Peyton Kettles off the market, as he signs his ELC with the Penguins. Not the smartest move IMHO, don't think he's going to be ready for pro at 19 or 20 years old straight out of junior. Ben Kindel making the jump was a bit surprising, but at least he had been a high end producer in the Dub, Kettles is not that. Would have benefitted from NCAA time, but oh well.
Francisco looks like a legitimate piece on the back end that Notre Dame stole from Minnesota Duluth territory. Not many impressive guys on that team. Cullen will be very good when fully healthy, Nelson didn't have a great night but he's going to be very good in the NCAA at Notre Dame.
Funny how Heinert says Wathier is from Des Moines: he was only born there when his dad was playing minor pro, raised & played all of his minor hockey in Quebec. I think Knowling was born in Chicago but raised in Toronto and played all of his minor hockey there.
Classic loophole to play for the States, Emery used it, Bordeleau did too
I get that it is an exhibition against the NTDP, but the visible lack of give a f*** from the team is annoying. Engel at least with some bite/edge to start the game
At the time, the 2002s were really underwhelming back in 2019-20. At least that produced Sanderson, Beniers, Faber, and Kleven to a lesser degree.
Not sure how many solid NHLers the 2008s will produce.