RyIe Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Horvat came back from Utica and had a great second half. Hopefully Virtanen can do the same. Can he still make it to the WJ? But I have to say, props to McCann. He didn't get the benefit playing with Utica during their playoff run and he came into the preseason and the NHL, more prepared than any other prospect. Edited December 9, 2015 by RyIe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I still think the NHL needs to add a rule where every team can have one player with exceptional status that can be sent to the AHL one year early. I think Virtanen would definitely benefit from playing in the AHL for awhile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 ATTA BOY JB. Watch the league change the rule now that the canucks benefitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791666&hootPostID=8a716e635995cc358deea592e0b0dcf0 Virtanen assigned to Utica on a conditioning assignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 The Comets have 5 games until the December 19th deadline for loaning players to the World Juniors. It will be interesting to see how long he stays with the Comets for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 37 minutes ago, DeNiro said: I still think the NHL needs to add a rule where every team can have one player with exceptional status that can be sent to the AHL one year early. I think Virtanen would definitely benefit from playing in the AHL for awhile. It would be nice if they could change this arrangement with the CHL. If its in the best interest of the players development then it is in the best interest of the team that invested in drafting the player. They should be able to send players to AHL 100%, I think its becoming silly. Its pretty clear the team wants control of Virtanens development but he still super raw and would have benefited greatly from a year with Utica. Or at least starting the year there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 hopefully he can get into the game tonight and several more before he has to be sent back. finding his scoring touch again would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Perfect situation honestly. Especially with Baer looking more comfortable lately as well. Both players will get to play some minutes and hopefully be better for it in a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobart16 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) A nice interview with Jake after prax this morning. Shinkaruk with the cameo. https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRJjNwbqEVJw Edited December 10, 2015 by hobart16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 1 hour ago, hobart16 said: A nice interview with Jake after pray this morning. Shinkaruk with the cameo. https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRJjNwbqEVJw david booth really did a number on this team 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobart16 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 41 minutes ago, Wild Sean Monahan said: david booth really did a number on this team damn auto correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 2 hours ago, hobart16 said: A nice interview with Jake after prax this morning. Shinkaruk with the cameo. https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRJjNwbqEVJw Lol thats funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 On 08/12/2015, 17:28:39, DeNiro said: I still think the NHL needs to add a rule where every team can have one player with exceptional status that can be sent to the AHL one year early. I think Virtanen would definitely benefit from playing in the AHL for awhile. it would be ideal, but it's complicated. what if there's a dominant chl team whose top forward line and top defense pair are comprised of the "junior prospect ahl exemptions" of five different nhl teams? should that chl team have to allow its team to be decimated? should there be a similar limit for number of players per chl team allowed to be in the ahl? if so, how is it decided which nhl team(s) get priority for placing their prospect in the ahl? there's no easy answer. the best option is probably changing draft eligibility age from 18 to 19, although that doesn't necessarily solve all the problems either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonny_Bohonos_14 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 15 hours ago, tas said: it would be ideal, but it's complicated. what if there's a dominant chl team whose top forward line and top defense pair are comprised of the "junior prospect ahl exemptions" of five different nhl teams? should that chl team have to allow its team to be decimated? should there be a similar limit for number of players per chl team allowed to be in the ahl? if so, how is it decided which nhl team(s) get priority for placing their prospect in the ahl? there's no easy answer. the best option is probably changing draft eligibility age from 18 to 19, although that doesn't necessarily solve all the problems either. I think a financial reimbursement to the CHL club from the NHL team (essentially the NHL team would 'buy' the rights to the player) plus the CHL club would received some sort of compensatory pick in the bantam draft, would help smooth over the loss of one or two top players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 On 12/9/2015 at 4:28 PM, DeNiro said: I still think the NHL needs to add a rule where every team can have one player with exceptional status that can be sent to the AHL one year early. I think Virtanen would definitely benefit from playing in the AHL for awhile. True! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I would love to see Virtanen create some chemistry with Shinkaruk. Those guys seem like they could work really together and will both be making a huge push for the team next year. Shinkaruks Style seems to be shifty and sneaky, with Jake out there all players on the ice would have to be watching their backs to not get crushed and could create room for Shink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Question: Why can't Virtanen be assigned to the AHL while Sonny Milano can? I don't see some strange euro exemption rule coming into effect in that case. He's American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1 hour ago, shayster007 said: I would love to see Virtanen create some chemistry with Shinkaruk. Those guys seem like they could work really together and will both be making a huge push for the team next year. Shinkaruks Style seems to be shifty and sneaky, with Jake out there all players on the ice would have to be watching their backs to not get crushed and could create room for Shink. Shink, McCann, Virtanen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 5 minutes ago, TOMapleLaughs said: Question: Why can't Virtanen be assigned to the AHL while Sonny Milano can? I don't see some strange euro exemption rule coming into effect in that case. He's American. Milano wasn't in the CHL when he was drafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Just now, wshdrvvn said: Milano wasn't in the CHL when he was drafter So this rule applies only the the CHL? What kind of $&!# is that anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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