Confirmed Signing with Link: [ANA] Drew Helleson signs ELC with the Ducks
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OilersFanatics505
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Ah fair enough. I thought senior.
Maybe he looked at the D depth and Colorado and was like “hey listen…”
Really great news. He is definitely going to get the opportunity in Anaheim!
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Considering Avs still got roughly 1st round pick value out of him in a trade all this "wasn't gonna sign with Colorado" talk is just completely clueless.
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I don't know about this Verbeek is on record saying he rather guys spend more time in the minors rather than rushing them...there are worse places to be than San Diego as a 21 year old guy I'll say
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A lot of people assuming things here, but in the end he likely just sees an opportunity in ANA sooner than one in COL. I wish they'd just wipe out the silly college exemption.
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Signed in just to enthusiastically say that I'll be entirely shocked if it happens and would put money on it not happening.
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Some of the crazy drama and speculation around this kid’s signing today is ludicrous.
Helleson isn’t Eichel or Middlestedt coming out of a college program and wanting to burn a year of his ELC. He’s not a Danny Dekeyser or Tory Krug who were sitting on 15 different offers with some teams using the burning of an ELC year as a bone to sign.
He’s just a kid who still has a lot of work to do if he wants to become an everyday NHLer. If he gets some NHL time this year, and does burn a year, great for him.
The chance of some grand conspiracy just doesn’t fit reality here.
The one thing that would be fair speculation normally, and it does happen more than people would think, is teams sometime want a player to play another year in college due to their own contract levels, which I’ve seen 100 times before.
That doesn’t appear to be the case as the Avs only have 46 contracts on the books, and have plenty of room for next year.
He was a 2nd round pick who, even though he’s only played 80 games since being drafted 3 years ago, has shown the development you look for. It would be one thing if he hadn’t shown what he has. Fact is, the kid has earned his first pro contract and every team in the league would’ve signed him this signing period. It gives teams much more control developing players.
It’s also very rare that a drafted player would force a trade to a team that would see his track to the NHL being easier. These players have loads of confidence in their own abilities. It’s why they’ve made it as far as they have.
So it doesn’t always have to be some invented drama to either downgrade a prospect after he’s been dealt, prop up the managers making the trade, or any other craziness.
The kid looks to have a future in the National League. This was a good trade for both teams. It doesn’t mean Helleson has something wrong with him, or that Verbeek fleeced Sakic, or some other crazy thing. That was about what Manson was going to return as a rental.
Colorado was able to give Anaheim what they were after due to their current depth. Exactly why the deal was made prior to the deadline.
Helleson isn’t Eichel or Middlestedt coming out of a college program and wanting to burn a year of his ELC. He’s not a Danny Dekeyser or Tory Krug who were sitting on 15 different offers with some teams using the burning of an ELC year as a bone to sign.
He’s just a kid who still has a lot of work to do if he wants to become an everyday NHLer. If he gets some NHL time this year, and does burn a year, great for him.
The chance of some grand conspiracy just doesn’t fit reality here.
The one thing that would be fair speculation normally, and it does happen more than people would think, is teams sometime want a player to play another year in college due to their own contract levels, which I’ve seen 100 times before.
That doesn’t appear to be the case as the Avs only have 46 contracts on the books, and have plenty of room for next year.
He was a 2nd round pick who, even though he’s only played 80 games since being drafted 3 years ago, has shown the development you look for. It would be one thing if he hadn’t shown what he has. Fact is, the kid has earned his first pro contract and every team in the league would’ve signed him this signing period. It gives teams much more control developing players.
It’s also very rare that a drafted player would force a trade to a team that would see his track to the NHL being easier. These players have loads of confidence in their own abilities. It’s why they’ve made it as far as they have.
So it doesn’t always have to be some invented drama to either downgrade a prospect after he’s been dealt, prop up the managers making the trade, or any other craziness.
The kid looks to have a future in the National League. This was a good trade for both teams. It doesn’t mean Helleson has something wrong with him, or that Verbeek fleeced Sakic, or some other crazy thing. That was about what Manson was going to return as a rental.
Colorado was able to give Anaheim what they were after due to their current depth. Exactly why the deal was made prior to the deadline.
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I think you can look at the bluelines of both teams and see that the clearer path to the NHL is with the Ducks, who realistically only have Drysdale ahead of him. That stated, I agree with the above that there likely is no conspiracy theory. Using Occam's razor it's more likely that he was coveted by Verbeek as opposed to him wanting to test FA because of Colorado.
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I don’t get it, why is it avs fans think he would t have signed in Co. I’d put good money on it that Colorado knew they were gonna use him as a all in piece which is why they didn’t sign a contract. It definitely appears that helleson wanted that contract.
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I’ll have to tune into Ducks games to watch Helleson. I really think he has the physical tools, and the smarts to become a Slavin-lite. Just a super smooth, defensively conscious guy that still has some puck moving ability.
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My apologies, I'm having a hard time figuring out how many pages are in a thread on dark mode in this new site.
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Totally understand. I hate this new look. I liked the old one better for mobile
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I agree, Pesce seems like a good comparison. That would be a huge win if he can be a mobile shutdown guy who can chip in offensively.
