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NJ Devils Announce AHL Affiliation Partnership with the Utica Comets The New Jersey Devils are proud to announce our new partner with the Utica Comets and Adirondack Thunder. The Devils signed a 10 year agreement with the Utica franchise which became available after breaking ties off with the Vancouver Canucks. The team is expected to field some promising young talent this season including the likes of Philip Broberg, Alex Newhook, Ridly Greig, Ozzy Wiesblatt, and Ryan Suzuki to name just a few. The Devils organization announced a 5 year plan when GM Rush17 took over the franchise at the tail end of the 2019-20 season. The team is now entering its second year of that five year plan. The team has managed to add 12 first round draft selections from the last 3 Drafts. The team plans on staying the course and adding young talent both via free agent signings, trade, and via scouting. The Devils added a lot of one year contracts this off-season leaving room for youth to make the team to start the 2022-23 season. NJ GM Rush17 said the plan for next season is to let the kids play. This season we went out of our way to add some veteran players to support and help the growth of our young players including the two stars in Jack Hughes and Quinton Byfield. Mikhail Maltsev, Artem Zub, and Nikolai Knyzhov are also younger members on the squad this season. They will certainly benefit from the veteran presence added. GM Rush17 said the team will explore trading some of its better veteran forwards for future considerations to help acquire more young talent as the season progresses. To further support the growth of the Devils prospects the Devils owner Josh Harris of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment has invested $500,000 into additional renovations for the Comets rink in the AHL. The resources have been used to upgrade workout spaces, food preparation areas, and a newly renovated player lounge which includes 15 sleeping pods so players take rest between practice and game times without the need for commute back to their homes. The Devils franchise is set to begin its 47th season in the National Hockey League. the team is expected to be in its final year of the five year plan in the team's 50th anniversary season. We look look forward to another productive 2021-22 campaign and hope to see all of our fans back in the rinks as we dawn a new era in Jersey! Quote Jack Hughes: "I am excited to be here, I am looking forward to a strong year. I think i can take a step and become a leader on this team." Quote Quinton Byfield: "I am excited to be here. I want to prove I belong in the NHL at the young age of 19. I need to prove it and I'm excited to get started". Media Summary: Jack Hughes is expected to have a breakout season. Quinton is expected to make a push for a roster spot. The team has set aside the 2nd line C slot for Byfield but it will largely be up to him if he deserves it. The coach is thrilled about the additions of both Jack and Quinton - Coach is looking forward to seeing how Jack handles the pressure of being the guy here in Jersey. He is also really excited to see how Quinton handles the speed and rigors of the NHL. Quote from Coach: "Coach had this to say about the two young stars. "They obviously are both very young. Jack has a bit more NHL polish on his game and Quinton is incredibly raw. We will do our best to work with them and put them in situations to succeed. We are thrilled with the other young additions we made with the likes of Maltsev, Zub, and Knyzhov three guys I was incredibly high on. It is nice having a General Manager that can help you acquire the types of pieces you feel your team needs. " The Devils are expected to kick off their pre-season campaign Wed Sept 29th, 2021 vs the Washington Capitals at 4:00pm EST. Come check us out and grab some tickets @ NJDevilDOTcom.
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NJ would like to terminate the contract of Jayce Hawryluk as he has decided to sign overseas for the year. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2021/09/jayce-hawryluk-signs-in-sweden.html
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Very happy to see Sanford land in Ottawa. Good landing spot for the big power forward. :D
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Lucas Raymond, Dawson Mercer, and Filip Hallander all off to strong camps in CBJ. We look forward to seeing if these guys can earn spots and make us more competitive. Ryan Suzuki and Serron Noel are also top prospects in this years training camp. It is expected Kaiden Guhle will start in the AHL or return to Jr before joining Team Canada at the WJC's. Simon Edvinsson is also off to a hot start in the SHL. Isak Rosen CBJ's 1st round pick in 2021 has 2 pts in 4 SHL games. The future is bright in CBJ but the team has lots of work left to do.
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Is this Jannik Hansen? LOL @-Vintage Canuck- Alex Chiasson looks a lot like Jannik Hansen.
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maybe he's trying to look fierce and ready to fight for a SPOT BABY LES GO!
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Jack Eichel no longer captain of Sabres
Rush17 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Dylan Cozens. please stand up. -
Lockwood looks like a LOCK. Let's hope his play matches his fitness.
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I'm glad bag skates don't determine your ability to play hockey.
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Get em signed baby!
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Good old Travis
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A brief roster update for the Blues. We may make a few moves before puck drop. Players bolded could be made available either now or later into the season. Brady Tkachuk <> Nolan Patrick <> Gustav Nyquist Josh Leivo <> Colin White <> Vasili Podkolzin Tyler Motte <> Frans Nielsen <> Lucas Raymond Zemgus Girgensons <> David Kampf <> Ryan Carpenter Thomas Chabot <> Rasmus Ristolainen Erik Brannstrom <> Dennis Cholowski Matt Tennyson <> Jason Demers Kaapo Kahkonen Aaron Dell Joel Teasdale <> Kyle Rau <> Jack Quinn Landon Slaggert <> Austin Czarnik <> Theo Niederbach Fyodor Svechkov <> Hendrix Lapierre <> Fabian Lysell Red Savage <> Ilya Nikolayev <> Lukas Jasek Bulat Shafigullin <> Francesco Pinelli <> Ryan O'Reilly Amir Garayev <> Ryder Korczak <> Eetu Tuulola Not Available <> Linus Karlsson <> Artyom Manukyan Owen Power <> Madison Bowey Nolan Allan <> Cale Fleury Kirill Kirsanov <> Jeremy Roy Thimo Nickl <> Brent Johnson Dmitri Kostenko Yaroslav Askarov Artur Akhtyamov Arturs Silovs
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What should the new Abbotsford Mascot be ?
Rush17 replied to RU SERIOUS's topic in Prospects / Farm Team
An airplane as a head Probably a cartoony Johnny? -
He's not in Vancouver.
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Koskinen?
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[PTO] Alex Chiasson with Canucks
Rush17 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
When does he arrive? Will he face the grueling bag skate tomorrow? I would imagine he's flying in asap. -
Worse case he decides not to come and we terminate his contract to make room to pay petey and hughes lol.
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In his shoes I would probably want to ensure all of my teammates have been vaccinated for the health and safety of my family. Maybe he just decided to wait until a hold out got his vaccine.. or until everyone is fully vaccinated the 2 weeks prior to the 2nd dose. Him not being there for media day or the start of camp shouldn't be worry. Why not let him stay home until they have made sure everyone on site is 100% covid free. Even if they have their vaccine someone can still catch covid. Bailey was turned away at the border for having covid. He's probably just being cautious which is what I would do after a major outbreak last year on the team well his daughter is more vulnerable to covid. Smart man. He will make it from the sounds of it.
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I've been having issues since my second vaccine. Could potentially be a side effect of the vaccine. Either way it's Brandon Sutter.. it would be shocking if he played more then 50% of the teams games.
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4th line Klimovich baby! LES GO!
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Elias Pettersson | Quinn Hughes - Contract Discussion Thread
Rush17 replied to Bertuzzipunch's topic in Canucks Talk
The YouTuber is from Vancouver -
[GDT/PGT] Pre-season Game 1: Canucks @ Kraken 6:00 PM
Rush17 replied to -DLC-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Opening night roster Miller Horvat Boeser Pearson Dickenson Garland Hoglander Sutter Podkolzin Highmore Lockwood MacEwen Ekman-Larssen Hamonic Juolevi Myers Rathbone Poolman Demko Halak Motte hurt. Petey Quinn enjoying the Michigan fall weather. -
I am doing my first sim series at least until I become a playoff team. Then maybe I'll play those games. I decided to run Tampa and flip the script into a partial rebuild or retool on the fly. Waited until the tdl then flipped Stamkos, Gourde, McDonagh, Palat, Hyman among others. Added some good young talent mostly top 6 forward potential guys and picks. Then what happened to be a weak draft my first as gm. I traded Hedman for 1st OA + prospect to Chicago because of worse they want to win. Drafted 2nd OA rated prospect was 1st rated before the last rating a dope scoring pwf named Persson. Then the #1 rated guy fell to 3.. so I paid Nashville Point and a good prospect for 3rd OA. Sniped that top rated D right handed elite under sized pk Subban like D. Followed it up with 3 more first rounders. An Owen Nolan clone, Isak Rosen, then Zach Dean. Then proceeded to whiff on a bunch of picks because the auto scouting isn't so hot and I was in a rush simming lol. Signed a bunch of veteran ufas. Kuch is a ppg still. Vas just got hurt... Foote is growing. Persson 81 oa yonkman 3rd oa is 80 OA. Bingo, bongo let's go! I have to say using Tampas vast amount of value in their franchise to retool/rebuild is sooooooo much fun. I still have a ton of value. I flipped sergachev and cirelli somewhere in there. Lol fun times.
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[Signing] Blue Jackets re-sign Elvis Merzlikins
Rush17 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Damn son.