Confirmed with Link: Ducks sign Tyson Hinds to ELC (3 years, $848,333 AAV)
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El Zilcho
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Good for Hinds. He's looked good the last few weeks.
Hockey Duckie
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Hooray for Hinds!
Hinds becomes the fifth member of the 2021 class to be signed by the Ducks!
2021 Draft Class
Hinds becomes the fifth member of the 2021 class to be signed by the Ducks!
2021 Draft Class
Rd 1. C/LW McTavish, signed
Rd 2. LD/RD Zellweger, signed
Rd 3. RW Pastujov, signed
Rd 3. LD Hinds, signed
Rd 4. C Lopina, signed
Rd 5. LW Tschigerl, unsigned (WHL - Calgary)
Rd 5. G Alexander, unsigned (WHL - Swift)
Rd 6. C, Kukkonen, unsigned (NCAA - Michigan Tech)
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GunnarStahl
Let’s go shake their hands
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H-eye-nds, almost like the ketchup
I would be surprised if Tschigerl doesn’t get signed, last two may still be wild cards though.
Hell, Tschigerl could even get signed soon, he’s been effective this preseason.
70sSanO
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Hockey Duckie
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According to CapFriendly, we have 45/50 contracts given out, but having included Hinds' recent signing yet. We should leave two contract spots open for the possibility of signing LaCombe and/or Thrun once their season is over. Then that would bring the contract size to 48/50. We may need to sign two NHL forwards just in case.
Tschigerl has been visible, but it's a numbers game now.
With Kukkonen, he's going the NCAA route, which means the Ducks can let him develop there for another 3 seasons max.
Alexander probably will be signed in the off-season b/c we're going to lose Stolarz at the TDL, promote Dostal to the NHL and there could be a spot for Alexander in the AHL, especially if Clang doesn't come over from the SHL. The org might want Clang to continue to develop in the SHL.
Tschigerl has been visible, but it's a numbers game now.
With Kukkonen, he's going the NCAA route, which means the Ducks can let him develop there for another 3 seasons max.
Alexander probably will be signed in the off-season b/c we're going to lose Stolarz at the TDL, promote Dostal to the NHL and there could be a spot for Alexander in the AHL, especially if Clang doesn't come over from the SHL. The org might want Clang to continue to develop in the SHL.
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Arthuros
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It may be standard for 1st rounders, but I think this is pretty good news for a 3rd rounder D-man.
GreatBear
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This is a clear recognition and reward for his play this rookie tournament and camp. Good for him, and hopefully good for the Ducks. I wouldn't worry about his impact on our contract count. Assuming he is sent back to Juniors, his contract will "slide" and won't be counted against the 50 contract limit for this year. It will be counted next year, when he becomes 20 and heads into the AHL.
Smirnov2Chistov
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Happy for Hinds and the team. However, I don’t know what to make of him. Real limited scouting reports on here, and online. He doesn’t seem to play with his size (based on comments that I’ve read last year), and he’s not that ‘offensive’.
AngelDuck
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He does use his size, at least has when I’ve seen him. He’s not going to be some crazy physical beat people up guy(I think Warren could maybe be that for us) but he’s definitely not soft.
I think some of the comments last year about him playing soft were a big overreaction to a few games in training camp
Hockey Duckie
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Based upon his two rookie exhibition games and one pre-season game, Hinds plays a physically strong game as he seals the boards, goes into the corner scrums and comes away with the puck often. He can also handle the puck as he's always looking to pass the puck to a teammate to get the puck out of the defensive zone. That was very noticeable in the rookie and pre-season games.
As for "not offensive", that was a scouting report done about two seasons ago, halfway through his D+0 season. Then he got traded to Rimouski and his offense just popped (see below). Murray and Madden often like players who bloom late. That's why the Ducks traded back into the 3rd round.
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D+0 season
Shawinigan: 10 games; 0g + 1a = 1 pt (0.10 ppg); +3 rating
Rimouski: 23 games; 6g + 9a = 15 pts (0.65 ppg); +7 rating
D+1 season
Rimouski: 23 games; 5g + 11a = 16 pts (0.70 ppg) ; +5 rating
Sherbrooke: 38 games; 7g + 12a = 19 pts (0.50 ppg); +23 rating
With his D+1 season, Hinds proved that new found offense is here to stay. Again, Hinds was traded away. He brought offense and defense with a +23 rating!
We needed a shutdown guy, but having that offensive potential is a plus. We didn't see it with the Ducks this off-season, but I think he was playing to his forte of shutdown D and get the puck out quickly as well as safely. It worked as he got to sign an ELC.
We can track his D+2 season and hope he's allowed to be more offensive with Sherbrooke like he was with Rimouski.
Mortal Wombat
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This. He was playing physical (not in the punishing/fighting sense but not afraid to use his body) with his junior team even during his draft year, but then that didn't show at camp so it made people think he's soft. He was more assertive this year. He still has a lot of work ahead of him, but let's hope he continues to develop.
