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Post by franko on May 23, 2013 14:30:57 GMT -5
Thrower has been suspended for the remainder of the Memorial Cup. is it justified? [missed the game] |
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Post by blny on May 23, 2013 14:37:36 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7284APpR_AI'd say warranted. I don't think he intentionally targeted the head. He went for hit just as Leier made his cut to the middle. The result caught him in the head area. I think he got upper chest and face at same time.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 23, 2013 14:46:59 GMT -5
Thrower has been suspended for the remainder of the Memorial Cup. is it justified? [missed the game] To me, this is the toughest type of hit on which to determine whether or not to suspend. Leier made an attempted dangle move at the last moment that likely altered the point of contact. It looked as though Thrower was just laying a normal open ice hit aimed at the primary point of contact somewhere on Leier's upper torso. Dalton did not leave his feet, and the ref was right there on the play (with no penalty called on the ice). The whiplash of the main contact did lead to contact with his head, and he looked like he was knocked out as he fell to the ice. The severity of the hit and consequence of the injury was likely a big factor. It did not look to me like a dirty hit or an attempt to injure, although it definitely resulted in a player having to be helped off the ice and not returning due to his injury. My first instinct watching it live was it was a clean, but very damaging hit. Not sure if I have changed my mind after watching slow motion replays and listening to some of the Sportsnet panel who quickly thought it should be a suspendable hit. Hope Leier is okay as he was rocked. |
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Post by seventeen on May 23, 2013 20:08:26 GMT -5
Thrower thrown out of the Mem Cup. When you find out that it wasn't the CHL making the decision, but the NHL (go figgger, how does that happen?) and that Thrower is a Hab draft choice, it was a foregone conclusion. It's amazing he wasn't tossed out of the 2013/14 season as well. All on what was really a fairly clean hit.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 27, 2013 11:38:01 GMT -5
In a very interesting move, the Saskatoon Blades just traded the rights to Dalton Thrower to the Vancouver Giants for a conditional second rounder in the bantam draft. Dalton still could play in the Dub next season, but he is also an early birthday and could feasibly be signed to a pro contract this off season as he would turn 20 before December 31st. Given some of his struggles this season, it will be interesting to see what the Habs do. Their defense is pretty young and inexperienced in Hamilton, so signing Dalton early was not going to change that. They do not to sign him until June 1, 2014 so they have the option of leaving him in juniors for another season. I never mind having Hab prospects in the Dub...I get to see more of them that way!! www.whl.ca/article/giants-acquire-dalton-thrower-from-blades |
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Post by Patty Roy on May 27, 2013 12:52:38 GMT -5
Beaulieu, Tinordi (possibly), Pateryn, Ellis, Nygren, Dietz, Stejskal....i'm assuming St. Denis will be replaced by a veteran AHL d-man...my guess is that Thrower will stay in the AHL for one more season.
Hopefully he re-focuses and has a strong year, he certainly seems to have everything at his disposal to become an interesting NHL d-man if he keeps it together.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 28, 2013 8:06:41 GMT -5
Reports from Archambault's agent are that he won't get a contract by June 1st from the Habs. They will relinquish his rights, he will re-enter the draft and then become a UFA if not drafted.
Big Czech centre Daniel Pribyl is in the same boat. His skating needs lots of work and he is not that physical, but you can't teach size or soft hands. I was hoping they would sign him and get their skating gurus on him once he was over here.
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Post by Patty Roy on May 28, 2013 9:45:11 GMT -5
Not surprised that the team is walking away from Archambault. I haven't seen him play but nothing i ever read on him suggested he had much of a future as a pro.
Apparently Thrower said in an interview with a Vancouver paper that Habs management expects him to be in the AHL next season, so scratch my last post on him likely returning to the WHL!
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 28, 2013 13:44:26 GMT -5
Not surprised that the team is walking away from Archambault. I haven't seen him play but nothing i ever read on him suggested he had much of a future as a pro. Apparently Thrower said in an interview with a Vancouver paper that Habs management expects him to be in the AHL next season, so scratch my last post on him likely returning to the WHL! Here is the link to the whole article. It is actually very well thought out and researched. Kudos. It does take a pretty balanced approach to the whole Thrower situation, and does not conclude one way or another if they think he will be with the Giants or in the minors next season. www.theprovince.com/sports/Thrower+catch+Blade+trade/8443050/story.htmlHonestly, a year under Don Hay is not the worst thing that can happen to Thrower. He is still only 19 even though he does have an early birthday and turns 20 in late December...so he still has lots to learn and missed a number of big chunks of playing time this season due to injury and suspension. We will see what the Habs' brass does on this. This is where a revamped Prospect Development group led by Lapointe and Breezer really helps, because they have been on the ground with Dalton and the Blades this past season. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 7, 2013 9:44:45 GMT -5
Brady Vail is one of 40 invites to the USA summer evaluation camp for the world juniors. Good to see him get the recognition by way of the invite. Hope he makes the final team, but likely will not know that until December.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 18, 2013 12:53:33 GMT -5
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Post by sergejean on Jul 18, 2013 16:12:11 GMT -5
I didn't know MacMillan and Gallagher were friends. Good source of inspiration for sure. I hope he can make it to the NHL...
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 20, 2013 12:05:29 GMT -5
Nick Tarnasky is a bit old to be considered a prospect, but I expect he will be in Hamilton most of the season, if not all, adding that much needed veteran experience. Here is a piece on him from the Dogs site. Seems like a good egg. www.hamiltonbulldogs.com/pressbox/news/?article_id=425 |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 26, 2013 13:42:50 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 2, 2013 21:55:34 GMT -5
A few of our World Junior hopefuls hit the ice in Lake Placid as the US are hosting an U-20 tourney as part of their summer evaluation camp for the next world junior team. Taking part are:
Canada: Hudon and Fucale
USA: Vail and McCarron
Sweden: DeLaRose and Collberg
Finland: Lehkonen
Those are the only participating teams, so a guy like Reway who should be a lock for Slovakia will not be participating.
In other prospect news, the Bulldogs have signed last year's 7th round pick, Eric Nystrom from Sweden to a 25 game professional try out deal for the start of the season. The Habs do not have to sign him to his entry level deal until June 2014, so a chance for the team to get a closer look without using up one of their 50 contracts yet.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 3, 2013 15:47:16 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 5, 2013 17:12:06 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 5, 2013 18:46:32 GMT -5
McCarron had a good game against Finland. He ended up with a goal and an assist, both seen here in the highlights. He is the big #4 in white. Loved the nice feed on the assist and the tenacious forecheck to turn over the puck where he then went hard to the net to finish things off with the goal. m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BoUarmiJ1Ps&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBoUarmiJ1Ps%26feature%3Dplayer_embeddedThe games take a day off tomorrow as the US slim down to one team instead of the split squads. Hopefully our lads McCarron and Vail stick around for the rest of things. Starting on Wednesday, Team Canda joins and then the four teams play a round robin against each other. Good summer warm up for our kids taking part and the four respective nations who get an early look at their WJC hopefuls in game situations. |
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Post by seventeen on Aug 5, 2013 23:46:59 GMT -5
Number 4, huh? I hate not using 'retired' numbers.
Thanks NWT. Good stuff.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 6, 2013 8:15:16 GMT -5
Number 4, huh? I hate not using 'retired' numbers. Thanks NWT. Good stuff. We have so many retired numbers now that all these new young future stars all seem to be wearing football numbers. Urghh. He has something for the number 4. He wore 24 with the USNDT in the USHL last season, and will wear the same number in London this season (Tinordi's old London number!). He started this camp with 14, but quickly switched to 4. McCarron made the final cut for this camp, but unfortunately Brady Vail did not. The US now have a roster of 18 forwards for the remainder of this camp. They will still need to trim their roster in December but at least Big Mac is still around and will see more action this week. I think a real good start on a strong Knights team should also help keep him on USA Hockey's radar screen. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 6, 2013 12:38:24 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Aug 9, 2013 15:54:53 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Aug 9, 2013 20:28:02 GMT -5
Segal is a better actor than Big Mac, but McCArron is a much better hockey player. I'll take Big Mac.
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Post by frozone on Sept 9, 2013 8:53:33 GMT -5
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