Arshdeep Bains | LW

[Alflives]

21 minutes ago, Fanuck said:

Bains with 4pts already in a possible elimination game vs Brandon.  Hopefully they can close it out and advance....

So Bains’ team is up in the series?  

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

35 minutes ago, Alflives said:

So Bains’ team is up in the series?  

Up 3-2 in the series. Currently playing OT tied 4-4 in game six.

[Fanuck]

1 hour ago, Alflives said:

So Bains’ team is up in the series?  

 

44 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said:

Up 3-2 in the series. Currently playing OT tied 4-4 in game six.

All eyes on this game right now,  it's the only one on the whl sched tonight!

 

Edit,  just went to double OT!

Edited May 2, 2022 by Fanuck

[Alflives]

30 minutes ago, Fanuck said:

 

All eyes on this game right now,  it's the only one on the whl sched tonight!

 

Edit,  just went to double OT!

I’m watching it too.  It’s super fast hockey.  These kids are great!  Really like #4 on Red Deer.  Seidorf?  Kid is all over.  Bain has been kind of a shadow in OT.  

[Kootenay Gold]

36 minutes ago, Alflives said:

 Bain has been kind of a shadow in OT.  

Did not watch the game unfortunately but he obviously made his presence felt in regulation and was a big reason they made it to overtime and ultimately won.

[Fanuck]

36 minutes ago, Alflives said:

I’m watching it too.  It’s super fast hockey.  These kids are great!  Really like #4 on Red Deer.  Seidorf?  Kid is all over.  Bain has been kind of a shadow in OT.  

And Bains advances!

 

Your guy Sedoff wt secondary assist on OT, series clinching winner!

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[hammertime]

 

So pumped for this kid. Love the way he plays can't wait to see him in Abby! Something tells me he and Klim are gonna be fire next year. 

[Locke Lamora]

1 hour ago, hammertime said:

That’s kinda how I picture Alf.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Color of Hockey: Bains' path to Canucks inspiring South Asian community:

 

Arshdeep Bains entered his final season with Red Deer of the Western Hockey League with one goal.

 

"I know I could be a good player in this league, I could be one of the best 20-year-olds, and hopefully come in and hopefully I can get a chance at the next level," Bains said. "I kind of had that idea in the summer, but to make that happen is pretty special."

 

Now 21, the left wing from Surrey, British Columbia, who was bypassed by WHL and NHL teams in their drafts, achieved his goal by scoring a lot of points this past season.

 

Bains is the first player of South Asian heritage to win the WHL scoring title, with 112 points (43 goals, 69 assists) in 68 games.

 

He led the WHL in assists and was tied for sixth in goals with right wing Connor McClennon of Winnipeg, a Philadelphia Flyers prospect.

 

Bains finished the 2021-22 regular season with 32 points (14 goals, 18 assists) during a 14-game point streak from March 5-April 16, and he had 35 multipoint games.

The Vancouver Canucks signed Bains to an entry-level contract March 11, a dream come true for someone who used to regularly take the SkyTrain from Surrey to Rogers Arena with his older brothers, Amrit and Harvir, to attend Canucks home games.

 

"'Bainsey' came in with the right mindset all year to work hard and accomplish his goals, and he did that," said Red Deer coach Steve Konowalchuck, who played 790 games for the Washington Capitals and Colorado Avalanche from 1991-2006. "And I think it's going to be very satisfying for him to be an undrafted guy that persevered, stuck with it to get an NHL contract. He should be very, very proud of that."

 

 

Bains said signing with his hometown team also is special because of the potential impact he could have within the large South Asian community, whether it's in Vancouver or Abbotsford, where the Canucks' American Hockey League affiliate plays.

 

"Obviously when I signed I got a lot of messages coming from all sorts of people saying how proud they are of me, how they look up to me, so it was really special when that happened," he said. "If somebody has to look up to me, I take pride in that and I always want to be there for somebody. If I can help kids from Surrey, or any ethnicity, play hockey, that's super special, and I'll keep trying to be a role model for anyone who wants to."

 

Robin Bawa, a retired forward who became the first NHL player of Indian descent when he debuted with the Capitals against the Flyers on Oct. 6, 1989, said Bains' potential imprint on hockey in the Vancouver area and beyond can't be overstated.

 

There have been four players of Indian heritage to reach the NHL: Chicago Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira; Bawa, who played for Washington, Vancouver, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks from 1987-99; Manny Malhotra, a Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach who was a forward for the Canucks, Sharks, New York Rangers, Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens from 1998-2016; and Andreas Martinsen, who was a forward for the Canadiens, Avalanche and Blackhawks from 2016-19.

 

"'Arsh' is now a role model," Bawa said. "A lot of minor hockey kids, their parents will really be taken because they'll see one of their own playing. It gives them hope, 'Hey, there's one of our kind playing in the American Hockey League or even in the NHL.'"

 

 

Bains developed a passion for hockey from his father, Kuldip, who quickly fell in love with the sport when he immigrated to Terrace, British Columbia, from India in July 1982.

 

"He loved soccer, he loves field hockey and he played ball hockey when he came here," Bains said. "He put all his sons into hockey. Everybody started at a young age. He just loved watching us play and he loved playing hockey."

 

Bains said his parents and brothers encouraged him to become the best player he could be and gave him strong moral support when he wasn't chosen in 2017 WHL bantam draft.

 

He signed with Red Deer as a free agent in 2017. Brent Sutter, the team's former coach and current general manager, said there was something special in Bains (6-foot, 184 pounds). 

 

"He didn't get drafted in the WHL or at the NHL Draft, but you could see the commitment he was making off the ice with training and working out in the gym," Sutter told the Canucks website in March. "Him leading the WHL in scoring this season isn't a fluke. Every year he's gotten better and better. I've always had a lot of confidence in him because of the person he is."

 

 

Bains credits his family and Sutter for his trajectory toward the NHL.

 

"Mr. Brent Sutter, he's always been there for me, always pushing me, he'll always be a mentor to me," Bains said. "Just working with him, working with my parents, working with my trainers just trying to see if I can get a contract, get a chance to go to (an NHL) camp. 

 

"Now I've got that opportunity and I've got people pushing for me, and I'm super excited to see what I can do," he said.

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/color-of-hockey-arshdeep-bains-path-to-canucks-inspiring-south-asian-community/c-334054170

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[awalk]

Stoked we were able to sign this kid! Nice addition to the prospect pool.

[grandmaster]

4 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

This guy has all of the sudden become our best prospect!

[Fred65]

1 hour ago, grandmaster said:

This guy has all of the sudden become our best prospect!

Beware of false hope  I've seen too many overage Juniors playing like they're destined for the  NHL. But when they start playing against NHL men rather than 16  year olds thing seem to fall apart

[grandmaster]

1 hour ago, Fred65 said:

Beware of false hope  I've seen too many overage Juniors playing like they're destined for the  NHL. But when they start playing against NHL men rather than 16  year olds thing seem to fall apart

Let’s see how he does in Abby. If he can continue the same production then we will know 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[Cromeslab]

6 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

Good to hear

[-Vintage Canuck-]

‘They are legends’: Canucks prospect Arshdeep Bains talks WHL season and looking forward to working with the Sedins:

 

Surrey native Arshdeep Bains was a Canucks fan from birth and has evolved into a prospect in their organization over his young hockey career.

 

After working his way onto the Red Deer Rebels team in 2017, Bains ended up playing five seasons with the Rebels. He finished this past season as the WHL’s leading scorer with 43 goals and 69 assists for a total of 112 points in 68 games. His childhood dream is now coming to fruition as the Vancouver Canucks signed him to an entry-level contract back in mid-March.

 

Bains has worked for everything he’s earned. Nothing has come easy to the 21-year-old.

 

“He wasn’t a drafted player in the WHL but he had a pretty good camp,” said Rebels General Manager Brent Sutter when asked about his first impressions of Bains. “We just started putting more responsibility on his shoulders as he got older. He certainly took a huge step and everything he’s earned — he’s worked for. I’m really happy for him because he comes from an awesome family, he’s an awesome young man, and he’s worked hard to get to where he is for sure. I give him full marks for his work ethic.”

 

Sutter saw Bains grow over his five years with the Rebels but sent Bains back to the U18 British Columbia Elite Hockey League after that 2017 Rebels training camp. Bains went back to the BCEHL and was tearing the league up. He was leading the league in scoring and averaging 2.55 points per game through 22 games. That 2017-18 season of the BCEHL featured four players who were later drafted to the NHL. Bains outscored Justin Sourdif (FLA) Gage Concalves (TBL), Jack Finley (TBL), and Ethan Bowen (ANA) before Sutter had to make a move.
 

At the time, Sutter was the head coach of the Rebels and made a trip to BC so that he could go watch Bains play. He watched one game and thought that he saw enough. Bains was a member of the Rebels by the end of the week and played 40 games with the club for the remainder of the 2017-18 season.

 

He improved in each of his five WHL seasons and because of his work ethic and commitment to the game, he ultimately worked his way to a spot that earned him an NHL contract.

 

Bains was the latest guest on the Canucks Conversation podcast. He spoke about how he felt his season went as he finished the year as the WHL’s leading scorer.

 

“I didn’t really even think about points or anything like that,” said Bains. “Goal scoring was just starting to come to me and it was pretty fun. I think of a time when I had four points in just one period. It was just the craziest thing. I just felt like every shift, I was going out there and having a chance to score. I got four in that period, and five in that game. So, that was probably the best game of my career. Stuff like that was pretty cool to have.”
 

Growing up a Canucks fan, Bains told some stories about hopping on the Skytrain and rolling into Rogers Arena saying that it, “felt like a movie”. Bains said that he was still young at the time of the 2011 Stanley Cup run and was a big fan of Ryan Kesler. Kesler was the reason why Bains chose to wear the number 17 during his childhood. Bains was also a huge fan of the Sedins and thinks that it’s pretty surreal that they are now going to be his development coaches.

 

“I think that it’s great for all the players,” said Bains when asked about working with the Sedins in Abbotsford next season. “They are legends, not even just Vancouver Canucks fans but fans all around the NHL see how great the Sedins are and how they were two of the greatest players ever. [The fact] that they’re going to come to help out with the American League team and NHL and just be all over [development] is great for everybody — it’s super exciting.”

 

Bains doesn’t necessarily have goals for next season but he wants to make a strong impression at this summer’s development camp and then build on that into his AHL debut this fall. He expects to see 30 or so friends and family at the Abbotsford Canucks’ home-opener but will have his biggest fan cheering from home. Bains said that his grandma is his biggest fan and watches all of his games on her television.

 

This fall, grandma Bains will be rooting extra hard when her grandson finally gets a chance to throw on the blue and green and represent his hometown organization at the professional level.
 

https://canucksarmy.com/2022/06/05/canucks-prospect-arshdeep-bains-whl-season-forward-working-sedins/

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[canucklehead44]

Dane Fox scored 64 goals in 67 games on a team where:

Connor Brown - 45 goals in 68 games

Connor McDavid - 28 goals in 56 games
Andre Burakovsky - 41 goals in 57 games

Dylan Strome - 10 goals in 60 games

 

After that I found it hard to get excited for these types of signings, but I really hope Arshdeep adjusts well to the AHL and becomes a player for us!