Yep, the only stunner with the Wild's decision-making with Heatley is that he hasn't been dumped...in favor of Brian Bonin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxScore Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very true....every squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. Guy is frustrating though....highest paid 4th liner in the league. Minny is going to fill that cap reduction nicely this offseason. Yeah I think most fans think a certain former Gopher that may be from a foreign country will probably be the one who ends up filling that open cap space left by Heatley. Glad they also get rid of Stoner too, if only they can find a way to get rid of Brodziak with those two they will be a lot better off getting rid of some pretty bad skaters who are very turnover prone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
207Sioux Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Vote for Brock Nelson for the Islanders rookie of the year. http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=716939&navid=DL|NYI|home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sodbuster Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I was wondering how MacWilliam's year went. I can't even remember where he was playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werewolfoflondon Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I was wondering how MacWilliam's year went. I can't even remember where he was playing. Not bad. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=112349 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Not bad. http://www.hockeydb.....php?pid=112349 He had a pretty good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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