D-Bo7 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I can see a lot of roster spots reserved for Chicago's signee's! 8 D; Peter Andersson, Defence, Chicago, AHL Kevin Connauton, Defence, Chicago, AHL Derek Joslin, Defence, Chicago, AHL Patrick Mullen, Defence, Chicago, AHL Adam Polasek, Defence, Chicago, AHL Yann Sauve, Defence, Chicago, AHL Stefan Schneider, Defence, Chicago, AHL Chris Tanev, Defence, Chicago, AHL 5 Right Wing; Kellan Tochkin, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL Anton Rodin, Forward, Chicago, AHL Zack Kassian, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL Andrew Gordon, Right, Wing Chicago, AHL Guillaume Desbiens, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL 3 left wing; Steven Anthony, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL Darren Archibald, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL Bill Sweatt, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL 5 centre's; Jordan Schroeder, Centre, Chicago, AHL Prab Rai, Centre, Chicago, AHL Andrew Ebbett, Centre, Chicago, AHL Alex Friesen, Centre, Chicago, AHL Alexandre Mallet, Centre Chicago, AHL And two pretty good goalies > Lack & Cannatta! We're stacking the Wolves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Kassian is gonna have a breakout year sometime in the next three years,quote me on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Any player that can be playing anwhere without having to clear waivers we certainly wantthem to be. Can only workout so much. Kassian may benifit from the lockout more then any Canuck (Aside from the ones that could use the rest *Kesler*) playing in Chicago will give him the edge to help make the team come training camp, especially if it's a late start. Or there may be no season at all, so best have him playing somewhere that the coaches are training him to play your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 This is a pretty big slap to Kassian's face, basically saying he's worse than Weise, Volpatti and Pinizotto who's played less in the NHL than Kas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winthecup Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I can see a lot of roster spots reserved for Chicago's signee's! 8 D; Peter Andersson, Defence, Chicago, AHL Kevin Connauton, Defence, Chicago, AHL Derek Joslin, Defence, Chicago, AHL Patrick Mullen, Defence, Chicago, AHL Adam Polasek, Defence, Chicago, AHL Yann Sauve, Defence, Chicago, AHL Stefan Schneider, Defence, Chicago, AHL Chris Tanev, Defence, Chicago, AHL 5 Right Wing; Kellan Tochkin, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL Anton Rodin, Forward, Chicago, AHL Zack Kassian, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL Andrew Gordon, Right, Wing Chicago, AHL Guillaume Desbiens, Right Wing, Chicago, AHL 3 left wing; Steven Anthony, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL Darren Archibald, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL Bill Sweatt, Left Wing, Chicago, AHL 5 centre's; Jordan Schroeder, Centre, Chicago, AHL Prab Rai, Centre, Chicago, AHL Andrew Ebbett, Centre, Chicago, AHL Alex Friesen, Centre, Chicago, AHL Alexandre Mallet, Centre Chicago, AHL And two pretty good goalies > Lack & Cannatta! We're stacking the Wolves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbam09 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Or you could say he is in pretty high company with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle assigned to the AHL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuretoMogilny Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Agree with many of the comments about Kassian getting some time to play offensive 1/2 line minutes in the minors. My fear this year was he would be rushed bc of the CoHo factor and pressured to perform early. Then when he didn't AV would relegate him to the third then fourth then the press box and f with his head. This is the best thing ever for the kid. Quietly work on is game, get real offensive minutes to gain his confidence in that role, since he has those abilities and then come into the big club whether later in 2012 or hopefully at latest early 2013, regardless any time in the minors will help him. Moreover, its going to create some chemistry and brotherhood amongst our new guard (Connaughton, Schroeder, Kassian, Lack, Sauve, Tanev, Rodin), much like it did for Bieksa, Burr, Kes, in the last lockout. Its also going to be pretty tough hockey with alot of the names being sent down, so it wont be the 'regular' AHL. It will be the AHL with some NHL allstars mixed in (Hall, Nuge for example), so a league of young NHL talent with some of the better AHL'ers still there..so the development he'll get, and others like those mentioned will actually be a very valuable and nice bridge for many of these guys. Ie Connaughton, Lack, Schroeder, Sauve, will start seeing a level of talent that they haven't had to play against yet, on a regular basis, but as a whole not completely the same as the NHL but a step higher than what they are used to, which should make their transitions to the big club that much easier. While it sucks for us the longer this goes, window issues with the Sedins etc there are some pluses for the Nucks as a whole, development of their kids who are close to ready, rest for Daniel's noggin, for Kesler's shoulder, and less of the media circus on Lou if he's not traded day 1 (longer it goes less people will care)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Is RNH old enough for the AHL? wont he not be 20 until the following season. I would have thought he'd have to go play in the whl again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NightHawkSniper Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Or a fight a with kassian and some another 4th line plug. All the kassian homers are making the Lou homers look good. We are talking about a player that was inconsistent in juniors and has shown no reason to think he can even crack the lineup but he is the new answer to the first line. You must have some good crack if you think he is any more then a prospect. I hope he is a great player for the nucks but he will fail if too much pressure is on him. Let him be what he is, start at the 4th till he shows us he can be more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsey Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 http://canucks.nhl.c...dlines-reassign So Kas got sent to the wolves and Jensen to Europe. I think Kas could use some more ice time,and Chicago would be the place to get it. I think all the prospects who were re-assigned will benifit from all the ice time they should be getting. Development is the key here. Nice to see the organization not rushing some of these kids.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc44 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Kassian is gonna have a breakout year sometime in the next three years,quote me on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACIC Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I will add a pic in my sig that you will have picked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC_CITY Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Kassian is gonna have a breakout year sometime in the next three years,quote me on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Teams are sending all their players on ELC's down to the AHL. The AHL will be a pretty descent league to watch during the lock out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 So what happens to you if he doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Even if the season started on time, I think this still would have been the best move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masamune Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 OMG ITS CLUTCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 You clearly haven't read the responses already in this thread. This isn't like every other season when we send players down prior to the first game. Some are being sent because they would have anyway, but we're sending down some players that would at least be here for camp because they need to clear before the lockout is finalized. They can be brought back up once the CBA is settled so they can compete for a spot on the team so it's not that we're acquiring another player that will be taking their role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Teams are sending all their players on ELC's down to the AHL. The AHL will be a pretty descent league to watch during the lock out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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