The immediate future should be much better known....James, Smith, Rinzel pending.....Harding, Greene and Thompson soon to be pending.....I think its a numbers game at this point. Curious what people think of Harding----is he NHL material? Big dude, blocks shots, heard he had a strong shot, but I've never seen him play.
Prospect Info: Dominic James, UMD F, 2022 173rd overall
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dj Mahoney
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I think its absolutely crazy not to sign Harding and at least give him a shot. Blackhawks moved up I believe or added the pick to grab him , I cant recall exactly . Who's Smith? Safonov (next yr), Lardis , Misiak all arriving shortly If Teams dont advance as well as Pharand .
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Not sure if Dominic James will find the grass is greener elsewhere. He may regret not signing an ELC to start 2025-26 with an ATO for Rockford.
He can probably still get an ELC somewhere if he's doing the August 15th thing, which at this point he may feel boxed into doing if he rejected the Hawks contract offer after the Hawks rejected letting him do a burn year with NHL games... but I think he's basically a lock to play in the AHL and will be viewed as a low-priority prospect wherever he ends up.
If this is goodbye, then I suppose good luck to him on his journey.
He can probably still get an ELC somewhere if he's doing the August 15th thing, which at this point he may feel boxed into doing if he rejected the Hawks contract offer after the Hawks rejected letting him do a burn year with NHL games... but I think he's basically a lock to play in the AHL and will be viewed as a low-priority prospect wherever he ends up.
If this is goodbye, then I suppose good luck to him on his journey.
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Fine with that. But I'll say if you're a forward not signing in Chicago.. hard for me to take you serious. Tons of available spots.
Not really that many realistic spots available. He is behind Moore and Greene who the Hawks were willing to burn a year off the ELC they were not willing to do for James. There is another wave of signings right behind and the year after and the year after. James is not in our top 20 prospects and probably never will be. He has a much easier path to the NHL for a team that has a super shallow prospect pool even if there are fewer NHL roster spots to fill for that type of team in the near term. Easier to compete with a hand full of guys for a couple roster sports then with dozens for 10.
TLEH
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I mean he is "behind" them sure.. but in the same group of players fighting for a spot. If he shows up and has a better camp than them, he would have a shot. Vs going to other organizations with more depth where you're fighting against pros who have been around.
Regardless with who he signs with, he's likely AHL bound.
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The thing with prospects is if you outperform guys that had higher draft status, you'll get a shot. Somewhere else, there may not be as many prospects around, but they'll likely have the next 2 years of roster filled out with NHL veterans in ink. With rebuilding teams, it's a lot of light pencil marks.
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Because he was a good not great college player about to turn 23 taken in the 6th round. By every meassure, Aiden Thompson is a better prospect and more productive college player and didn't need a burn year to sign. 1st and 2nd round picks (or guys greatly outperforming their draft) are the one's that get a burn year.
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He's likely just AHL fodder.
He'd be smart trying to sign with a contender that lacks organizational depth and cap space. Still don't see him making the NHL, but it's about the best chance that he'll get.
He'd be smart trying to sign with a contender that lacks organizational depth and cap space. Still don't see him making the NHL, but it's about the best chance that he'll get.
DisgruntledHawkFan
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He can make it as a 13th forward energy type but he's just got way too many guys with better upside in front of him here.
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Yeah, I think it's a bad, bad call by James and his camp to go this route. He would have come here as an older prospect, likely with a decent chance of making the team out of camp as a role player honestly and if he hasn't of made the team out of camp, I think he'd be a quick callup option as a depth piece. He's got limited upside, but he's a sparkplug with some skill. I'm very surprised the burning of a year out of his ELC was that important to him, or that he and his camp felt he deserved that.
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Let's be real.
James had a 0% chance of making the roster out of camp.
But that will be the case if he signs literally anywhere else. He's AHL bound.
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I am being very real. I like the player. I think he can take a spot as a role player, especially as a 23-year-old on a team with a bunch of 22/21/20/19-year-olds competing with him for spots. His advantage is he can play on the 4th line and you're not worried about hurting his development or wondering if he'd be better off in the AHL.
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Best fit would probably be a team like Boston that could blow up their team but doesn't have a lot of prospects yet, so he could end up playing in NHL as a low ceiling 23 year old that's just kinda there, like Mackenzie Entwistle and Reese Johnson with the Blackhawks.
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If the Leaf's signed him he would instantly vault into a top 5 prospect (In the whole NHL). Just like all there other future stars . Hard to believe he was Captain at U. of Minnesota-Duluth , No Loyalty at all with this guy. ! Hopefully he didn't poison the waters with Adam Gajan ?
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Gajan needs to worry about getting back to a level where he'll be worth an NHL contract to any team at this point. He's got bigger problems than James' relationship with the Hawks.
A little bit bummed by his decision.....seemed like an elite 4th liner, but the Hawks have no shortage of those 4th line energy types......he's not going to get a better offer, but he may have less competition with teams whose pipeline isn't as full.
This is true and not true actually. We have a lot of spots in the top 6 at the NHL and from a prospect point. But a guy like Jones is not a top 6 candidate type prospect. The Hawks have a crap tone of forward prospects that project as bottom six guys. So Jones would have a ton of comp to break into Chicago.
A lot of the times for a guy like Jones he would break throw easier at a top team, because they have high priced guys filling the top six and would also have less prospect depth (due to trades of picks) and need to fill out that 4th line with dirt cheap contracts.
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