Confirmed with Link: Brady Tkachuk - The decider: signs 3 year ELC
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I don't think he's pro-ready ... 1 more year at BU or London whichever.
I also liked Studnicka for Canada. He is likely on the bubble
I also liked Studnicka for Canada. He is likely on the bubble
No they wont,his dad will tell them to f*** off....BT will play wherever he feels his son will get the best chance at developing into a top end player
A full season in the AHL??I wouldnt mind it TBH,but it has to be a full season...No early call ups,let him play with guys like Brown,Batherson etc,And they can all grow together
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Yeah, I meant from team's perspective. There is very little reason (except to give some excitement in this sea of disappointment) to keep him with the big team next season. The smart move is for him to go back and play with kids, and play in the WJC.
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I think he'll play in college for a yr. or 2 and then he'll play for us or one of our farm teams.
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Top draft picks rarely go the UFA route because it makes no sense financially, and I would assume most top picks don't want to wait 4 years to play in the NHL when they are NHL ready. Brady Tkachuk is going to get an ELC contract potentially worth as much as 3 million or more per season, he's also going to get to unrestricted free agency faster. While a college degree is worth something, a player of Tkachuk's ability could be setting himself back millions by waiting four years to sign an NHL contract, let alone even waiting a few years to sign with Ottawa.
Blake Wheeler is the only case I can recall where a really highly drafted player waited the entire four seasons.
Usually becoming a UFA after college happens because a player will be taken in the late rounds who wasn't going to be signed to an NHL contract in the first few years after their draft anyways, and then when they get to years 3 or 4 of college, they've developed really well and all of a sudden unrestricted free agency is very close. See Vesey, Butcher, Kerfoot.
Blake Wheeler is the only case I can recall where a really highly drafted player waited the entire four seasons.
Usually becoming a UFA after college happens because a player will be taken in the late rounds who wasn't going to be signed to an NHL contract in the first few years after their draft anyways, and then when they get to years 3 or 4 of college, they've developed really well and all of a sudden unrestricted free agency is very close. See Vesey, Butcher, Kerfoot.
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Wheeler was raw as well, he ended up playing his draft +1 season in the USHL. And it wasn’t until his draft +3 season until he was a force at the college level.
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NCAA next year and the year after I would bet he spends most of the year with the big team. If he's as good as the scouts and team think he is, I would think this time next year he's either going to start the year in the A and then move up midway, or play the whole year in Ottawa. Not a chance he won't sign his first deal here, even with Melnyk.
I have a feeling Brady reports to camp this year - we saw how competitive he is with his brother (razzing him about being picked higher at the draft) and Matthew debuted with the Flames as an 18 year old.
Sign him
Let him play in camp and some games and see if he is AHL or nhl material
Send him to the AHL for a bit if required
Let him play in camp and some games and see if he is AHL or nhl material
Send him to the AHL for a bit if required
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I think he returns to college for another yr & turns pro the following season likely starting in Belleville, but should be up with the big club before Xmas.
One thing is for sure, Zadina will not drop the gloves with Tkachuk, however, I would not put it pass Tkachuk to wipe the ice with Zadina, Svechnikov, Dahlin, Kotkaniemi, Hayton, Hughes, Bodqvist, Walhstrom & almost everyone else in the first round with the exception of Miller.
One thing is for sure, Zadina will not drop the gloves with Tkachuk, however, I would not put it pass Tkachuk to wipe the ice with Zadina, Svechnikov, Dahlin, Kotkaniemi, Hayton, Hughes, Bodqvist, Walhstrom & almost everyone else in the first round with the exception of Miller.
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I think he returns to college for another yr & turns pro the following season likely starting in Belleville, but should be up with the big club before Xmas.
One thing is for sure, Zadina will not drop the gloves with Tkachuk, however, I would not put it pass Tkachuk to wipe the ice with Zadina, Svechnikov, Dahlin, Kotkaniemi, Hayton, Hughes, Bodqvist, Walhstrom & almost everyone else in the first round with the exception of Miller.
Tkachuck wipe the ice with Dahlin, Svechnikov and Hughes? They'd make him look silly.
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No I mean playing the game of hockey. If you want to intimidate a team fighting does nothing. You forecheck hard and relentlessy. That's real toughness.
However, Dahlin and Svechnikov are just as big and strong as Tkachuk, and Hughes is too agile and fast.
They all think the game way wayyyyy better too. So he's largely going to be ineffective against them.
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Tkachuk uses his size extremely well and can skate with all those guys, even if he probably doesn’t beat them in a straight line race from one end of the rink to the other (something that never happens in a real game anyways).
I think he would surprise you playing with or against those guys. Not the most skilled of the bunch, but he has above average hands and is one of the best and promising young « New Age » powerforwards to be drafted in recent history imo.
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Even if he keeps up with them in a straight line, they are all more agile and crafty. That's the real issue. Great players like these 3 don't get thrown off by players who try to play them hard. They are thinking the game two steps ahead.
Tkachuk doesn't have the hockey sense of a Kopitar, Bergeron, Toews or Alfredsson to be a real antichrist to the elite players in the league.
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I don’t think you quite grasped my point, and he doesn’t need to have uber elite level hockey sense like Alfie/Kopitar/Bergeron to be effective playing with or against players like those 3. He is above average in literally every aspect of hockey and his size mixed with his will to use it makes him a truly unique player imo.
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Well yea he will be effective. He's skilled big and pesky. But he'd be the third best player on any legit first line.
He can't carry a line/teamates defensively or offensively.
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My guess is you’ve never even watched full hockey game Brady has played in and that you equally haven't watched a full game with Hughes or Dahlin or any prospect you are talking about.
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