Brogan Rafferty | D

[GoldenAlien 2,220]

D   |   6'2"   |   192 lbs
 

Shoots | Right

Born | 1995-05-28

Birthplace | Dundee, IL, USA

 

 

Profile from when Rafferty was a freshman, looks like he's another late bloomer:

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Quinnipiac-freshman-Brogan-Rafferty-already-11324220.php

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In the physical sense, he’s a classic late-bloomer. His original Illinois driver’s license listed him at 5-foot-8 and 130 pounds. When he renewed it earlier this year he informed the DMV he was now 6-1 and 192 pounds.

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A lifelong forward, he switched to defense that summer at the suggestion of his father, Brian, who’d printed out a list of undrafted free agents that made it to the NHL to quell any uneasiness his son might’ve had about trying a new position at such a late age.

 

“I said the game has changed, Brogan, they need puck carrying defensemen now,” Brian Rafferty said. “With what you have and your gifts, I think you should try defense. He was willing to try, and grasped it quickly.”

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“He trusts our system in that we want our D to play offense,” Pecknold said. “He’s just taken off like a rocket. We figured he’d be a seventh or eighth defenseman as a freshman who’d get better in our program and eventually be a top six kid. Obviously, the whole process got accelerated, which is great for him and our team.”

 

Two years ago, it was unclear if Rafferty would even get a shot to play college hockey. Halfway through his freshman year, he’s evolved as a hot commodity who could receive NHL contract offers as soon as this summer.

From PITB:

https://www.vancourier.com/pass-it-to-bulis/canucks-have-their-eyes-on-three-right-handed-college-defencemen-1.23165181

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A late-bloomer, Rafferty was 5’8” at 16 Rafferty played forward until his senior year of high school, when he switched to defence. Accordingly, he’s considered a puck-moving defenceman, with high-end skating ability and good offensive instincts.

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by GoldenAlien

[Fanuck 7,166]

Welcome to the franchise Brogan.

[luckylager 25,556]

He's got a deadly hockey name and the intriguing resume of a classic late bloomer.

 

I like this pick up! Go for broke, Bro

[Tre Mac 10,293]

Heard he's wise as a serpent.

[cyoung 1,747]

8 minutes ago, Tre Mac said:

Heard he's wise as a serpent.

He's house Slytherin, so ya.

[Ghostsof1915 32,220]

Shoots Right. 

Good plan. 

 

[Master 112 6,909]

I've never seen this guy play. Here are my strong opinions:

 

It's always exciting when the team signs a player out of college; there are lots of examples of players who aren't drafted, go the NCAA route and ultimately work their way through an NHL farm system before contributing well at the highest level. We've historically had luck with these types of contracts, so I'm hopeful. It's intriguing that he made the transition from forward to defense so late in his development, and the growth spurt he's said to have undergone reminds us of one Chris Tanev (whose own spurt may have been a bit later than Brogan's? I don't remember).

 

I believe it's paramount for NHL teams to have defenders capable of producing offense--or at least who are able to conduce offensive production in other players on the ice... so I'm quite happy to see management pursuing a contract with a player who purportedly has good abilities in skating and puck-moving and potentially the offensive instincts to make everything work.

 

Right shot, 6'2, free prospect. There's not much to complain about here. If he works out, A+; if he doesn't, there's basically nothing lost beyond the opportunity cost of signing someone else in the months before our contracts drop down to ~30.

Edited April 2, 2019 by 112

[Kootenay Gold 1,396]

Vancouver up to 50 contract limit now so will not be adding any more prospects till summer by the look of it.

 

[RetroCanuck 2,806]

33 minutes ago, Kootenay Gold said:

Vancouver up to 50 contract limit now so will not be adding any more prospects till summer by the look of it.

 

Im pretty sure thats Saturday so shouldn't make a big difference.

 

Hoping Rafferty can be a key player for us going forward, but I really want Kaski as well. 

 

Kaski would really round out our future RD position

[Crabcakes 6,546]

41 minutes ago, Kootenay Gold said:

Vancouver up to 50 contract limit now so will not be adding any more prospects till summer by the look of it.

 

Sounds like they'll be a few contracts coming off shortly.......

[Ghostsof1915 32,220]

4 minutes ago, Crabcakes said:

Sounds like they'll be a few contracts coming off shortly.......

Eriksson? 

[Crabcakes 6,546]

13 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Eriksson? 

In my dreams.......Pouliot, Goldobin, Granlund?, Schenn?

[RetroCanuck 2,806]

15 minutes ago, Crabcakes said:

In my dreams.......Pouliot, Goldobin, Granlund?, Schenn?

Will be gone- POuliot, Dorsett, Laplante, Pyatt, McEneny, Mazanec, Leighton

Might be gone- Granlund, Gaunce, Boucher, Kero, Goldobin, Schenn, Eriksson, Schaller, Spooner

May be traded- Hutton, Sutter, Tanev

 

Therefore I can see 7-10 contracts freed up this summer.

[Ghostsof1915 32,220]

Baker Street as his theme? 

 

 

[VancouverHabitant 3,951]

2 hours ago, Crabcakes said:

In my dreams.......Pouliot, Goldobin, Granlund?, Schenn?

Schenn!?!? 

 

You wash your mouth out with soap right now mister! 

 

[canuckpuckluck15 629]

6 hours ago, RetroCanuck said:

Will be gone- POuliot, Dorsett, Laplante, Pyatt, McEneny, Mazanec, Leighton

Might be gone- Granlund, Gaunce, Boucher, Kero, Goldobin, Schenn, Eriksson, Schaller, Spooner

May be traded- Hutton, Sutter, Tanev

 

Therefore I can see 7-10 contracts freed up this summer.

I think you are pretty spot on there Retro. I had a look at Capfriendly today and came up with a list nearly identical to this. I imagine that 80% of this list will be gone by this time next year;  Either let go, traded for picks or prospects or involved in package deals. Pouliot is an odd one, he could probably be traded for something but you just cant offer him a new contract. Someone more clever than I could create some package to wrap up Eriksson and deliver him to another team ( heres hoping). Granlund, Goldobin, Schaller and Spooner must all be worth something in a trade. Hutton, Sutter and Tanev offer a whole lot of opportunity to Benning in a deal scenario. 

[Glug Datt 1,095]

11 hours ago, Tre Mac said:

Heard he's wise as a serpent.

not sure what that means, but it sounds awesome! 

[Glug Datt 1,095]

9 hours ago, Crabcakes said:

In my dreams.......Pouliot, Goldobin, Granlund?, Schenn?

Schenn?? huh? you been watching the team?

He will be around for another year at least

[stawns 21,477]

9 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Baker Street as his theme? 

 

 

Prefer "Right Down the Line", though "Baker Street" is great too 

[elvis15 7,738]

Hopefully he's got a little more surprise improvement left to make some impact at the NHL level. Good for him if he does.