I immediately thought of Asa Akira when I first read his name
Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign D Akito Hirose to 1-Year ELC
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bandwagonesque
Practically a late 1st
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As I expected, they gave him as much of his salary as possible in a signing bonus, 95k. He basically gets that now and it's not prorated.
So he's going thrifting? Or buying a ton of funko pops? Or just paying his tuition, he somehow acquired while presumably having a full ride?
I don't know what college kids would spend money on.
I'd have gotten supremely, dangerously drunk, but I also wasn't a pro athlete when I was that age.
Yeah, the skating really pops but looking like Quinn Hughes as an old NCAA player against younger competition at a low level isn't exactly the same as doing it in the NHL. But I think there's reason to think he skates and transitions the puck well enough to have NHL potential.
Question will be how he holds up defensively, and while it's nice to have a couple nice active sticks and gap controls in a highlight video, it's really hard to figure that out until you see a reasonable sample size of full games.
Akito's brother, Taro, is 3 years older and signed as a NCAA free agent with Detroit. He has played 1 NHL game this season.
Edit: Smaller than his younger brother, he signed 5 years ago and has played NHL games in each of the last 5 seasons. I wonder why Detroit did not have an inside track on Akito and why Vancouver never signed Brandon Tanev.
Edit: Smaller than his younger brother, he signed 5 years ago and has played NHL games in each of the last 5 seasons. I wonder why Detroit did not have an inside track on Akito and why Vancouver never signed Brandon Tanev.
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Yeah, Taro was the 'Big NCAA UFA' in the spring of 2019 and hit the ground running with 7 points in 10 games to close out that season with Detroit before stumbling the following year and eventually establishing himself as a good AHL player/NHL callup depth.
bandwagonesque
Practically a late 1st
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Probably renting an apartment, setting aside a bunch for taxes and budgeting for the offseason.
StickShift
Puxsonnetey Petey saw his shadow
He is listed as 5’10, 162lbs.
Unless you are a skilled player getting offensive zone starts and plenty of space on the powerplay—you probably aren’t big enough to stick in the NHL at that size.
Akito is at least 10lbs heavier and 2 inches taller. Hopefully with some time in Rick Tocchet’s gym he can fill out to the level he needs to be at to be an NHL defender.
Oh yeah, educated youth, not my drunk ass...also rent in town is likely half of what he's earned a year for a modest apartment.
TomWillander1RD
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Peen
Rejoicing in a Benning-free world
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17 and 36 being the recent jersey numbers for our blueliners is probably the worst thing about this season
Peen
Rejoicing in a Benning-free world
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i bought tickets to friday’s game so they better play this guy
It's all that jerk Boeser's fault for taking a defenseman's number and using up the supply. Can't do anything right, yeesh.
m9
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Agreed.
Though Wolanin's 86 is worse and I'm not letting Bear off the hook for 74.
What a numerical mess back there.
Hansen
tyler motte simp
Big fan of this signing
Theres a lot of pressure to be NHL ready now, but its a free lottery ticket and the equivalent of a good pick from 2018-19
Surprised he didnt go with #2
Theres a lot of pressure to be NHL ready now, but its a free lottery ticket and the equivalent of a good pick from 2018-19
Surprised he didnt go with #2
They gave Lekkerimaki 4 too! Whats that all about
Not going to lie, I have never cared about numbers. I've rarely even memorized players numbers.
How does his game compare to Stecher's? Stecher was heavier and was quite far along in terms of physical development. Stecher was also able to defend with his skating and smarts.
what are you guys, lou lamoriello wannabes? who cares. 88 rules. 74 is unique.
I'm fully on board with ol' Lou.
- goalies may only wear 1, 30, 31, 35
- 2,3,4,5,6 are for defenders.
- forwards may wear numbers between 7 and 29.
- numbers in the 30s (excluding goalie numbers) are for callups.
- numbers should only be retired in extreme circumstances.
High numbers suck. And I'm sticking to this. *Shakes fist at cloud*
Old uniforms and old highlights looked so much cleaner and stylish compared to 74 passing to 86 passing to 40.
Hansen
tyler motte simp
i hope someone wears a three digit number just to piss y'all off
Gurn
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111, so it fits on a jersey.
Or just to make fun
010- to show it is still a binary world?
(poster ducks, and runs away)
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