To me it’d be a mistake to bring Jonnson over next year. With Stauffer already talking about the org bringing in a guy to challenge Pickard as the 1B next year that’d mean the guy who loses that battle will be the starter in Bakersfield and if there’s an established guy there the backup likely won’t get much time. Jonsson would be much better served spending a year in the SHL before coming over.
I think Stauffer is kind of out to lunch on that one. Bringing in a guy to challenge Pickard just means you're giving one of them away on waivers.
Even if he scores 100pts+ in London it wouldnt really mean much. A RHC who can PK and win faceoffs is a big need in Edmonton with McDavid\Drai in their prime. If O'Reilly can be that player then we have a cheap inhouse solution. Fear is that Bowman would trade him away for immediate help.
Yah, you can't assume Pickard clears. In the end though the goal should not be to upgrade Pickard. It should be to upgrade Skinner. If you had a better starter Pickard at his salary is a perfectly decent backup.
Stauffer has been pretty bang on with his subtle hinting as of late, pretty accurately predicting Walman as a trade target and the signings of Tomasek and Samanski so I think its more likely than not that he’s got some insight on how the org is feeling on this one as well. But even aside from that, with Jonsson you’re hoping he follows the development path that Arvid Soderblom took: dominant season in Allsvenskan at 21, continuing that into a successful spot in the SHL at 22 then jumping across the pond the following season. It’s just better for him to spend a year in SHL versus potentially being a guy who bounces between AHL backup/ECHL here. Especially when you’ve got Brochu making a case to earn himself an ELC right now as well.
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Soderblom only ended up playing 20ish games in the SHL as a backup. That's likely about what Jonsson might get if he stayed. I'm not sure that's better develop than if he were to come over.
Time for me to chip in and say once again that he's one of my favorite prospects and that I see a NHL future for him if he stays healthy!
He's definitely in the mold of the players you like and hey guy like that could only help
Why isn't he signed yet? It'd be great for him and Samanski to have a fellow German in Bako next season.
Agree. I am a big fan of Munzenberger and am real concerned and dont understand why they would not have signed him at the very least for Backo unless he did not want an AHL contract but real concerned. Also signing Maata to an AHL deal should have been done. He is better than Berglund and even Stonehouse with leadership skills to boot.
Samanski's dad is Canadian, so I don't think he'll have a tough time adjusting.
I wish I had a nickel for everytime I've stated the exact same thing on here and tried to convert the unwashed.
First NCAA is not lower level play than CIS and secondly Munz did not struggle to move the puck. If you are going by points I would ask you loom at the team. Prior to this year the whole Vermont team had horrendous goals for. Germany is not going to invite him to the world championships over many who are in the DEL if he can't move the puck. Ya his game is physical and defensive but you need those players as well.
There's varying levels in the NCAA. Vermont plays very few teams that aren't at the bottom of their conference or indepedents.
